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VOL. LIII. No. 057

City of Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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DENR urged:
STOP ISSUING TARSIER PERMITS

The provincial government moves closer towards banning the display of tarsiers for commercial use outside the primates' natural habitat.

The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) yesterday approved by unanimous vote Resolution No. 002-2008 urging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through Sec. Jose Atienza to stop the issuance of wildlife farm permits that allows possession and display of tarsiers for business purposes. FULL STORY

SAVE THE TARSIERS. Hotelier Anos Fonacier, "father of Bohol tourism" took the cudgels in calling the attention of the provincial lawmakers to take drastic action in aid of legislation regarding the unabated issuance of permits by DENR for display of tarsiers. Fonacier, the man behind the Phil. Tarsier Foundation, Inc. appeared during yesterday's session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan presided over by Vice Gov. Julius Herrera.

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	ABORTED ARSON. Police operative inspects the items recovered at the site when four armed men attempted to put to torch the cellsite of Globe, the 5th to be targeted in the province. Foto DANNY REYES

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