MANILA - President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed Undersecretary Isidro Purisima as acting head of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), Malacanang said on Tuesday. Purisima's latest designation was announced by Malacanang Press Briefer Daphne Osena-Paez in a Palace briefing. Malacanang has yet to release additional details about Purisima's appointment. Purisima's appointment came more than a month after Marcos named then OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. as the new head of the Department of National Defense. Prior to his new stint, Purisima served as Presidential Assistant for Local Conflict Transformation and Peace Sustainability. Purisima also worked as deputy presidential adviser for operations of the now-defunct Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP). As a former military officer, Purisima served as deputy chief of staff for operations and head of the command center of the Armed Forces of the P
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DAVAO CITY – The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) announced it will stage a 35-kilometer virtual race for 35 days to raise funds to build a new facility in Barangay Eden, Toril District.
LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Environment Natural Resources in Bicol (DENR-5) together with volunteers and other stakeholders planted some 6,000 seedlings on Wednesday as part of the celebration of Environment Month. In a social media post on Thursday, Conservation and Development Division (CDD) Chief Marlene M. Francia expressed her gratitude to all the volunteers. She said the DENR is happy that many responded to the call to protect our environment. "We only have one planet, so, let us take care of it," she added. Together with various stakeholders and partners from the academe, national government agencies, people's organizations, civil society groups, the DENR regional office together with its line bureaus Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), and all Provincial and Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices, regionwide participated in the activity. This year's Environment Month theme, "Aksyon Para Sa Natat