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PRRD appoints Guerrero as new Customs
Chief, transfers Lapeña to TESDA
By PND
MANILA
--
President
Rodrigo Roa Duterte on
Thursday,
October
25,
appointed former Maritime
Industry
Authority
(MARINA)
Administrator
Rey
Leonardo
“Jagger”
Guerrero as the new Bureau
of Customs Chief, replacing
General Isidro “Sid” Lapeña.

“I know that you
are happy there and you are
contented, so I’ve heard, but
the demands of public service
and the need for honest
men requires your presence
there,” President Duterte told
Guerrero during his speech
at the 117th Anniversary of
the Philippine Coast Guard
(PCG) at the Ceremonial
Area, PCG Headquarters in
Port Area, Manila.

On the other hand,
President Duterte transferred
General Lapeña to TESDA as
the new Director-General.
“General
Lapeña
will move to TESDA. I will
promote you to a Cabinet
member position,” he said.

“So Sid [Lapeña],
‘yung trabaho ng TESDA…
it could be messy at times.
But I’m sure your training
as a military man just like
Jagger would augur well for
the country,” he added.

The President also
expects that the reshuffling
will take effect as soon as
possible.

In the meantime,
President
Duterte
also
ordered the freezing of all
section department units
of the Bureau of Customs,
up to the last official. “The
commissioners are out; the
department heads out,” he
said.

“My orders to you,
Jagger [Guerrero], is ilagay
mo ‘yan sila sa opisina sa
lahat. They are on floating
status whoever. The outer
periphery nandiyan will be
taken care of by the Coast
Guard and maybe you can
utilize military men. The
excess diyan sa walang
trabaho…lalo na ‘yang mga
babae,” said the President.

“And I’m ordering
the Coast Guard to provide
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Experts work together to
keep the ASEAN region
recorded temperature for the past
‘Cool’
1.8 million years will cause an
MANILA -- Sweltering hot days.
Increased number of typhoons.
Unprecedented instances of
storm surges. These have become
the norm nowadays, and people
are quick to blame these on one
thing: climate change.

The global public’s
awareness on the urgency of
addressing climate change has
increased over the years. In the
ASEAN region alone, overall
temperature has been increasing
at a rate of 0.14 – 0.20°C per
decade since the 1960s, as
reported in the Second Edition of
the ASEAN Biodiversity Outlook
(ABO 2) of the ASEAN Centre
for Biodiversity (ACB). T h e
publication stressed that this
continued warming will affect
the vegetation and habitat of
the numerous wildlife species
in the region. Additionally,
the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) acknowledged
that warming beyond the highest
abnormal level of stress to the
various species and their habitats.
“The ACB is providing a venue
and opportunity for the ASEAN
Member States to work together
in the spirit of one ASEAN
Community. Today, the world,
particularly the ASEAN region, is
confronted by the twin threats of
climate change and biodiversity
loss… I’m sure you will all
agree with me when I say that
climate change and biodiversity
loss are inseparable concerns.
Climate change is a major driver
of biodiversity loss, and healthy
biodiversity is a major solution to
climate change,” said Dr. Theresa
Mundita S. Lim, Executive
Director of the ACB, during her
message during the first day of
the Asia Multi-Actor Dialogue
Seminar to Build Social-
ecological Resilience through
the Incorporation of Ecosystem-
based Solutions in Nationally
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the 117th anniversary of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) at the Port Area
in Manila on October 25, 2018. (REY BANIQUET/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
Priority airport projects seen to vitalize
this will propel a sustained
PH aviation industry
economic growth through an
By DBM
MANILA -- In line with the
administration’s
ambitious
Build Build Build program,
28
airport
projects
for
construction/rehabilitation/
upgrade are listed in the
Department of Transportation’s
(DOTr) priority agenda. Of
the 28, three international
airport projects - Lal-Lo,
Puerto Prinsesa, and Mactan-
Cebu -
and four domestic
airport projects - Tuguegarao,
Calbayog, Ozamis, and Naga -
have already been finished.

The Clark International
Airport expansion project is
due to be completed on June
2020.

These projects are
projected to upgrade the
country’s aviation industry,
and will ensure greater regional
accessibility. In the long run,
improved and more convenient
movement of people and
products, and generate quality
jobs for Filipinos.
Night-rating of airports

Equipping airports with
night-rating capabilities allows
them to accommodate evening
flights, thereby increasing their
daily service capacity. As of
October 2018, 20 out of the
existing 42 airports nationwide
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