Published February 18, 2021, 2:34 PM
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) strongly condemned the killing of a 59-year-old DENR employee here last Tuesday.
The victim, Rodolfo Concillo, a Forest Technician II, was shot dead in Barangay 92, Apitong. Concillo was assigned to the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office in Palo, Leyte and was the driver of Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer Edilberto Caidlang.
“As we extend sympathies to the bereaved family of the victim, we ask the government authorities for a speedy resolution of the case and for the perpetrator to be brought to justice,” DENR 8 Regional Executive Director Tirso Parian said.