Mameng Jr., along with his father and namesake, reportedly shot park ranger Guillermo Celino in the leg following a heated confrontation when the two were accosted by a group of rangers while trying to haul illegal logs within park boundaries in Barangay Tagabenit.
PPUR spokesperson Jan Elmer Badilla told Palawan News their rangers were investigating a reported illegal logging activity at an area of the park in Barangay Tagabenit when they came upon two men who were trying to haul illegally cut trees.
An agent of the drug enforcement said suspects Virgilio Morales, 37, believed to be the leader of the Morales gang, and Amy Pangilinan, 41, were apprehended at Sitio Makirawa, Barangay Tagabenit around 10 p.m. on November 25.
A city councilor has proposed the conduct of a study for the possible establishment of a zoo and a botanical garden at Sitio Makiwara, Barangay Tagabenit.
A leopard cat was repatriated to Palawan and released back to the wild in Barangay Tagabenit after quarantine last week.
The release was made possible...
