Cinches was asked to comment on photos of the blacktip that divers found dead near Twin Rocks, a popular dive site and protected area in Barangay Anilao, Mabini, Batangas, during the Lenten week.
'We believe they [hulbot-hulbot operators] have been given enough time to find alternative livelihood for their workers,' Cinches said.
We are hoping that the DA can draw a timeline so that, by the end of the year, there will be no more hulbot-hulbot operating in the Philippines,' Cinches said.
Cinches cited that the utilization of some of the country's protected areas do not have a General Management Planning Strategy (GMPS), as subscribed by Rule 10 of DENR Administrative Order 2008-26 (2).
'But the bigger discussion here is the need for conscious and clear marine wildlife interaction (guidelines),'
Cinches said in a telephone interview.
"It does not help that only one percent of excellent coral cover is left,"
Cinches said.
The GMPS,
Cinches said, is required by the DENR Administrative Order 2008-26(2).
The installation simulates what happens to a beached whale,
Cinches said.
The recommendation to review is to ensure that a new measure should be multi-pronged, multi-tool approach to be more effective,'
Cinches said.
Aside from the filing of criminal case,
Cinches was also found guilty of grave misconduct and was ordered dismissed from the service with the accessory penalties of forfeiture of benefits and disqualification from reemployment in any branch of government.
'What is worse is commercial fishers are not just profiteering from unsustainable fishing practices, but also making hefty profits through unfair labor practices by employing unlicensed fishermen,'
Cinches added.
The suspect CIIS employees are said to be "close associates" of Jarvis
Cinches, the former project manager of the Department of Finance's Office of Revenue Agency Modernization, or ORAM.
Lieutenant Norman Tagros, civil military operations commander of the Philippine Army 8th Infantry Battalion, said they confirmed the abduction of Private First Class Jerrel Yorong and Private First Class Marnel
Cinches on Thursday.
