BENEL D. LAGUA
It took one plane ride and six hours of land trip to get to San Policarpo in Eastern Samar, but it was well worth the journey. As a strong sign of commitment, the DBP President, no less—Cecilia C. Borromeo—led a small group to inaugurate a DBP Forest Project in support of a 60-hectare mangrove rehabilitation located in four municipalities: Arteche, San Policarpo, Oras and Gen. MacArthur. Past supertyphoons Yolanda and Ruby have brought severe deforestation, and the mangrove forests in the province ha been damaged, needing rehabilitation.