Thursday, July 8, 2010

WILD FIRE SA MT. BULUSAN SORSOGON

Tagalog News Release

SORSOGON PROVINCE (July 8) – Mahigit isang ektaryang bahagi na ng Bundok Bulusan ang naapektuhan kaugnay ng naganap na wild fire doon kahapon.

Ayon kay Philip Bartilet, pangulo ng Aggrupation of Advocates for Environmental Protection, Inc. o AGAP-Bulusan, sa impormasyon ng kanilang forest guards, halos ay mag-iisang lingo nang may nakikitang usok sa isang bahagi ng bundok, subalit kahapon nga lang ito sumiklab.

Apektado ng nasabing sunog ang isang bahagi ng bundok na sakop ng Brgy. San Francisco sa Bulusan, Sorsogon.

Sinabi ni Bartilet na masyadong masukal ang lugar kung kaya’t nahirapan ang kanilang mga forest guards na akyatin ang lugar.

Subalit, sa agaran namang aksyon ng mga tauhan ng Department of Natural Resources, Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council, LGU Bulusan, AGAP-Bulusan, ang NGO na nagmamantini sa kaayusan ng Bulusan Volcano Natural Park at ng PINAGSAMA, isang people’s organization doon, ay nakapaglagay sila ng fire line upang mapigilan ang paglawak pa ng perwisyo ng sunog.

Sa kasalukuyan ay patuloy pa ang mga awtoridad sa pag-iimbestiga ng posibleng sanhi ng naganap na sunog sa bundok, subalit hindi rin nila isinasantabi ang posibilidad na maaaring nagmula ito sa ilang mga residente na kumukuha ng mga pukyutan sa bundok ng Bulusan.

Maliban sa mga likas na kayamanan ng bundok na nasunog ay wala namang naitalang nasugatan o di kaya’y namatay sa naganap na insidente.

Kaninang umaga ay muling tumulak ang grupo ng PDCC upang gawin ang follow-investigation at iba pang aksyong kailangan upang hindi na maulit ang kahalintulad na pangyayari.

Ang lugar na naapektuhan ay hindi kabilang sa dinaraanan ng mga mountain climbers ng Bundok Bulusan. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon)

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

SARINGGAYA AWARDS NG DENR, SAMPUNG TAON NA

Tagalog News Release

SORSOGON PROVINCE (July 7) – Sa ika-sampung taon ng Saringgaya Awards, muling kinilala ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources ang husay at mga natatanging kontribusyon ng iba’t-ibang mga institusyon sa rehiyon ng Bikol sa larangan ng pamamahala at pangangalaga sa kalikasan at sa mga likas na yaman nito.

Kabilang ang Bacon-Manito Geothermal Multipartite Monitoring Team (kung saan aktibong patner nito ang PIA Sorsogon) sa nakatanggap ng individual citation sa ilalim ng special category ng 2010 Saringgaya Awardess.

Nakuha ng BMGMMT ang pagkilala dahilan sa outstanding performance nito bilang isang operational Multi-Partite Monitoring Team at sa pagbuo at pagsasakatuparan nito ng Manual of Operation na tumitiyak sa makabuluhang pagpapatupad ng isang maayos na environmental management systems ng Energy Development Corporation at NPC-Bacon Manito Geothermal Power Plant at Bac-Man Airshed.

Maliban sa BMGMMT, apat na iba pa ang kinilalang Saringgaya Awardees ngayong taon na kinabilangan ng University of Sta. Isabel – Mother Seton Hospital ng Naga City sa ilalim ng Small-Scale Industry Category, Munisipalidad ng Magarao sa Camarines Sur sa pamumuno ni Mayor Nelson B. Julia sa ilalim ng Local Government Unit Category, Philippine Science High School – Bicol Region Campus sa Tagontong, Goa, Camarines Sur sa kategoryang Academe at ang Camarines Norte Water District sa pamumuno ni General Manager Ma. Antonia F. Boma sa Special Category.

Ayon kay DENR Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada, ang Saringaya Awards ay taunang aktibidad na inorganisa ng DENR Bicol at may layuning kilalanin ang mga institusyong tulad ng akademya, LGU, People’s Organization at iba pang mga organisasyon ng pamahalaan, small-medium to large scale industries at mga indibidwal kung saan ang kanilang operasyon at sistema sa kabuuan ay umaayon sa mga gawain, pagmamahal at pangangalaga sa kalikasan at mga kayaman nito.

Ang Saringgaya awards 2010 ay isinagawa kamakailan lamang sa pamamagitan ng isang simpleng seremonya sa pagtatapos ng Environment Month celebration sa Casablanca Hotel sa lungsod ng Legazpi ay pangsampung taon na sa larangan ng pagkilala sa mga makakalikasang adhikain ng mga institusyon.

Ang Saringgaya ay terminong Bikolnon na nangangahulugan ng kasaganaan, kayamanan at kaunlaran. (Bennie A. Recebido, PIA Sorsogon/DENR)

BMGMMT is DENR 2010 Saringgaya Awardee

Ms. Irma Guhit (2nd from right of the Philippine InformationAgency – Sorsogon and a member of the Bacon-Manito Geothermal Multipartite Monitoring Team (BMGMMT) receives Saringaya Award trophy and plaque from DENR Regional Executive Director Joselin MarcusFragada (2nd from left) and EMB Regional Director Gilbert Gonzales during the culmination program of the 2010 Environment Month celebration held last week at the Casablanca Hotel in Legazpi City. Others in photo are PENR Officer (PENRO) Oscar Dominguez (left) and an unidentified lady member of the BMGMMT. The Saringaya Award (Special Category) was bestowed on the BMGMMT in recognition of its “outstanding performance as an operational multi-Partite Monitoring Team through the formulation and adaptation of Manual of Operation which ensures the judicious compliance to sound environmental management systems of Energy Development Corporation and NPC—Bacon-Manito Geothermal Power Plant and Bac-Man Airshed”.(ASA, DENR/PIA Sorsogon)

USI-MOTHER SETON HOSPITAL IN NAGA CITY is DENR 2010 Saringgaya Awardee

Sr. Dolores Cornejo, D.C (3rd from right) poses with DENR officials after receiving the SaringayaAward (Small-Scale Industry Category) in behalf of the USI-Mother Seton Hospital in Naga City during the culmination program of the Environment Month celebration held last week at the Casablanca Hotel in Legazpi City. Shown from left are Dr. William Palaypayon, DENR Regional Technical Director for Research, Environmental Management Regional Director Gilbert Gonzales, Dr. Amelia Ayo, Dean, College of Science at the Bicol University, DENR Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada, Engr. Miles Evora of Mother Hospital, and Francisco “Toto” Milla, Jr., Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) of Camarines Sur. Mother Seton Hospital was awarded “for its environmental and social commitments of bringing to the fore various programs and projects that include healthcare management system, tree plantation and vegetable gardening, thus ensuring the protection and preservation of a healthy environment”.(ASA, DENR/PIA SOrsogon)

LGU-Magarao in Camarines Sur is 2010 Saringgaya Awardee

Magarao, Camarines Sur Mayor Nelson Julia (3rd from left) receives, in behalf of the Municipality of Magarao, Saringaya Award trophy and plaque from DENR Bicol Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada and Dean Amelia Ayo of the Bicol University College of Science during the culminating program of the Environment Month celebration held last week at the Casablanca Hotel in Legazpi City. Looking on at right is Francisco Milla, Jr., provincial environment and natural resources officer (PENRO) of Camarines Sur. The Municipality of Magarao was among this year’s recipients of the DENR Saringaya Awards. (ASA, DENR/ PIA Sorsogon)

CAMARINES NORTE WATER DISTRICT is DENR Saringaya Awardee.

CAMARINES NORTE WATER DISTRICT is DENR Saringaya Awardee

Ma.Antonette F. Boma, General Manager of the Camarines Norte Water District was congratulated by Environmental Management Bureau Regional Director Gilbert Gonzales after receiving in behalf of CNWD the Saringaya Award trophy and plaque from DENR Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada and Dr. Amelia Ayo, Dean of Bicol University College of Science in a simple ceremony during the culmination program of the Environment Month celebration held last week at the Casablance Hotel in Legazpi City.

The CNWD was cited for implementing environmental projects and social development such as integrated watershed management and protected area management, coastal rehabilitation, scholarship to deserving students, livelihood programs, advocacy and trainings on sustainable resources management. On its 10th year now, Saringaya Award is an annual event organized by DENR Bicol aimed at recognizing programs and projects of other entities that support the mission and vision of the DENR.(ASA, DENR/PIA Sorsogon)

DENR announces 2010 Saringaya Awardees

News Release

SORSOGON CITY (July 6) – FIVE entities consisting of one hospital, local government unit, a multipartite monitoring team, science high school, and a water district got this year’s SaringayaAwards from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Bicol.
The awards were given in a simple ceremony during the culminating program of the Environment Month celebration held recently at the Casablanca Hotel in Legazpi City.
The recipients of the 2010Saringaya Awards were the following: USI-Mother Seton Hospital in Naga City (Small-Scale Industry Category), Municipality of Magarao in Camarines Sur under the able leadership of Mayor Nelson B. Julia (Local Government Unit Category), Bacon-Manito Multipartite Monitoring Team (Special Category), Philippine Science High School – Bicol Region Campus in Tagontong, Goa, Camarines Sur (Academe Category), and Camarines Norte Water District under the able leadership of General Manager Ma. Antonia F. Boma (Special Category).
DENR Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus Fragada said Saringaya Awards is an annual event organized by the DENR in Region 5 aimedat recognizing the Academe, the LGUs, People’s Organization, other Government organizations, small-medium to large scale industries and individuals whose operations and systems, ina general sense, favor the upkeep of the natural resources and the environment in its entirety. It is now on its 10th year.
The individual citation of the 2010 Saringaya Awards read as follows:
● USI-Mother Seton Hospital – for its environmental and social commitments of bringing to fore various programs and projects that include healthcare waste management system, tree plantation and vegetable gardening, thus ensuring the protection and preservation of a healthy environment.
● Municipality of Magarao – for the effective implementation of eco-friendly policies and various programs and projects in support to the mission and vision of the DENR, that provides a clean and healthy environment through proper solid waste management, organic farming, tree plantation, mangrove plantation and river bank rehabilitation. Its solid waste management program characterized by segregated collection at source with Material Recovery Facility for its 15 barangays is worth emulation as it won the Zero Basura Olympics Philippine Garbology Marathon.
● Bacon-Manito Geothermal Multipartite Monitoring Team – for its outstanding performance as an operational Multi-Partite Monitoring Team through the formulation and adoption of Manual of Operation which ensures the judicious compliance to sound environmental management systems of Energy Development Corporation and NPC-Bacon Manito Geothermal Power Plant and Bac-Man Airshed.
● Philippine Science High School – Bicol Region Campus – for its steadfast stewardship of molding the minds of its students by instilling in them excellent understanding of sound environmental practices, forest and mangrove conservation, climate change, solid waste management and other pertinent topics affecting humans as they relate to the environment. Its programs and projects involving the students in tree plantation activities, mangrove plantation establishment, adopt a school and barangay, adopt a mountain and beach clean-up, supportive of the DENR mission and vision, are worth of emulation.
● Camarines Norte Water District – for its conscientious implementation of various environmental projects and social development that include integrated watershed management and protected area management, coastal rehabilitation, scholarship to deserving students, livelihood programs, advocacy and trainings on sustainable resources management.
Saringaya is a Bicol term which means lushful, abundance of growth. (ASA, DENR/PIA Sorsogon)