DENR Bikol Launches Baligang/Gumihan Contest

Legazpi City March 22 2011– Fernando Quililan, new Bikol director of the environment bureau (DENR) announced a big contest intended for the welfare of the environment in the region.

This coming June 1, 2011, the Baligang/Gumihan Contest will be launched at DENR Office in Legazpi. All 6 provinces and 7 cities in Bikol will participate.

According to Dir. Quililan, for every 5 kilos of baligang delivered to his office will get a price of 15,000 pesos and just one piece of gumihan will get a price of 50,000 pesos. He further said that these fruits are rare and can be found only in Bikol---none of these fruits can be found in Visayas and Mindanao.

Quililan is a native of Ligao, Albay. He became Regional Director in Region 10, at Cagayan de Oro City in Mindanao. He finished his studies at UP College of Forestry in Los Banos, Laguna.

This activity is his initial step to increase awareness and concern for the environment in the region.