KE PUSHES FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SUMMIT

KE attended the Provincial Solid Waste Management Board Meeting last June 30, 2015
at the Governor's Office. In the meeting, KE pushes for the Solid Waste Management
Summit and committed to be their partner NGO.

KE also raised a resolution directing AKENRO for the on-the-spot
inspection of all the Sanitary Landfill of the 17 LGU's and for DENR
to pursue the penalty therein if found violating the law. 

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KABAEAKA SA KABUEAKAN COMMUNITY

Al spoke on the proper segragation of non-biodegradable to biodegradable material
showed sample materials to the participants.

KABAEAKA SA KABUEAKAN group at Melgar Road, Capitol Site

KE Cynthia and Dhely continued advocacy at Melgar Road, Capitol Side
Their group residents in the area is called KABAEAKA SA KABUEAKAN.

KE PARTNERING WITH APPO

Dr Cynthia Dela Cruz, Founder and Treasurer of KE Organization with
KE Sec Ms. Megs Lunn had a courtesy call to the AKLAN PROVINCIAL
POLICE OFFICE through PESPO Chief Salazar regarding the upcoming
Police Community Relations anniversary this July. KE committeed to become
their partners in the forthcoming project on Clean-Up Drive to celebrate
PCR Month.

BRIGADA ESKWELA

"An effective Home-School collaboration is engaging the stakeholders (like Koolearth Org/NGO's) to a shared responsibility. Brigada Eskwela is partnership in action."

Secretary of KE Ms. Megs Lunn as inspirational speaker at Laguinbanwa Elementary School during the opening of Brigada Eskwela  - a week long activity in a festive of coming together for a common good. 

KOOLEARTH EVERYDAY AT BRGY. CAANO

Dr. Felma Dela Cruz - VP of Koolearth and Education Committee stressed the
importance of Clean, Green and Healthier environment.

Working above (photos) were members of  PCGA, Brgy Councils and 4P's beneficiary.

APEC ALERT: MAINTAIN CLEANLINESS

Maintain cleanliness, Aklanons told

KALIBO, Aklan, April 30(PIA6) -- An appeal has been issued here by the Provincial Government to Aklanons especially those living along the highway from the Kalibo International Airport to Caticlan, Malay, Aklan to keep the roadsides clean and free of eyesores with the arrival of delegates next week for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Boracay Island in May.

Municipalities to be passed while delegates are on their way to Boracay Island starting next week include Kalibo, Numancia, Makato, Tangalan, Ibajay, Nabas, and Malay.

The APEC meetings – Senior Officers Meeting (SOM2) and Trade Ministerial Meeting, will be held from May 10-22 and May 23-24, respectively in Boracay Island.

Among things that Aklanons should avoid doing in time for the arrival of delegates and while the APEC meetings are ongoing in the island include piling of sand and gravel along the roadsides, piling of garbage and dried leaves along the highway and burning these; burning of rice stalks in ricefields, drying palay on the highway and parking of private vehicles at roadsides.

Slow-moving vehicles like tricycles, bicycles and multicabs should utilize the part of the highway nearest to the roadside while tricycles should not be parked in front of wet markets and stores.

Sacks of feeds and other merchandise should not be placed at the side of the highway while residents are also advised tp take away tarpaulins, streamers and sticker advertisements from houses and establishments.

Putting up or nailing announcements on trees at the Campo Verde area is also strictly prohibited.

According to Aklan provincial officials led by Governor Florencio T. Miraflores, Rep. Teodorico Haresco and Vice Governor Gabrielle Calizo-Quimpo, the success of the APEC activity in Boracay is seen to bring in more investors in Aklan which could provide jobs and livelihood to Aklanons. (JCM/VGV PIA6 Aklan)

KEAT WORKSHOP ON ACTION PLAN

Ms. Megs Lunn - KE Secretary facilitated the workshop for KEAT Action Plan

Education and Health & Sanitation Committee

Ways and Means Committee

Disaster Risk Reduction Committee

Implementationa and Enforcement Committee

Dr. M. Dela Cruz - LGU Municipal Health Office

Mr. Danilo Lopez- Pres. of KPMUSOVA, Vendors Group

Mr. Boy Sarmenio - Ambulant Vendors Group

SPO4 Isada - representing PNP Kalibo

Mr. Jesse Fegarrido - MEEDO

KEAT Team with KE Facilitators

KEAT LGU KALIBO TEAM

Kalibo Environmental Action Team

An Executive Order establishing the Kalibo Environmental Action Team of the Municipality of Kalibo, Province of Aklan was recently signed by Mayor William Lachica. This non- partisan group was conceived  last year, but due to the busy schedule of the members it was put on one side until recently  Lt. Chita de la Cruz-Heap PCGA, President of the Kool Earth Organization , met up with the group once again and impressed on them the importance of this Executive Order and the implementation of the RA 9003 and other related issues and how each one can serve the Kalibonhons with alacrity.

Kalibo Environmental Action Team (KEAT) is composed of the following:

Honorary Chairman -  Hon. William Sucgang Lachica, Municipal Mayor

Chairman - Lt. Chita de la Cruz-Heap PCGA, Kool Earth Org. Pres.

Co-Chairman- Mr. Efren F. Trinidad, Executive Asst. II

Focal Person - Engineer Jesse Fegarido, MEEDO Head/MENRO

Members
SB Member Ariel Fernandez - Committee on Environmental Prot.

Dr. Makarius Tel-Aviv de la Cruz- Municipal Health officer

Atty Buenas Aires Celi C. Rivera - Municipal Legal officer

Engr. Marlo Villanueva -  M P D C

Ms. Haidy A. Concepcion - Licensing Officer I

Superintendent Pedro Enriquez- Chief of Police

Comander Blas Solidum - PCGA Division 6:11

Col Rommil Abayon -ARESCOM (Reservists)

Ms. Caridad Granflor - SKBK & deputized SKBK members

Mr. Danilo Lopez -  Pres. KPMUSOVA

Mr. Johnny ‘Boy’ Samenio - Pres. Ambulant Vendors

Mrs. Mila Obalobao - Pres. Dried Up Sooc River Urban Poor 

Mr. Raymundo Agcaoili-  KAPOTODCO

Mr. Greg Martinez - Pres. KACLA

DENR Representative

Head Secretariat                              

Ms. Jennifer Policarpio  - Asst. MEEDO Head

Ms. Marivel R.Perez

Ms. Ma. Cristina M. Caliso

Ms. Ellen Baltazar

Mr. Angelito Chu

Mr. Johannes Gonzales

Signing of KEAT Executive Order (l to r) Ms. Chita Dela Cruz-Heap,
Mayor William S. Lachica and Mr. Efren Trinidad

On their first meeting which was held on the 29^th of April, all members of the team turned up, including other organizations that were not in the list of members who are eager to serve their fellow Kalibonhons. Supt. Pedro Enriquez was represented by SP04 Isada, and SSgt. Glenn Trinidad, represented Col Rommel Abayon of ARESCOM.

The committees formed were the following: Committees on Education, Transportation Enforcement, Secretariat, Legal, Health and  Sanitation, Ways and Means, Energy Conservation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Environmental Protection and Conservation.

STOP TO BORACAY OVER DEVELOPMENT SOUGHT

ILOILO CITY—Residents and tourists on Boracay Island have launched an online petition to stop the commercial development of a beach and its surrounding forest that the petition said was the island’s last remaining pristine area.

The petition is calling for the protection of the Puka Shell Beach and the forest around it in the northern tip of the 1,032-hectare Boracay.

“Help us protect the last remaining pristine beach, forest and wildlife in Boracay,” said the petition.

“They cannot take away all our wildlife on this island for profit,” it said. “If you don’t speak up, the last forest will disappear,” it added.

The petition, made through Change.org, said property owners and developers are “again pushing to revoke the forest classification of the area and make it into commercial land for development.”

As of March 25, at least 1,123 people signed the petition.

The proposed Boracay Development Plan 2013-22 seeks to categorize Puka beach and its surrounding forest as commercial land.

The petition seeks to classify the area as a wildlife sanctuary.

It was initiated by Friends of the Flying Foxes (FFF), a Boracay-based nongovernment organization advocating the conservation of flying foxes, an endangered fruit bat species.

Conservationists have identified three bat species in Boracay, including the golden-crowned flying fox which is endemic to the Philippines, as an endangered species.

FFF said bats perform essential roles in pollinating plants and trees, reforestation and keeping insect population under control.

Fruit bat population in Boracay had declined from 15,000 in 1986 to 2,238 in April 2014 according to the petition.

Flying foxes have become a tourist attraction in Boracay. Tourists wait by the beach at sunset to see thousands of bats fly together from their roosting sites to the Aklan mainland, a distance of about 40 kilometers, to feed on fruits in the forests.

In recent years, bat flights have become rare and conservationists blamed this on uncontrolled development on the island.

Puka beach is yet an undeveloped area, attracting visitors who want to avoid the thick crowd in Boracay’s main beaches. It is surrounded by a forest which is home to wildlife, including turtles, lizards, monkeys and birds.

“In protecting this forest and declaring it a wildlife sanctuary, we make sure our island’s ecosystem, Puka Shell Beach and its forest will survive for future generations and tourists to explore and enjoy,” said the petition.

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