P-Noy's Speech during the signing of the Coalition Agreement between LP and BAKUD, 07 July 2012

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Aquino wants local officials involved in illegal logging to be held accountable

DANAO CITY: Local officials who allowed illegal logging to continue in Mindanao and other parts of the country will be held accountable, President Benigno S. Aquino III said on Saturday during a Liberal Party event here in Danao City.
The Department of Interior and Local Government has asked the mayors in Agusan del Sur to explain why they should not be administratively charged for the rampant illegal logging in their areas that resulted to massive flooding last year causing large number of casualties and damage to infrastructure, the President said during his speech at the signing of the coalition agreement between the Liberal Party and Bakud Party here.
In an interview after the event, Interior and Local government Secretary Jessie Robredo said they have six mayors being administratively charged. All of the chief of police in the respective municipalities involved have already been relieved from their post, he said.

"Magpapaliwanag ang mga mayors. Ang show cause order --- hinihingi ang paliwanag why no administrative cases should be filed against all of them. Ang pinaka-minimum nito negligence for allowing it to happen. Kasi ang may primary accountability nito talaga 'yung checkpoints ng DENR. Tinanggal na lahat 'yon—31 of them—at tuloy-tuloy po ang kampanya," Robredo told reporters.

"Mahigpit ang bilin ng Pangulo na panagutin 'yung kailangang managot," he added saying they expect the numbers of local chief executives being charged to rise as the investigation continues.

The ongoing campaign against illegal logging is just the start, as the government widens its investigation to cover every province in the country, Robredo said. Just recently, the government confiscated illegally cut logs coming from Compostela Valley and Davao. There is also a mayor in northern Luzon who was charged for a similar offense, according to Robredo adding another incident in Isabela province involves a DENR Cenro in cahoots with a local businessman.

Mayors being charged could be reprimanded as the lightest punishment but could also be suspended as the harshest punishment, Robredo noted, adding that that mayors and other elected officials can't be removed from office even if they committed such offenses.

Aside from witnessing the signing of the coalition agreement, the President also attended the birthday celebration of Danao City Vice Mayor Ramon Durano III. Durano was also sworn in as a member of the Liberal Party.

Joining the President Saturday were, Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas, Sen. Franklin Drilon, Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad and Interior and Local Government Secretary Jessie Robredo. (as/3:55pm)

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Aquino witnesses signing of agreement between Liberal Party and BAKUD Party in Danao City

DANAO CITY: President Benigno S. Aquino III attended Saturday the signing of agreement between the Liberal Party and the Barug Alang sa Kauswagan Ug Demokrasya (Bakud) Party saying the LP has found an ally that will strengthen the fight against corruption and help the party push reforms.
"Importante po makahanap tayo ng mga kasangga na talagang kasabay natin sa pagtahak sa tuwid na landas para naman talaga 'yung pagtitiis ng taumbayan at 'yung pag-asenso ay mangyari ngayon at hindi somewhere in the distant future," he said in his message during the event.
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[SamuelPfenninger]

Konti lang po ang may pagkakataon na makialam sa katotohanan dahil hinarangan po nila kasi nasa kanila ang power, gold, guns and goons.Konti lang ang kagaya ko na nakakita sa maling landas nila. Sana po mawala nang tuloyan sila sa politika. Kasi po sa panahon ng eleksyon malayo pa lang po ay binibili na nila ang mga mayors pati narin po ang mga opisyalis ng maliliit na sityo at baranggay.Sa pamamagitan ng pag tipon tipon nila at pamimigay ng pera sa bawat isang dadalo sa tipon tipon.

[SamuelPfenninger]

maraming salamat po mahal namung presidente, kung puwede lang sana huwag na ninyo patakbohin muli sa ano mang posisyon sa gobyerno ang mga Plaza sa Agusan del Sur. Matagal na po na panahon silang nanunungkulan hanggang ngayon ganoon pa rin ang ginawa nila sa mga taong bayan. Lalong lalo na po ang mga kawawang IPs Indigenous people. Marami kami doon boung Agusan del Sur ginawa nilang Bulag, Pipi at Bingi. Ang gobernador ng Agusan del Sur po ay pinag hiwa hiway niyaang mga IPs. para magkaaway.

[Earl Matthew Avila]

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