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FPRDI testing lab aids DBM’s Procurement Service, contributes to government savings
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FPRDI testing lab aids DBM’s Procurement Service, contributes to government savings
September 28, 2012
Mr. Estanislao C. Granados Jr., Executive Director of the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS), met with FPRDI Deputy Director Felix B. Tamolang and Pulp and Paper Products Development Section Chief Ms. Adela S. Torres on 31 August 2012 to discuss possible improvements on the Institute’s paper testing service for DBM-PS.
The DBM-PS is the government’s central procurement arm in-charge of the purchase and distribution of office goods common to all government offices, in accordance with the Government Procurement Reform Act. The Procurement Law promotes the economic, efficient, and transparent procurement activities of all government agencies.
Director Aggangan elected APAFRI Execom Internal Auditor
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Director Aggangan elected APAFRI Execom Internal Auditor
September 27, 2012
Director Romulo T. Aggangan (front row, fourth from right) was elected Internal Auditor of the 2012-2015 Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI) during the association’s 6th General Assembly in Guangzhou, China last 31 August. The once-in-three-years meeting was participated in by delegates from 26 member institutions and hosted by the Research Institute of Tropical Forestry.
As in the past three years, the new committee is headed by the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) and the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICRE).
APAFRI is an independent, non-profit organization which aims to enhance the research and technology development capabilities of forestry research agencies to promote the conservation and management of forest resources in the Asia-Pacific Region. It was established in response to the need to provide a viable framework for research collaboration in the region. ### (Rizalina K. Araral, 26 September 2012)
DENR, FPRDI, TESDA turn hot logs into school desks
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DENR, FPRDI, TESDA turn hot logs into school desks
September 3, 2012
The lack of desks for the country’s public schools may soon become a thing of the past as confiscated logs and flitches from the CARAGA region are converted into lumber that are turned into school desks, chairs and tables.
According to FPRDI Director Romulo T. Aggangan, “With the implementation of Executive Order No. 23, millions of board feet of logs, flitches and lumber have been seized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) from illegal logging operators, especially in CARAGA. DENR then thought of a project that would turn these seized materials into desks, chairs and tables which are badly needed in many of our public schools.
“Thru its Forest Management Bureau (FMB) DENR funds and supervises the project, while FPRDI takes charge of sawmilling the logs and flitches using its mobile sawmill. Four units of such sawmill will soon be deployed in CARAGA to sustain operations.”
“In the last seven months,” adds Director Aggangan, “FPRDI crew have been stationed in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, sawmilling hot logs deposited at the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office. The lumber is then turned over to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur which manufactures the school desks, chairs and tables.” (Rizalina K. Araral, 23 July 2012)
