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PGIN celebrates environment month with groundbreaking of paminta, moringa plantation

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Laoag City—In the time for the Environment Month Celebration, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte's (PGIN) Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) held the groundbreaking of paminta (black pepper) and moringa Plantation at Brgy. Davila, Pasuquin on June 18, 2020.

Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Joseph M. Manotoc led the groundbreaking ceremony, saying: “We are all healing this calamity in many different ways but I am heart-warm that on this sunny day under many trees, we come together and celebrate our Environment Month.”

Nineteen hectares of public land at Brgy. Davila is being used for the planting of paminta seedlings and moringa stem cuttings. Through a memorandum of agreement, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources allowed the Provincial Government to develop the area.

“We commit and revitalize our dedication to our environment. Kilala tayo bilang ‘Renewable Energy Capital’ [of Southeast Asia]. We are known as the very ‘Green Province’ and I know that Ilokanos will always take pride in our care and concern for the environment,” Mr. Manotoc continued.

He further shared his plan to expand moringa production in the province, citing that the “superfruit” was reported to alleviate symptoms of COVID-19.

Moreover, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Environment chairperson Atty. Da Vinci Crisostomo likewise labeled paminta as a high-value crop that can be exported to other countries.

“Sisimulan natin ang environmental projects natin dito sa Pasuquin. Isa na ang pagtatanim natin ng paminta seedlings na bigay ng DENR Central Office. Export quality pa ang paminta kaya maaari nating itanim ito sa buong probinsya,” Mr. Crisostomo stressed

Also present at the groundbreaking ceremony were Sangguniang Panlalawigan members Atty. Donald Nicolas, Atty. Saul Lazo, and Mr. Domingo Ambrocio, Pasuquin Mayor Ferdinand Aguinaldo, PGIN Department heads and several employees, and Brgy. Davila officials, among others. (Blessing Angel V. Agliam)


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