The Philippine Army’s 801st Infantry Brigade (IB) has vowed
to go not only after communist rebels in Samar ,
but illegal loggers as well.
Col. Leo Cirunay, commander of 801st IB based in Hinabangan,
Samar renewed their commitment after the troops of the 52nd IB under Capt.
Marlon C. Jauod of Pequit detachment together with the Paranas Police
confiscated more than 600 board feet of illegally cut hardwood in Tenani
village near Ulot
River
The army and police turned-over seized logs to the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for proper disposition.
Meanwhile, DENR will continue the strict enforcement of
Executive Order (EO) 23 declaring a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of
timber in natural and residual forests nationwide.
EO 23 led to the establishment of an anti-illegal logging
task force, headed by the DENR regional director.
The intensified anti-illegal logging operations of the
military and police is part of a campaign to save the Samar
forests against loggers that proliferate in the province.
Illegal logging remains to be a top concern of Samar , which has reported activities in its protected
forest covers as well as watersheds.
Cirunay vowed to intensify their efforts against illegal
logging activities especially in logging hot spot areas in Paranas, Hinabangan,
Calbiga and San Jose de Buan towns.
"It is our mandate to arrest and file charges against
those violators of the law and ensure they be made to answer for their actions
in coordination with the other law enforcement agencies," he said.
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