Suspended bocap under fire over ‘hot logs’
>> Wednesday, December 9, 2015
By Manny
Galvez
PEÑARANDA, Nueva Ecija – Authorities seized
here last week a truck loaded with illegally cut logs reportedly owned by a
village chief from a nearby town who was suspended for involvement in illegal
logging.
The 60 hardwood logs,
measuring a total of 789.9 board feet, was intercepted in Barangay Callos at
around 3:30 p.m. according to Col. Felimon Santos, chief of the Army’s 703rd
Infantry Brigade.
The logs were loaded
on a Foton truck (NKO-922) driven by Jhun Cabildo, who failed to present
documents for his cargo.
Department of
Environment and Natural Resources officer Ricardo Lazaro Jr. said the truck and
the logs were deposited at the DENR nursery in Cabanatuan City.
Records from the Land
Registration Office showed the vehicle was registered in the name of Roberto
Fernandez, barangay chairman of Pias in Gen. Tinio town.
Gen. Tinio Vice Mayor
Ferdinand Bote said Fernandez was earlier suspended for six months by the
municipal council for involvement in illegal logging.
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