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                    [Title] => Chinese involved in Bulacan gold panning operations?
                    [Summary] => 

Authorities are set to investigate reported gold panning operations at the boundary of Bulacan and Nueva Ecija allegedly involving Chinese nationals.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 766378 [Title] => Tribal folk to secure Bulacan watershed [Summary] =>

Dumagat tribal folk will be tapped to guard the watershed areas of Angat and Ipo Dams in Norzagaray, Bulacan against illegal loggers.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 765140 [Title] => Hot lumber seized near Angat Dam [Summary] =>

Forest guards confiscated about a thousand board feet of illegally cut lumber discovered near Angat Dam Thursday morning.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 565607 [Title] => Greenpeace sets up Angat Dam water watch [Summary] =>

Environment watchdog Greenpeace set up yesterday an eight-day “Water Watch” camp at the Angat reservoir, Metro Manila’s main water source, to gather information on the effects of decreasing water levels in the dam and nearby areas.

[DatePublished] => 2010-04-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097363 [AuthorName] => Michael Punongbayan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 328135 [Title] => ‘Environmental army’ eyed to guard Bulacan forests [Summary] => MALOLOS CITY — Local environmentalists have pushed for the creation of an "environmental army" to go after timber poachers in the Sierra Madre range in Bulacan amid the shortage of forest guards.

As proposed, Mendel Garcia, head of the Angat Watershed Area Team and a member of the Sagip Sierra Madre Multisectoral Council, the environmental army will be composed of 12 members of the Special CAFGU Active Auxiliary of the Army’s 56th Infantry Battalion based in Norzagaray town, while the rest will be volunteers.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 246603 [Title] => Informal settlers endangering wildlife in Angat watershed [Summary] => NORZAGARAY, Bulacan — "Lupa, langit, hayop, halaman, tao ay magkaugnay."

So goes a line from environmentalist-songwriter Joey Ayala’s song Magkaugnay, which underscores the way Mother Nature’s creations should live in harmony. But this balance is being threatened by the gradual influx of settlers at the Angat watershed and protected area.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1371238 [AuthorName] => James Mananghaya [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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