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Monday, June 18, 2007 (Philippines)
| TAKING THE LONG-TERM VIEW. Diego Davis, a forester of the Cebu Uniting for Sustainable Water, points in this March 2007 image to the Mananga watershed, one of five protected zones that will be supervised by a single management board once the Gullas law takes effect. (Sun.Star File) |
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PRESIDENT Arroyo has signed into law a measure that seeks to safeguard Cebu’s water supply by consolidating the management of the province’s forest reserves and watersheds.
Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, 1st district) said the new law, Republic Act 9486, will address in a big way the province’s “creeping water shortage.”
“Cebu has been one of the country’s most forceful engines of economic and employment growth. Congress no less has deemed it imperative to protect and preserve what is left of the province’s vital water resources,” he said in a press statement.
Pinoy Votes: Sun.Star Election 2007
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Disaster plans suggested
AFTER a fire that killed a polio victim who was left home alone last week, a Cebu City legislator urged two government agencies to design a disaster readiness action plan to better equip residents of “vulnerable communities.”
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CV police officials test laptops as extra weapons against crime
HOW do you force your team to keep up with technology? You require them to report their accomplishments through a Power Point presentation, for starters, like what Central Visayas Police Director Silverio Alarcio did to his personnel.
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Carcar to hold plebiscite on July 1
AFTER the successful plebiscite for the cityhood bid of Bogo, it will be Carcar’s turn to let its people decide whether they want their town to become a city.
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