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==[[Mirinduque News]]==
==[[Mirinduque News]]==
'''More cops deployed to fight ASG, crime groups in Basilan'''
'''Legarda seeks stronger protection of communities'''
*Source: http://www.tempo.com.ph/2012/more-cops-deployed-to-fight-asg-crime-groups-in-basilan/#.TxwloaX9nJd
*Source: http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/national/22352-legarda-seeks-stronger-protection-of-communities
*Jan 22nd, 2012
*Tuesday, January 24, 2012
:by  AARON B. RECUENCO
:by  People's Journal




Additional 100 policemen will be deployed to Basilan to assist police and military forces in hunting down suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and other criminal syndicates operating in the island province.
SENATOR Loren Legarda has urged the Senate to look into the necessity of instituting a system of Mandatory Environmental Insurance Coverage  in light of the environmental damages generated by commercial activities and worsened by the impact of climate change.
Chief Supt. Artermio Hicban, director of the MIMAROPA (Mindoro provinces, Marinduque, Palawan and Romblon) regional police, said most of the cops are first-timers in the operation against the notorious bandit groups.
 
He, however, said that their contingents, all from the MIMAROPA Regional Public Safety Battalion, were subjected to rigid trainings and simulated jungle operations.
Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, said that such system could be crucial in protecting communities from possible environmental disasters and prevent incidences such as the Marcopper mining tragedy in Marinduque and massive fish kills in Rapu-Rapu, Albay
“They will augment the local police units in Mindanao particularly in the Basilan province where spate of kidnappings and other lawlessness committed by Abu Sayyaff Group and other threat groups are prevalent,” said Hicban.
 
The troops will be headed by Chief Insp. Noli Asuncion.
The senator explained that the current Environmental Impact Statement System and the Environmental Guarantee Fund might not be enough to compensate and rehabilitate communities that may be affected by public and private projects.
Hicban said the deployment of their personnel in Mindanao is part of the order issued by the Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership for all regions to assist in the maintenance of peace and order in conflict areas.
 
In most cases, policemen are sent in communist rebel-infested areas in the eastern part of Mindanao and the Moro rebel and extremist groups-infested areas in the western side.
The EISS is a system that must be established for every project or undertaking, whether by the government or private sector, that will significantly affect the quality of the environment; while the Environmental Guarantee Fund will be utilized for the immediate rehabilitation of areas affected by damages to the environment as a direct consequence of the project.
It was recalled that even most members of the police elite Special Action Force are now deployed in various areas in Mindanao.
 
During the deployment ceremony at the MIMAROPA headquarters in Calapan City, Hicban said policemen should neither be intimidated or scared of the very idea of prevalence of violent activities in Mindanao.
“The lack of resolution in the large-scale environmental disasters continues to cause undue suffering to our people and raises question on the adequacy of the Environmental Guarantee Fund in sufficiently funding the compensation, clean-up and rehabilitation requirements of affected areas and communities,” Legarda said.
“Courage is being afraid, but going on anyhow. Fear of the unknown and uncertainty is but natural,” said Hicban in his speech.
 
“But remember that it is in the most adverse situations that great opportunities come. Be proud that you were chosen for this mission so that when you return, you may tell great stories about your assignment in Mindanao”, he added.
“This was clearly manifested by the 1996 Marcopper mining tragedy in Marinduque where a discharge of 160,000 tons of mine tailings led to the biological death of the Boac and Makulapnit rivers—consequently destroying 823 hectares of farmland and displacing 20,000 families,” she pointed out.
 
She said that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has already issued an administrative order requiring the implementation of a Mandatory Environmental Insurance Coverage for all ongoing activities/projects and applications for an Environmental Compliance Certificate and/or Certificate of Non-Coverage. It was suspended pending public consultations among stakeholders.
 
“Even as these public consultations have yet to make clear changes in the DENR’s policy on ensuring adequate compensation for communities affected by human-induced environmental disasters, environmental disputes continue to occur with no effective resolution in sight,” she stressed.
 
“The reality of climate change threatens to magnify the losses which will be felt by these communities in the face of man-made environmental damages, thus highlighting the need that they be adequately compensated and rehabilitated after the occurrence of these disasters,” she added.


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