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KILOS-KILOS PARA SA TUBIG

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), together with other government agencies and private sector partners, treats the public with water craze games and fun activities like zumba dance sungka tournament, water relay, to name a few, on Saturday, March 18, at the Quezon City Memorial Circle –Liwasang Aurora.  The activity entitled “Kilos-kilos para sa Tubig”  is a part of the celebration of Philippine Water Week, leading to the global observance of World Water Day (WWD) on March 22, with theme: Water and Wastewater, to  highlight the need for proper treatment of wastewater to maximize its benefits particularly in agriculture. ###

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GABRIELA SUPPORTS LOPEZ

Environment Secretary Gina Lopez (3rd from left)) has earned the unqualified support of the Philippines’ leading women’s rights group GABRIELA, conferring her the title, “Woman of Courage” on Friday, March 10.  GABRIELA was among the countless of organizations pushing for the confirmation of Lopez as DENR secretary.  In photo are GABRIELA officers headed by Secretary General Joms Salvador (2nd from left), Deputy Secretary General Obeth Montes (left), and Vice Chair Gert Libang (to Lopez’s left). ###

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WOMAN OF COURAGE

Environment Secretary Gina Lopez is recognized as a “Woman of Courage” on Friday, March 10, by GABRIELA, for her “standing up for the general welfare of women, indigenous peoples and the Filipino nation vis-à-vis encroaching interests of commercial despoilers of the environment.” ###

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NECESSARY STEPS TAKEN

Environment Secretary Gina Lopez (seated, center) responds to Mr. Manuel Galvez (seated, right) of the United Filipino Consumers and Commuters during the first day of her CA confirmation hearing held Wednesday, March 8, at the Senate.  Galvez opposed Lopez’s confirmation as DENR secretary alleging that the air quality monitoring stations purchased by the DENR were “not calibrated and are not giving correct data”.  Lopez said equipment were purchased before her time but nonetheless recognizes the problems that were stated by Galvez, stressing that the DENR “has already investigated the matter and taken steps.” ###

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NO SACRED COWS

Secretary Gina Lopez (seated, center) responds to issues posed by Dr. Carlo Arcilla (seated, right), director of the National Institute of Geological Sciences at University of the Philippines Diliman and an oppositor to her confirmation as DENR secretary, about the two Lopez-owned companies, the First Philippine Industrial Corporation and First Balfour. Lopez says that “there are no sacred cows” and that her family’s companies “will be treated just like everyone else.” ###

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