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+ Follow ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES SECRETARY MIKE DEFENSOR Tag
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                    [Title] => Geograce signs deal to develop Isabela mine
                    [Summary] => Mining firm Geograce Resources Philippines has signed an agreement to develop and operate Platinum Group Metals Corp.’s ...
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                    [Title] => Manila North Road bridges to be widened
                    [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — All 25 bridges spanning the old Manila North Road (MNR) through Bulacan and Pampanga will be widened to four lanes by next year as part of the P3-billion rehabilitation program to provide motorists with a toll-free alternative to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).


Ramon Aquino, director of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), said the 25 bridges, which have only two lanes at present, will be "retrofitted" since most parts of the 33-kilometer MNR from Marilao, Bulacan to Mabalacat, Pampanga have being widened to four lanes.
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Called Bantay Tambutso sa Eskwela, the campaign forms part of the government’s call for various sectors to get their act together in trying to improve the quality of the air that we breathe.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096528 [AuthorName] => Benny G. Enriquez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310477 [Title] => DENR pushes ban on entry of smoke-belching vehicles in schools [Summary] => Tens of thousands of school children all over the country joined hands last week to participate in the launching of a campaign to ban the entry of smoke-belching vehicles in their respective school premises.

Called Bantay Tambutso sa Eskwela, the campaign forms part of the government’s call for various sectors to get their act together in trying to improve the quality of the air that we breathe.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096528 [AuthorName] => Benny G. Enriquez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297322 [Title] => Gov’t urged to speed up release of Kyoto Protocol implementing rules [Summary] => Proponents of several private sector-led projects aimed at mitigating the production of greenhouse gases say their projects have been left hanging because Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Mike Defensor has yet to sign the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) on the Philippines‘ compliance to the United Nations Kyoto Protocol ratified last February 2005.
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That’s almost a déjà vu. A civilian replication of the withdrawal of support by the military and the police that took out former President Joseph Estrada.

What makes it more significant is that the nine are her economic managers. A catastrophic event.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136001 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1771372 [AuthorName] => THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282845 [Title] => A glimmer of hope [Summary] => The statement of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Mike Defensor that GMA would talk about her alleged taped conversation with Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano is a hopeful sign that the President may be reconsidering her earlier stance that she would stonewall the issue.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134872 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1532076 [AuthorName] => MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279950 [Title] => Protect Boracay’s environment [Summary] => Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Mike Defensor is in the midst of a full blown war of words with some of the entrepreneurs now raking it in at Boracay. When I chanced upon Mike last week at Myther’s, I told him I was not as interested in his land dispute with the Boracay folks as I am with the need to preserve the environment that makes Boracay so attractive to tourists.
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"It is under litigation now so we have to work out, if possible, an out-of-court settlement if the owner is agreeable," she said during a media interaction here the other day.
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In a press conference, Assistant Trade Secretary J. Norman R. Hocson disclosed that following a mediation agreement, FQPI and JC Martin agreed to accept refinements recommended by the DTI with regard to encouraging earnings through recruitment.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES SECRETARY MIKE DEFENSOR
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                    [Title] => Geograce signs deal to develop Isabela mine
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                    [DatePublished] => 2008-09-25 00:00:00
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                    [ArticleID] => 313540
                    [Title] => Manila North Road bridges to be widened
                    [Summary] => CITY OF SAN FERNANDO — All 25 bridges spanning the old Manila North Road (MNR) through Bulacan and Pampanga will be widened to four lanes by next year as part of the P3-billion rehabilitation program to provide motorists with a toll-free alternative to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).


Ramon Aquino, director of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), said the 25 bridges, which have only two lanes at present, will be "retrofitted" since most parts of the 33-kilometer MNR from Marilao, Bulacan to Mabalacat, Pampanga have being widened to four lanes.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804849 [AuthorName] => Ding Cervantes [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310272 [Title] => DENR pushes ban on entry of smoke-belching vehicles in schools [Summary] => Tens of thousands of school children all over the country joined hands last week to participate in the launching of a campaign to ban the entry of smoke-belching vehicles in their respective school premises.

Called Bantay Tambutso sa Eskwela, the campaign forms part of the government’s call for various sectors to get their act together in trying to improve the quality of the air that we breathe.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096528 [AuthorName] => Benny G. Enriquez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 310477 [Title] => DENR pushes ban on entry of smoke-belching vehicles in schools [Summary] => Tens of thousands of school children all over the country joined hands last week to participate in the launching of a campaign to ban the entry of smoke-belching vehicles in their respective school premises.

Called Bantay Tambutso sa Eskwela, the campaign forms part of the government’s call for various sectors to get their act together in trying to improve the quality of the air that we breathe.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096528 [AuthorName] => Benny G. Enriquez [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297322 [Title] => Gov’t urged to speed up release of Kyoto Protocol implementing rules [Summary] => Proponents of several private sector-led projects aimed at mitigating the production of greenhouse gases say their projects have been left hanging because Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Mike Defensor has yet to sign the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) on the Philippines‘ compliance to the United Nations Kyoto Protocol ratified last February 2005.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1720791 [AuthorName] => Rose de la Cruz [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 285716 [Title] => GMA in her worst crisis [Summary] => The call of nine of the Cabinet members of President Gloria Macapa—gal-Arroyo for her to resign puts on the block the question of the survival of the Chief Executive.

That’s almost a déjà vu. A civilian replication of the withdrawal of support by the military and the police that took out former President Joseph Estrada.

What makes it more significant is that the nine are her economic managers. A catastrophic event.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136001 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1771372 [AuthorName] => THE SOUTHERN BEAT By Rolly Espina [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 282845 [Title] => A glimmer of hope [Summary] => The statement of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Mike Defensor that GMA would talk about her alleged taped conversation with Elections Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano is a hopeful sign that the President may be reconsidering her earlier stance that she would stonewall the issue.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134872 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1532076 [AuthorName] => MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 279950 [Title] => Protect Boracay’s environment [Summary] => Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Mike Defensor is in the midst of a full blown war of words with some of the entrepreneurs now raking it in at Boracay. When I chanced upon Mike last week at Myther’s, I told him I was not as interested in his land dispute with the Boracay folks as I am with the need to preserve the environment that makes Boracay so attractive to tourists.
[DatePublished] => 2005-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133182 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804837 [AuthorName] => Boo Chanco [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 274387 [Title] => Arroyo wants power plant issue settled out of court [Summary] => BACOLOD CITY — President Arroyo favors an out-of-court settlement on the ownership problem involving the 30-megawatt Maricalum power plant in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental.

"It is under litigation now so we have to work out, if possible, an out-of-court settlement if the owner is agreeable," she said during a media interaction here the other day.
[DatePublished] => 2005-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270914 [Title] => DTI to monitor 1st Quadrant, JC Martin for three months [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is placing First Quadrant Philippines Inc. (FQPI) and JC Martin Corp. under a three-month monitoring after the DTI failed to conclusively determine if the two multi-level marketing firms are engaged in pyramiding.

In a press conference, Assistant Trade Secretary J. Norman R. Hocson disclosed that following a mediation agreement, FQPI and JC Martin agreed to accept refinements recommended by the DTI with regard to encouraging earnings through recruitment.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805266 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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