RECOGNIZING BRAVERY

Environment Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje (second from right) together with Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno (extreme left), representing the Environmental Heroes Foundation, Inc., and Fr. Pablito C. Malibiran (right), representing former Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales, award the plaque of heroism to the wife of the late Isidro L. dela Peña, Adelita and son Clyde, during awarding ceremonies for environmental heroes held June 29, 2016 at the DENR Social Hall in Quezon City. Dela Peña, a forester in DENR-Region 11, was gunned down in 2003 for his role in apprehending four container vans containing P1.4 million worth of illegally cut lumber at Sasa Wharf. ###

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