BAYOMBONG,
Nueva Vizcaya – President Aquino bestowed recently the Dangal ng Bayan
Award on a worker of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources who
was killed in Cagayan earlier this year.
Melania
Dirain, a former forestry specialist, was cited for her exemplifying commitment
as a public servant, the regional office of the state-run Philippine
Information Agency said yesterday.
The
award is given by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to government workers who
displayed exemplary adherence to the norms of conduct and ethical behavior in
the performance of their duty.
Dirain’s
three sons received P200,000 cash assistance from the President. Her trophy,
which was received by her sons, was designed by National Artist for sculpture
Napoleon Abueva.
During
the Earth Day celebration last April 22, Dirain was posthumously named as one
of the 2012 Fr. Nery Satur Environmental Heroes along with an Italian priest who
was killed in Mindanao.
Dirain,
42, was shot dead inside her office by a lone gunman on Feb. 7 this year.
The
gunman, Adorable Caligan, of Claveria town was later charged with murder.
However,
the mastermind in the killing of Dirain remains at large.
Authorities
said Dirain’s murder could be in connection with her office’s discovery of
illegally cut logs and interception of more than 20,000 board feet of lumber
along the Cagayan-Ilocos Norte border.
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