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EQUILIBRIUM: Sukatan ng Katuwiran
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Senator HEHERSON T. ALVAREZ
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PANATA NG BAYAN SA KALIKASAN
Written by
Senator HEHERSON T. ALVAREZ
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LAUREATTE WINNERS. Former Senator and Environment Secretary
Heherson T. Alvarez (left)receives the 2007 Gusi Peace Prize Award for Public Service and the Environment, while Dr. Peter M. Schantz V.M.D., Ph.D. (right) was equally honored under the category Research, Disease Control & Prevention in Veterinary Medicine, during the recent Annual International Awards Night at the Meralco Theatre in Pasig City. Alvarez, who joined two Filipinos and 12 other winners from around the world as this year's recipients, was recognized "for his visionary leadership and commitment in protecting the environment, and his persistent courageous struggle to restore Philippine democracy, modernizing its economy, and advancing social justice." |
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80-YEAR-OLD POET OF GREEN AWARENESS GETS AWARD
Barbara Mae Dacanay,Bureau Chief
gulfnews.com
April 22, 2008
Manila: An 80-year-old retired professor has received an award for his book of poems in Filipino that helped take environment issues to the masses, particularly the younger generation, a local paper said.
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80-YEAR-OLD GETS AWARD FOR POEMS ON NATURE
Jocelyn Uy
Philippine Daily Inquirer
April 21, 2008
MANILA, Philippines—This gangly professor has an arsenal of frank, simple Filipino words he uses to create drama and poems aimed at inspiring people to save Mother Earth.
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MALACAÑANG HONORS HEROES OF THE ENVIRONMENT
Paolo Romero
The Philippine Star
April 21, 2008
Malacañang led yesterday the awarding of six individuals and groups who have led the cause in protecting the environment in their respective communities and advocacies.
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ECOLOGY MASS ON TV STARTS EARTH DAY RITES IN QUEZON CITY
David Cagahastian
Manila Bulletin
April 20, 2008
A special Ecology Mass ushering in the week-long global observance of Earth Day will be held today starting at 4 p.m., telecast live over the TV program "Sining Gising (Ugnayan ng NCCA at DepEd sa Bayan)," at NBNBN 4, concelebrated by past and current awardees of the Fr. Neri Satur Award for Environmental Heroism.
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ARROYO WANTS ENVIRONMENTAL CARE TO HELP ADDRESS RICE PROBLEM
GMANews.TV
April 19, 2008
MANILA, Philippines - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo urged Filipinos Saturday to do their share to protect the environment, claiming the rice crisis is a result of global warming and climate change.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS TO BE AWARDED
Manila Bulletin
April 15, 2008
A select group of environmental champions will receive the 2008 Fr. Neri Satur Award for Environmental Heroism during the week-long Earth Day observance from April 20-26, EarthSavers Movement founding chairman former Senator and Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez announced yesterday.
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FATHER NERI SATUR, ALIVE THROUGH MODERN ENVIRONMENTAL HEROES
ROSES & THORNS by Alejandro R. Roces
The Philippine Star
April 15, 2008
Last Holy Week, Pope Benedict XVI listed the destruction of the environment as one of several “new sins” that the faithful must avoid. And recently, when typhoons and disasters hit the Philippines because of denuded forests, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pronounced that illegal loggers should be treated like heinous criminals, placed in the same category of drug pushers and terrorists because of their countless innocent victims.
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RP BACKS 50% CUT IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 2050
Reinir Padua
The Philippine Star
December 12, 2007
The Philippine Delegation to the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Change in Bali, Indonesia said they will support a 50-percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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RP SUPPORTS CALLS FOR 50% CUT IN GREENHOUSE EMISSIONS
TJ Burgonio
Philippine Daily Inquirer
December 10, 2007
MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines would support calls for a 50-percent reduction in the levels of greenhouse gas emissions by developed countries at the climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, top government officials said on Monday.
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GUSI PEACE PRIZE HONORS 2007 LAUREATES
Tet Andolong
Business Mirror
November 26, 2007
THE 2007 Gusi Peace Prize Awards, Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize, were given to 15 eminent personalities from all over the world, including three Filipinos, in ceremonies held at the Meralco Theater in Pasig City on November 21.
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ALVAREZ, ACOSTA TO GET GUSI PEACE AWARDS
Efren Montano
People's Tonight
November 19, 2007
FORMER Sen. Heherson Alvarez, Chief Public Attorney Persida V. Rueda-Acosta as well as Presidential Anti-Graft and Corruption Commission chairperson Connie de Guzman will be among the 16 2007 Gusi Peace Prize laureates to be honored Wednesday at the Meralco Theater in Pasig City.
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PREASSURING ASEAN ON BURMA
POLITICAL TIDBITS by Belinda Olivares-Cunanan
Philippine Daily Inquirer
November 19, 2007
Three Filipino officials join outstanding international leaders this Tuesday night, at the Meralco Theater, as winners of this year’s Gusi Peace Prize. They are Chief Public Attorney Persida Rueda-Acosta, Presidential Anti-Graft Commission Chair Constancia de Guzman and former senator and former environment secretary Heherson Alvarez.
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ALVAREZ A RECIPIENT OF THIS YEAR'S GUSI PEACE PRIZE AWARD
Manila Bulletin
November 18, 2007
For elevating climate change and global warming as the foremost environmental issues in the country today, as well as his dedicated public service, former Senator and Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Heherson T. Alvarez will receive this year 2007 Gusi Peace Prize Award, dubbed Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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AN ENVIRONMENTALIST REWARDED
FIRST CRACK by Fel V. Maragay
Manila Standard TODAY
November 17, 2007
LONG before Filipinos took notice of global warming and became almost paranoid over this abnormal phenomenon, an environmental crusader, then Senator Heherson Alvarez, was already warning his countrymen about the harm that it would bring to mankind. Perhaps it was from Alvarez that we first heard of the term ozone layer, which serves as the earth’s natural cover in the skies and absorbs most of the sun’s ultra-violet radiation. As chairman of the Senate committee on environment and natural resources, Alvarez expressed alarm over the continuing depletion of the ozone layer because of the uncontrolled and indiscriminate burning of fossil fuel and destruction of the forests.
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EDUCATION KEY TO FIGHTING GLOBAL WARMING - ALVAREZ
Winston A. Marbella
Manila Bulletin
July 19, 2007
Believing that "the most important tool against global warming is public information and total awareness of the issue of climate change," Environmentalist Sec. Heherson Alvarez is seeking permission to translate to Filipino Al Gore's Academy Award-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
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STRATEGIC SURVIVAL FOR RP, SMALL ISLAND NATIONS
Manila Bulletin
July 03, 2007
Long before former United States Vice President Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" became fashionable among environmentalists, Secretary Heherson "Sonny" Alvarez had been sounding warnings on climate change and global warming.
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ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, MITIGATING GLOBAL WARMING
by Heherson T. Alvarez
Manila Bulletin
June 22, 2007
In 2006, the Philippines was devastated by three so-called "super typhoons" - Milenyo, Reming and Senyang. There were also massive floodings and mudslides in the provinces of Quezon, Leyte and Surigao. Countless lives and millions in property and livelihood were lost.
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CA AFFIRMS CONVICTION OF FORMER ISABELA MAYOR FOR FRUSTRATED MURDER
by Mike Frialde
The Philippine Star
May 06, 2007
The Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction for frustrated murder of former Santiago City, Isabela mayor Jose Miranda and three of his bodyguards in connection with the shooting of a brother of former senator Heherson Alvarez 16 years ago.
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NINOY REMEMBERED IN MANILA. Former Sen.
Heherson T. Alvarez (right), Sen. Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" C. Aquino III (center), Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim (second from right), National Commission for Culture and the Arts Executive Director Cecil Guidote Alvarez (left), and Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita (second from left) lead the wreath-laying ceremony of the 24th death anniversary of Sen. Benigno S. Aquino Jr. at his monument at the Bonifacio Drive in Intramuros, Manila (photo courtesy of Sherwin R. Pineda, Manila Bulletin, August 22, 2007).
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LAKAS COUNTS ON MAYORS TO ENSURE UNITY VICTORY
by Jaime Pilapil
Manila Standard TODAY
May 03, 2007
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats national spokesman Heherson Alvarez yesterday said that the administration’s 300 unopposed mayoralty candidates will ensure victory for Team Unity’s senatorial candidates.
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ALVAREZ: TU TO DOMINATE MAY 14 POLLS
People's Tonight
May 03, 2007
Former senator and Lakas Christian Muslim Democrats national spokesman Heherson Alvarez yesterdays said the opposition must not be surprised when the administration’s Team Unity senatorial candidates dominate the May 14 elections.
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STAR REPORTER BAGS EARTHSAVERS AWARD
The Philippine Star
April 18, 2007
Star reporter Katherine Adraneda is among the recipients of this year’s Fr. Neri Satur Award for her exposé on illegal logging and the need to protect the forests. This was announced yesterday by former Sen. Heherson Alvarez, founding chairman of Earthsavers-Climate Institute’s Asia liaison office and UNESCO Philippine Commission Secretary General Preciosa Soliven.
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PANGASINAN’S 4th DISTRICT POLLS ‘A MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST’
The Philippine Star
April 18, 2007
DAGUPAN CITY: Former senator Heherson Alvares said here that the elections in the Fourth District of Pangasinan where House Speaker Jose de Venecia is running for reelection “is a matter of national interest.”
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CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS TO CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS
ROSES & THORNS by Alejandro R. Roces
The Philippine Star
April 18, 2007
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo opens a round-table cum exhibit with scientists, artists interfacing with different disciplines, media, business, church and education leaders in a focused discussion to forge a comprehensive creative cultural communications educational plan for Climate Change adaptation.
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17 – LAKAS-CMD LINKS WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA
news.balita.ph
April 17, 2007
Former Senator Heherson Alvarez hailed House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. as an acknowledged statesman, an imaginative leader and world legislator when he forged a fraternal relationship between the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats and the Communist Party of China.
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ART vs. GLOBAL WARMING /A ROSE FOR EVERY BOOK
SUNDRY STROKES by Rosalinda L. Orosa
The Philippine Star
April 14, 2007
To celebrate Earth Day, an open-to-the-public roundtable discussion and workshop on climate change will be held at the DFA auditorium on April 18 to build a community centered education program. Located in the typhoon rings, the Philippines is highly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate changes, with its documented rising sea levels and landslides.
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MOTHER EARTH AND ECO-PLATFORM
ROSES & THORNS by Alejandro R. Roces
The Philippine STAR
April 10, 2007
Only when US Vice President Al Gore came out recently with his documentary film An Inconvenient Truth, and won an Oscar for it, people around the world suddenly took notice of a creeping problem that encompasses race, religion, culture and geographical boundaries.
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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ALVAREZ ON PICOP
Newspaper Ad by Brgy. Captain Fanco Tito, et. al.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
February 11, 2007
The Supreme Court said "so glaring evidences of PICOP's non-compliance with the requirements of conversion the court should not condone such blatant disregard by those who believe they are above the law because of their sizable investment and significant number of workers employed."
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PICOP HAS ONLY ITSELF TO BLAME FOR DENR's WITHDRAWAL OF ITS TLA
Letter to the Editor by Heherson T. Alvarez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
January 29, 2007
This is response to Domingo Tumambing's letter which criticized my withdrawal of Picop's logging concession in Mindanao, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court on Nov. 29, 2006.
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REPLACING POLLUTING DIESEL ENGINES
Letter to the Editor by Heherson T. Alvarez
The Philippine STAR
January 29, 2007
We would like to extend our admiration to Mr. Cito Beltran in his Philippine STAR column "CTalk" ("Losers who won big," Jan. 24, 2007) where he mentioned a program I initiated as DENR Secretary in 2002 to replace surplus diesel-fed engines of public transportation vehicles in the country to cut down harmful emissions.
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PICOP SPOKESMAN'S HALF-TRUTHS AND INACCURACIES IMPUGNS SC DECISION?
by Heherson T. Alvarez
The Philippine STAR
January 15, 2007
Mr. Domingo R. Tumambing, a senior forester and president of the Society of Filipino Foresters Inc., Caraga Council has been criticizing my decision as DENR Secretary that withdrew a logging concession of 75,545 hectares from PICOP in Mindanao, a decision which was affirmed by the Supreme Court in its Nov. 29, 2006 ruling against PICOP.
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A PRO-FOREST RULING
FIRST CRACK by Fel V. Maragay
Manila Standard TODAY
January 08, 2007
Last Nov. 29, the Supreme Court rendered a landmark decision that called attention to the need to protect the country's dwindling forests, and to preserve ecological balance over and above the business interests of a few.
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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ALVAREZ DECISION
ROSES & THORNS by Alejandro R. Roces
The Philippine STAR
January 04, 2007
Supreme Court (SC) issued a landmark ruling last November 29, upholding a decision of former Senator Heherson T. Alvarez when he was DENR Secretary in April 2002, that held in abeyance the operations of a logging concession in 75,545 hectares of forest land in Mindanao.
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PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON AGRARIAN REFORM HAILS SC RULING AGAINST PICOP
by Mia Gonzales
Business Mirror
January 02, 2007
Former environment secretary Heherson Alvarez on Sunday hailed the Supreme Court ruling against the Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines (PICOP), calling it a "triumph of environmental defense againsts wealth-making big business insensitivity."
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ALVAREZ HAILS SC DECISION ON PICOP
The Manila Times
January 01, 2007
The recent Supreme Court (SC) decision against the country's largest logging concession is a triumph for environmentalists and a timely act that could prevent disasters in a big swathe of Mindanao, a former environment secretary said Sunday.
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