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'''PNP – Maasin City initially plants 750 mangrove trees'''

*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1281329199185

*Tuesday 14th of February 2012

:by Erna S. Gorne

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb 14 (PIA) --- The police here  has already  started planting at least 750 mangrove seedlings  to strongly support the nationwide tree planting campaign, in compliance with the President's National Greening Program.

Superintendent Hector Enage disclosed that each of the 52 organic police officers and staff  in the police station  are required to plant at least six  trees  every month for a year.

Enage said earlier this month they were able to plant 500 mangrove trees in Barangay Pasay mangrove in Maasin City in close coordination with the barangay officials, who also contributed their share of mangrove seedlings to the tree planting.

On February 11, Saturday, the Maasin City PNP conducted the second tree planting in Barangay  Manhilo  mangrove area  and planted another 250  seedlings, Enage added.

Enage said the will further coordinate with the Department of Agriculture and barangay councils in the city  for the rest  of the tree planting activities particularly in their need for tree planting materials and planting areas.

The tree planting activity of Maasin City Police Station is in consonance with the campaign of Police Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to plant 10 million trees for the same period and to PNoy's call to plant a billion trees to mitigate climate change.(PIA8- Southern Leyte)