The Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD), a special body tasked to oversee the province's environmental concerns, has uncovered a black market operation involving...
A system is supposed to be in place to address such cases. As part of due process, an accused government official is placed under preventive suspension if there is merit to the case. This is so that he or she is unable to influence the outcome of the investigation while it is under adjudication. In the instance of Narra mayor Gerandy Danao, this was determined by the provincial board and he was promptly placed under preventive suspension. Eventually, he was convicted and meted a 20-month suspension.
Jovic Fabello, the spokesperson of the PCSD, said per kilo of empty giant clam shells sells P500 to P1,000. However, this depends on what the buyers tell the collectors.
Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD) spokesperson Jovic Fabello said Carlo Cutanda, Carlito Paduga, Eduardo Oplas, and Erwin Durana were apprehended Thursday morning by their joint team after receiving a tip from the Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO) of Taytay and placing them under surveillance.
A 16-foot male saltwater crocodile was killed by the kin of his attack victim in the tidal mouth of a river in Barangay Salang, Balabac island town, Tuesday evening.
