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Environmental advocates push for a
clean Traslacion, not trash-lacion
QUEZON
CITY
--
“Ipagbunyi
ang
malinis
na Traslacion. Iwaksi ang
makalat na Trash-lacion.”

These were the words
written on the banner and
placards held by church and
community
environmental
advocates who assembled in
front of the Quiapo Church
two days before the re-
enactment of the Traslacion
on January 9.

Led by the EcoWaste
Coalition,
Buklod
Tao,
Green Brigade Committee
of Quiapo Church, and the
Ecology Ministry of San
Roque de Manila Parish, the
pro-environment
assembly
called attention to the
primary responsibility of
the Black Nazarene devotees
in preventing garbage from
again sullying the faith-
based occasion.

To emphasize the
need for waste prevention,
three volunteers donning
maroon and yellow Black
Nazarene shirts carried a
garbage-filled globe on their
shoulders depicting what has
become of Mother Earth due
to the pervasive throw-away
culture and apathy towards
environmental issues.
“Hundreds
of
sweepers for sure will be
assigned to pick up the
trash left behind by the
passionate believers, as well
as enterprising vendors. But
why litter and expect other
people to clean up after you?
As ‘cleanliness is next to
godliness,’ we request all the
devotees to be responsible
for their discards, protect
our common environment
from garbage, and take care
of each other as brothers and
sisters in faith. As stewards
of the earth, please commit
to a trash-less Traslacion,”
exhorted Daniel Alejandre,
Zero Waste Campaigner,
EcoWaste Coalition.

The advocates for
a
trash-less
Traslacion
were joined by fellow
environmentalist
and
“running priest” Fr. Robert
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Cusi on fuel excise tax
implementation: Cooperate,
Director Rodela I.
don’t violate Assistant
Romero further explained that
TAGUIG CITY -- Department of
Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso
G. Cusi emphasized the urgent
need for all petroleum retail
outlets to heed the implementing
guidelines on the second tranche
of fuel excise tax, or face closure.
“The Secretary has been very
clear - cooperate, don’t violate.
We have been actively explaining
and clarifying the implementation
process for this second tranche.
Dahil klaro ang lahat, mas
mainam na tayo’y sumunod
kaysa naman kapapasok pa
lang ng bagong taon, isasara
tayo,” DOE Spokesperson Felix
William B. Fuentebella said in a
press briefing held January 7 at
the agency’s headquarters.

(Given that everything
is clear it is better that we follow
rather than close down at the start
of the new year.)
STRINGENT MONITORING
OF OIL STOCKS
Oil
Industry
Management
Bureau
OIC-
Director Rino E. Abad and
since last year, the DOE has
undertaken steps to ensure
the stringent monitoring of
inventories in anticipation of the
second tranche’s implementation.
A DOE directive dated September
11, 2018 required oil companies
to submit per-depot and per-
product ending inventory reports
as of 31 December 2018 and daily
withdrawal reports of such ending
inventories starting January 1,
2019 until its full exhaustion.
This ensures that the first tranche
of excise tax will continue to
be imposed on the 2018 ending
inventories, while the second
tranche of excise tax shall be
imposed only on new inventories
imported or produced from local
refineries in 2019.

In addition, oil firms
were also required to submit a
notarized Year-End Inventory
Report (as of December 31, 2018)
covering petroleum products with
the old excise tax rate. Said reports
are to be submitted by January 8,
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Photo courtesy of PIA
DILG welcomes NYC as member of its family
QUEZON CITY -- The
National Youth Commission
is officially welcomed by
Secretary Eduardo Año of the
Department of the Interior and
Local Government (DILG) in a
New Year’s Call ceremony held
at the Multi Purpose Hall of
the Philippine National Police
in Camp Crame, Quezon City
which was attended by officials
and representatives from DILG
Photo Courtesy of PIA
regional offices and its attached
agencies.

In
his
message,
Secretary Año emphasized
that all the organic offices and
agencies currently under the
supervision of the DILG must
work together to provide the
best public service.

Secretary Año also
added that the DILG is bent on
encouraging local government
units to observe maximum
preparedness during calamities
and disasters and for the
PNP to become reliable first
responders. He also mentioned
that the DILG, together with
the other agencies under its
supervision including NYC,
National
Commission
on
Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) and
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