2 Northern Mindanao senators back green bills | Sun.Star.
February 21, 2012
MINDANAOAN Senators Aquilino Pimentel III and Teofisto Guingona III said Saturday they will support the pending house bills and resolutions on environmental protection and rehabilitation of Sendong-devastated areas.
The bills are filed by Cagayan de Oro Representatives Rufus Rodriguez (2nd district) and Maximo Rodriguez of Abante Mindanao party-list.
The two senators from Northern Mindanao issued this support during the Mindanao Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction and Geo-Hazard awareness held in Cagayan de Oro over the weekend.
The bills include House Bill (HB) 1063 imposing a logging ban in Cagayan de Oro City, HB 1064 declaring Cagayan de Oro City as a mining-free zone, HB 5663 that seeks for the appropriation of P2 billion for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities, and HB 5685 granting a 50-percent subsidy on the electricity bill of residents in the affected cities.
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