The 1st Mayor Albee Benitez Archery Cup awarding ceremony highlights Hernan Veñegas photo The 1st Mayor Albee Benitez Archery Cup organized by the United
BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. The famed Lake Balinsasayao in Sibulan town, Negros Oriental province has now reopened for tourism activities. Governor Pryde Henry Teves has hired several forest rangers to enforce laws on environmental protection and biodiversity conservation in the province. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Henry Teves has increased the number of forest rangers or "Bantay Lasang" to support his administration's efforts in stepping up biodiversity conservation and protection of the environment. Teves on Wednesday hired 51 additional forest rangers and absorbed and re-hired five other existing ones from the previous administration to enforce laws related to the environment, Capitol public information officer-designate Oliver Lemence told the Philippine News Agency on Friday. "The governor saw the need to provide more forest rangers in the province as he identified areas for possible bio-financing by the United