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+ March 12, 2021 MANY seem to be confused about the change of the Araw ng Dabaw celebration from March 16 to March 1. Given there is still a pandemic, and there’s no more local ABS-CBN station to announce the changes, the events held online had a limited reach.
But the city government can be credited for course correcting the Araw ng Dabaw to the original date of Davao’s cityhood. But it could not be said of the Davao City history they presented through the video that needs more corrections.
I may be fussing over details, but history is important. It’s not just important about knowing names and dates, but also equally important is the narrative, who we are, and how we move along the struggles and tides of the times.
Published March 4, 2021, 5:44 PM
DAVAO CITY – A total of 199 kilos of trash were collected by mountaineers who volunteered in a five-day cleanup drive conducted in the Cotabato side of Mount Apo last month.
A total of 199 kilos of trash were collected by volunteers during the cleanup activity at the peak of Mt. Apo. (Photo by King Bacamante/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Shirley Uy, chief environmental officer of the President Roxas Sub-CENRO Field Office said they held the cleanup activity from Feb. 22 to Feb. 27.
“Officially, 199 kilos of trash were collected. These were composed of plastics, food wrappers, and liquor bottles,” Uy, who is also the Deputy Protected Area Superintendent (PASu).
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources 11 (DENR-11) executive director Bagani Fidel Evasco, who is also the chairman of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB), is pushing for the temporary closure of the Mt. Apo Natural Park due to the unappealing findings from their recent trail and camp assessment in Davao del Sur entry points.
The PAMB, however, adopted the deferment of the agendum for the closure of Mt. Apo during its emergency EnBanc Meeting on Tuesday, February 23, 2021. The decision to hold the closure was made after 25 of the members, both from Region 11 and 12, voted in favor of the motion to defer while eight others are not in favor of the decision.
SunStar PAMB defers Mount Apo closure
DEFERRED. The Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) deferred the closure of Mount Apo Natural Park to trekkers, saying that it can be rehabilitated without the closure. Earlier, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Davao Region Executive Director Bagani Fidel Evasco said they were looking at the possibility of closing the trails “due to the unappealing findings from the team’s recent conduct of trail and camp assessment.” (Photo by DENR-Davao)
+ THE Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) has deferred the closure of Mount Apo from trekkers.
In a press statement, PAMB adopted the deferment of the agendum for the closure of Mount Apo Natural Park (MANP) during its emergency en banc meeting on Tuesday, February 23.
SunStar February 19, 2021 THE Department of Environment and Natural Resource (DENR)-Davao Region might order the closure of Mount Apo to trekkers if environmental laws and health protocols will not be strictly observed.
In an issued notice to all stakeholders dated February 17, DENR-Davao Executive Director Bagani Fidel Evasco ordered the officials to further intensify the enforcement of environmental laws within the mountain.
Evasco, together with selected officials and personnel from Davao Oriental and Davao del Sur, recently conducted a trail and camp assessment from February 11 to 14, passing Sitio Paradise Digos trail to Camp Gudi-Gudi then to the summit.
The monitoring team noted the non-observance of proper waste disposal along the trails and campsites, sanitation, and health protocols.