Named respondents in the complaint filed by community environment and natural resources officer Severino Llamas with the provincial prosecutor’s office were Mayor Cynthia de la Cruz and her husband, former mayor Nehemias de la Cruz.
Raoul Geollegue, regional director of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said the investigation into illegal logging in Don Salvador Benedicto will continue and that more charges may be filed. — Antonieta Lopez