Operatives Apprehend Vehicles Transporting Assorted Wildlife Species

At around 3 o'clock in the morning of June 21, 2008, PNP Calaca Operatives apprehended assorted wild birds and mammals at Brgy. Sinisian, Calaca, Batangas on board a Mitsubishi Fuso Canter bearing plate number UCD 897 registered under the name of Mr. Nelson Munji of Block 3, Lot 25, Benadict Camella Homes, Las PIñas City. When the driver and his passengers failed to present any legal document covering the said wildlife cargo, the PNP officials led by Police Chief Inspector Gerson Sanchez Bisayas, PO3 Isagani Comia Zara and PO2 Wilfredo Galit Baldias immediately coordinated with the DENR CENR Officer in Calaca, who caused the actual inspection and inventory of the wildlife cargo. A total of 232 head of birds and mammals were accounted, 199 ...

DENR CALABARZON Personnel Apprehend Vehicle Carrying "High Class" Forest Products

The intensive efforts of DENR is bringing down illegal logging activities resulted to apprehension of one unit of Isuzu Elf van bearing plate number PJF 990 loaded with 2,446.67 bd.ft. of undocumented Dipterocarp species last July 15, 2008. Prior to the apprehension of illegal forest products, the Region received an information that illegally cut/sawn lumber were being loaded at Barangay Daraitan, Tanay, Rizal ready to be transported out of the province. This prompted DENR CALABARZON personnel headed by the newly designated Regional Executive Director, Nilo B. Tamoria assisted by FRCD Chief Willie Riña and two FMS technical staff and ...

Pansipit River Cleared from Fish Cages/Fishpens

After series of Inter-Agency meetings between the Provincial Government of Batangas led by no less than Honorable Governor Vilma Santos Recto and Officials of DENR CALABARZON Region including members of the Protected Area Management Board of Taal Volcano Protected Landscape (PAMB-TVPL) Pansipit River is now free from fish cages/fishpens and other aquaculture structures.

Pansipit river is the only outlet of water from Taal Lake to Balayan Bay and vice-versa. The illegal construction and establishment of fish cages/pens and other aquaculture structures along ...

CALABARZON Conducts 1st Regional Briefing Conference

The first Regional Briefing Conference for the newly designated Regional Executive Director of CALABARZON was conducted at the Cherry Blossoms Hotel last 9 July 2008.

Highlights of this one-day activity focus on the mid year-accomplishment, issues, and concerns of different sectors and field offices. The first division that presents the region's profile and status of accomplishments ...

A Changing of the Guards at 4A

"Nothing is permanent except change." Once again, this adage was proven true as the DENR CALABARZON Region leadership changed hands formally during the turn over ceremonies at the Regional Office last July 8.

By virtue of DENR Special Order No. 2008-447 dated June 20, 2008, Director IV Nilo B. Tamoria is now the Regional Executive Director of DENR IV-A. RED Eduardo Principe will ...

Better Equipped for IEC

It was probably one of those rare times when participants were not eager to go home, and instead wanted the training to go on for at least one more day.

Designated Information Officers regionwide seemed to eagerly absorb all that was being taught during the IEC Training on Improving Photography, Presentation and News Writing Skills held along the shores of Taal Lake in Talisay, Batangas last June 16-18....

DPLIs Trained Anew on Public Land Dispoition

Traffic caused by a broken-down bridge in Sariaya did not keep Deputy Public Land Inspectors (DPLIs) from attending the three-day Legal Procedures and Land Management Administration Seminar at the Queen Margarette Hotel in Lucena City, Quezon last June 3-5. The first day was attended by Section Chiefs of the Regional Office's lands sector as well.

The DPLIs, some of whome were designated for the first time, were first reminded by the OIC of Admnistrative Division, Ms. Lourdes Bucay, ...

DENR CALABARZON Holds 2nd RMC at Antipolo City

Rains pounding on the roof and a 2-hour power failure did not deter DENR CALABARZON's top management from discussing regional concerns during the Regional Management Conference in Antipolo City last May 22-23..

The 2nd RMC for the year, held at the Overlook Resort, gave the PENROs and RTDs opportunity to present their accomplishments for the first semester. Most reported that they were on-track with ...