President Duterte on Thursday said he fired five or six members of his Cabinet due to corruption and announced he would no longer make appointments or approve big projects until the end of his term.
The country’s new chief steward of the environment and natural resources is urging Filipino voters not to support candidates who may harbor tendencies ruin the environment. At an online news briefing held Monday, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) OIC Secretary Jim Sampulna said voters should pick candidates who…
CAMPAIGN MATERIALS. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said voters should not vote for candidates who harm the environment by nailing or stapling materials on trees. Posters such as those of a presidential aspirant during his motorcade in Pateros on Feb. 22, 2022 were not on trees but may contribute to harmful litter if not disposed of properly. (PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The new chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said voters should not elect officials who do not care about the environment. DENR Officer-in-Charge, Undersecretary Jim Sampulna, cited candidates who nail campaign materials, like posters and tarpaulin, on trees. "I wish upon all our Filipino brothers and sisters who are vying for elective positions for 2022 to avoid nailing your campaign materials in any living tree," Sampulna said in a news release on Saturday. "So, I am asking, especially our voters, do not vote for candidates who are destroying ou
Former Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu(File photo) MANILA - Malacanang on Friday confirmed the resignation of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu due to health reasons. Acting presidential spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said DENR Undersecretary Jim Sampulna has been designated as officer-in-charge of the department. "We wish Secretary Cimatu good health as he transitions from his decades-long and stellar service in government to private life," Nograles said in a statement. In a letter from the Office of the President dated February 17, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea informed Cimatu that his resignation has been accepted effective immediately. Cimatu tendered his resignation on Monday after serving the department since May 2017, after he was picked by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace former Secretary Gina Lopez whose appointment was rejected by the Commission on Appointments. Cimatu is a retired Brigade Co
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has resigned from his post citing "health reasons," Malacañang announced Friday, Feb. 18.
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"Malacañang confirms the resignation of Roy Cimatu as secretary of the DENR due to health reasons," Cabinet secretary a