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Friday, August 29, 2008 (Philippines)
| DENR Protected Areas, Wildlife, and Coastal Zone Management Services chief Reynaldo Yawan readies for release the Philippine hawk eagle discovered weak a week before Typhoon Karen. (Sun.Star Baguio/Jane Cadalig) |
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DUE to the recent arrest of a minor from Cavite with P140,000 worth of shabu, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional office in Baguio City has intensified its operations against drug traffickers using minors as pushers or couriers.
A minor from Cavite was arrested while delivering 10 grams of shabu or methamphetamine hydrochloride to a covert PDEA operative, who conducted a buy-bust operation in front of the Quezon Elementary School along Session Road Extension at 2:50 a.m. of August 25.
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Inter-regional summit on watersheds set
AN INTER-REGIONAL watershed summit will be held this October to discuss how the Cordillera and regions dependent on the water production of this region can help conserve sources of the supply in view of the denudation of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)'s forests.
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Hawk eagle released back to the wild
JUST as Typhoon Lawin started battering the region, an eagle from a rare species was released into the wild Thursday or after two weeks of being adopted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
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CAR police okay sending of group to Mindanao
CAMP DANGWA, La Trinidad, Benguet -- The Police Regional Office in the Cordillera (Procor) is willing to field its mobile force to Mindanao if the need arises.
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