PAMO LEADS “PROTECT MT. MATUTUM” CAMPAIGN IN MT. MATUTUM PROTECTED LANDSCAPE
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Koronadal City, June 23, 2020 – The Protected Area Management Office (PAMO) of Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape leads the “Protect Mt. Matutum” Communication, Education and Public Awareness Campaign in Cebuano, Tupi South Cotabato on June 18, 2020.
“Protect Mt. Matutum” is a campaign devised by Mt. Matutum Local Government Unit representatives with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Protect Wildlife Project.
The campaign aims to promote the protection and conservation of Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape (MMPL) including the Flagship species chosen by the Local Government Units by conducting information drives in the different barangays within the Protected Area (PA).
Mary Ann Tenorio, the Assistant Protected Area Superintendent (APASu) designate of Mt. Matutum said that “it is essential for the constituents to be aware of the salient features of the laws governing the Protected Area to help support the management and sustenance of the PA.”
The ten-year Protected Area Management Plan (PAMP) of Mt. Matutum will be laid out to the participants of the campaign including the prohibited acts and penalties as per Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded National Integrated Protected Area System Act.
Protect Mt. Matutum campaign will continue to run until the end of 2020 and will be conducted in selected barangays in Tupi, Tampakan, and Polomolok in South Cotabato and Malungon in Sarangani Province.###
DENR employees donate check worth Php 54,655 to LGU South Cotabato COVID 19 relief efforts
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{Left to Right: Lilibeth B. Llarenas of PDRRMO, PENRO Radzak B. Sinarimbo, Chief Arvin Librado of the Operations and Warning Section, DENREU President – Norhayda A. Zainal and the Kalipunan ng mga Kawani sa Kagawaran ng Kalikasan (K4) Secretariat Josephine Y. Liberato}
KORONADAL CITY – The employees of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for South Cotabato (DENR-South Cotabato) will donate part of their salaries for May to help the government address the Corona Virus Disease (COVID) – 19 pandemic.
To facilitate the donation, the DENR Employees Union (DENREU)-South Cotabato Chapter advanced the whole amount of the pledges, with the approval of its Board of Directors.
On April 14, 2020, Mr. Radzak B. Sinarimbo, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) of South Cotabato, personally handed the check amounting to P54,655 to LGU – South Cotabato’s Operations and Warning Section Chief, Arvin Librado.
The simple turn-over was held at the Emergency Operations Center of the South Cotabato Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) located in Barangay Zone IV, Koronadal City. It was witnessed by DENREU – South Cotabato Chapter President Norhayda Abas-Zainal,EnP and some of the employees of PENRO South Cotabato and PDRRMO.
Librado expressed his thanks to PENRO Sinarimbo and his team for the much-needed donation. According to Librado, the contribution will be turned over to the COVID Center and will be used to purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the front liners.
The donation represented the contribution of the regular personnel of PENRO South Cotabato, and Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) in Banga headed by CENRO Abunawas B. Abduladsis.
“The office has already provided assistance to its employees, hence it is high time for us to lend a helping hand to the government in the fight against COVID - 19,” PENRO Sinarimbo added.
It can be recalled that the DENREU South Cotabato Chapter provided cash aid amounting to Php3,000 pesos each to its more than a hundred members in March 2020.
Likewise, the DENR Provincial Office (also called PENRO) for South Cotabato, in compliance with the memorandum issued by the DENR Assistant Regional Director, Mama G. Samaon distributed multivitamins, face masks and isopropyl alcohol to the regular and contractual personnel.
Sanitary measures including office steaming and installation of footbath and sink as wash area were also executed.
The initiatives of the office will hopefully motivate everyone to take part in the efforts undertaken by the government, non governmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector in fighting this pandemic.
No less than President Rodrigo Roa Duterte committed his one-month salary while majority of his cabinet officials promised to donate 75 percent of their monthly pay to help the country deal with COVID – 19.
In this time of public health emergency, we can only heal as one by setting aside our ideological, philosophical and political differences. Everyone is affected and each one needs continuous support and understanding. (Princess Kate A. Farrol & Manuela C. Locsin)
WFP ROLL-OUT
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PENRO South Cotabato conducted the Roll-Out of C.Y. 2020 Work and Financial Plan on January 9, 2020 held at PENRO South Cotabato Conferance Hall.
DENREU South Cotabato Financial Assistance
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As one of the strategies to mitigate the economic consequences of the COVID 19 pandemic and to lessen the financial burden on the growing concern amidst the placing of South Cotabato province under preemptive lock down, Norhayda A. Zainal, President , together with the Board of Directors (BODs) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Employees Union (DENREU) South Cotabato Chapter, extend their financial assistance to its members and a one (1) month moratorium on payment of DENREU Salary Loan (April CY 2020) was implemented. "The DENREU South Cotabato Board of Directors (BODs) prioritize the welfare of the employees and we are one with you in these difficult times", Zainal said.
