Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu was impressed by the current vegetation and forest cover the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) has at Camp Gen. Macario Peralta, Jr. in Jamindan town.
“I think this is the greenest Division in the country,” said the country’s environment czar who was the guest of honor and speaker of a closing ceremony for a new batch of Candidate Soldier Course, July 16, at the camp.
Cimatu, who was then assigned as junior officer at the Division during the initial years of his military service, also observed the accessibility via land transportation of the 33,310–hectare military reservation.
In May, the camp has also earned the admiration of Capiz Governor Antonio A. Del Rosario when he graced the 3ID’s 44th founding anniversary as guest of honor and speaker.
He said that the camp is “so enchantingly beautiful which can keep every visitor’s spirit at peace with the world.”
The provincial chief executive has opened up the idea of including Camp Peralta as among the province’s tourist destinations “if only restrictions would allow it.”
In their respective messages, Sec. Cimatu and Del Rosario have expressed concern on ensuring that the camp must be kept from exploitation of unscrupulous people.
The camp has been declared a military reservation through Presidential Proclamation No. 67 and officially proclaimed by virtue of Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 19 of Jamindan town.
The sprawling camp covers the municipalities of Jamindan and Tapaz of Capiz province and Lambunao town in Iloilo and is inhabited by various communities of Indigenous People (IP).
It is just 54 kilometers away from Roxas City, 88 kilometers from Kalibo, Aklan and 122 kilometers from Iloilo City.
The whole camp is a nature park, a wildlife sanctuary and has at least five waterfalls.
http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1010486
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