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New law signed by President Marcos allows government to seek bigger penalties for environmental crimes

A new law signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will allow the government to seek significantly bigger penalties for environmental crimes by including the value of ecosystem services—not just the physical resources destroyed—in the computation of damages, DENR Assistant Secretary Norlito Eneran said Saturday. Eneran made the statement in an interview on DZRH News program Special on Saturday on August 15, as…

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