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A year after the Lumad (indigenous people’s) killings in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, and still no justice in sight, Task Force TAMASCO asks the Department of Environment and Natural Resources where its interests lie and whose agenda it serves. Quezon City, Philippines. 2018 December 3. Photo by Galileo de Guzman Castillo.
“Mother Nature—militarized, fenced-in, poisoned—demands that we take action.”
—Berta Cáceres, Honduran environmental activist killed in 2016 for defending indigenous people’s rights and leading the struggle against the Agua Zarca Dam
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo
Nature abhors a vacuum and likewise it must loathe empty promises. Since the beginning of his electoral campaign in 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte has been indulging in a lot of populist promises. At the onset, he openly stated his opposition against open-pit mining, promised to halt environmental destruction, pronounced support for the crafting of a law on sustainable l
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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Agullana and the surname or paternal family name is Cimatu.
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| Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incumbent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office May 8, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Rodrigo Duterte | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gina Lopez(Ad interim) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30th ledare of personal of the Armed Forces of the Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office May 18, 2002 – September 10, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Diomedio Villanueva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Defensor Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Roy Agullana Cimatu July 4, 1946(1946-07-04) (age 78) Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Fe Aguillon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Dennis Cimatu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Philippine Military Academy United States Army Command and General Staff College Ateneo de Manila University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance | Philippines | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service/branch | Philippine Army | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1970-20 • Roy CimatuFilipino government official and former Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Agullana and the surname or paternal family name is Cimatu.
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