HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE APPROVES GOLEZ RESOLUTION URGING SUSPENSION OF COMMERCIAL LOGGING:

The House Committee on Natural Resources approved yesterday a House Resolution authored by Cong. Roilo Golez (2d District, Paranaque City) urging Malacanang and the DENR to suspend all commercial logging operations in view of the damage to lives and property brought about by flashflood and mudslides caused by denuded mountains and forests in Aurora and Quezon. The resolution was approved unanimously by the members of the committee headed by Congressman Leovigildo Banaag of Agusan del Norte. This is considered historic because it is the first time in the history of the House of Representatives that a commercial log ban resolution has been approved at committee level. The log ban issue has always been a contentious and hot issue in the House of Representatives.