NFWM seizes P24.3-M contraband, weapons
Rear Admiral Donn Anthony Miraflor said Naval Task Force 61 and the Bureau of Customs conducted the operation in the waters off Sulu.
ZAMBOANGA CITY — Authorities here intercepted three motor launches transporting smuggled cigarettes, petroleum fuel, firearms and ammunition, and ammonium nitrate used in making explosives.
The total value of the seized items was pegged at P24.3 million by the interdicting force, the Naval Forces Western Mindanao or NFWM.
NFWM commander Rear Admiral Donn Anthony Miraflor said the operation was conducted by operatives of the Naval Task Force 61 and Bureau of Customs in the sustainable.
The People’s Survival Fund was established under Republic Act 10174 to finance adaptation programs and projects of local government units and accredited local and community organizations.
The PSF Board approved P539 million worth of new climate adaptation projects.
The newly approved projects will be implemented in the climate-vulnerable areas of Mountain Province, the City of Borongan in Eastern Visayas and the Municipalities of Maramag, Bukidnon, Cabagan, Isabela and Catanauan, Quezon.
The projects include a Climate field school for farmers in Mountain Province worth P271.15 waters off Sulu.
Miraflor said that NTF-61 first intercepted M/B JFM near Pangutaran Island in Sulu province. Seized was 700 master cases of smuggled cigarettes valued at P14 million, an M653 rifle and a caliber 45 pistol.
M/B JFM came from the town of Pangutaran, Sulu and was heading towards Palawan when it suffered engine trouble and was forced to return to Pangutaran where it was intercepted in the coastal waters of North Ubian.
While still in the vicinity, NTF-61 spotted and intercepted M/L Somewhere-5, coming from Palawan and heading towards Pangutaran Island. million; the installation of drainage and early warning systems and the development of the agroforestry industry in Maramag, Bukidnon worth P126.40 million; an irrigation project in Cabagan, Isabela involving the construction of 3 solarpowered irrigation systems worth P21.28 million; a mangrove rehabilitation project in Catanauan, Quezon worth P2.63 million; and the installation of embankment infrastructure and reforestation for enhanced flood control of Lo-om River in Borongan City, Eastern Samar worth P118 million.
The PSF board said it considers the level of risk and vulnerability to climate change, participation of affected communities in the design of the project, poverty reduction potential, cost-effectiveness and
M/L Somewhere-5 was found loaded with undocumented petroleum products and 164 sacks of ammonium nitrate, with a combined worth of P 3.3 million.
The operatives then intercepted M/L Fatima Daniya along the coastal sea waters northwest of Basbas Island in Sulu.
The vessel was found with about 100,000 liters of undocumented petroleum products worth P6.5 million.
M/L Fatima Daniya originated from the Mapun town in Tawi-Tawi, heading towards Sulu Province.
NTF-61A will turn over the seized cargo and the three vessels to the BoC in this city for proper accounting and disposition. attainability of the proposal.
Likewise, considered are the identification of potential co-benefits extending beyond LGU territory, maximization of multi-sectoral or cross-sectoral benefits, responsiveness to gender-differentiated vulnerabilities, and the availability of climate change adaptation action plan.
DA Cordillera regional Technical Director Arlene Sagayo through consultation with the technical experts from DA identified the creation of a Bio Control Agent and Tissue Culture facility as the primary area where the climate field school will focus, aside from relevant pieces of training and skills to capacitate farmers and students of agriculture.