Camp Ruperto Kangleon, Palo, Leyte – PNP PRO 8 led by PCSUPT ARNOLD RAYALA REVILLA, PRO 8 REGIONAL DIRECTOR notes that illegal logging must now be placed in the order of most serious crimes against the community. The series of landslides and flashfloods that hit the region should serve as a call for us to join hands in preserving our environment and stepping up reforestation.
This calls headed the elements of Borongan Municipal Police Station to conduct operation on “OPLAN KALIKASAN” led by PSUPT MARIO CRISTINO LUCERO, Chief of Police on January 8, 2012 at Sitio Limbuhan, Barangay San Jose, Borongan, Eastern Samar.
The team recovered assorted sizes of abandoned illegally cut lumbers with a total volume of 165 board feet with an estimated value of P13,183.00.
At about 6:00AM on January 7, 2012 at Sitio Canawa, Barangay Mirador, Mondragon, Northern Samar, elements of Mondragon Police Station led by SPO2 NORBERTO ORTIZ with three (3) other PNCOs were able to recover eight (8) pieces 2x8x10 and seven (7) pieces 2x6x10 abandoned illegally cut lumbers at said place.
Burauen Police Station led by PINSP ALLAN NOVALES, OIC, also recovered abandoned illegally cut lumbers when they conducted an operation together with the CENRO personnel. They were able to recover 70 pcs 2x2x12 abandoned illegally cut lumbers with estimated volume of 280 board feet.
According to PSSUPT ELIZAR P EGLOSO,Chief, Police Community Relations Division, illegal logging is an obvious attribute of deforestation causing flashfloods and landslides where the community as a whole suffers. Everyone is encouraged to conserve and preserve the resources we use, to undertake reforestation in order to prevent such disasters.
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