Philippines to abolish Philippine Forest Corp
The Palace is moving to abolish Philippine Forest Corp, the agro-forestry arm of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and one of the many spigots that NGOs used to access pork-barrel funds, according to Environment Secretary Ramon Pa
“The immediate goal is to stop the source of pork leaks,” Paje said.
Paje said President Aquino had asked the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel to study the abolition not only of Philforest but also of National Agribusiness Corp and Zamboanga del Norte College Rubber Estates Corp of the Department of Agriculture; Technology Resources Centre of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST); and National Livelihood Development Corp of Land Bank of the Philippines.
