Cimatu resigns as DENR chief due to health reasons, to return to private life, says Palace

Malacanang needs Cimatu good well being because it cites his ‘stellar efficiency” in gov’t

(Eagle Information) — Surroundings Secretary Rey Cimatu has resigned because of well being causes and might be returning to non-public life, Malacanang confirmed on Friday, February 18.

In an announcement, performing Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles introduced Cimatu’s resignation and wished him properly after a “stellar service in authorities.”

“Malacañang confirms the resignation of Roy Cimatu as Secretary of the Division of Surroundings and Pure Sources (DENR) because of well being causes, with Undersecretary Jim Sampulna being designated as Officer-in-Cost of the Division,” Nograles mentioned.

“We want Secretary Cimatu good well being as he transitions from his decades-long and stellar service in authorities to non-public life,” he mentioned.

-Positive factors in Boracay and Manila Bay rehab, amongst Cimatu’s achievements as DENR chief-

Cimatu is remembered for his achievements in serving to President Rodrigo Duterte to clean-up and rehabilitate Boracay Island which was described as a “cesspool” by Duterte when he ordered its momentary closure in April 2018.

Cimatu, who grew to become the secretary of the DENR in Might 2017, had led the Boracay Inter-Company Activity Power (BIATF) that was created on Might 8, 2018 to supervise the rehabilitation of Boracay.

In October 2021, Cimatu reported that the water high quality within the seashores of Boracay had “considerably improved for the reason that rehabilitation of the island vacation spot began in 2018.”

Cimatu mentioned that fecal coliform ranges from 21 stations had been right down to 45 MPN/100 ml on common as of October final 12 months.

He mentioned that the time period extension given to the duty drive till June 2022 must be sufficient to tie up all of the free ends of the island’s rehabilitation.

“As everyone knows, the 2022 polls is simply across the nook, thus, we should be sure that we have now the correct mechanisms in place in order that our onerous work and efforts wouldn’t flip to naught,” Cimatu mentioned throughout the BIATF assembly in Boracay Island on Friday, Oct. 22.

President Duterte additionally gave Cimatu the difficult job of rehabilitating the Manila Bay in 2019 after he was impressed with the DENR chief’s efficiency in cleansing up Boracay.

Manila Bay shoreline stretches 190 kilometers throughout three areas from Cavite in Calabarzon, Nationwide Capital Area (NCR) or the Metro Manila space, and Bulacan and Pampanga in Central Luzon.

On January 27, 2019, Cimatu formally declared the beginning of the Manila Rehabilitation on the Baywalk in Manila. He has defended the DENR challenge to make use of crushed dolomite to cowl a part of Manila Bay’s shoreline, saying this doesn’t pose any well being danger to the general public, and can the truth is even clear the waters of Manila Bay.

He cited varied research on dolomite and the way this had been used as a part of the “seashore nourishment” course of in varied standard and high-end seashores in Cebu.

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, President Duterte additionally assigned Cimatu on June 22, 2020 to supervise the COVID-19 response in Cebu Metropolis when it had a excessive variety of Covid circumstances.

-Pres. Duterte praises Cimatu-

President Duterte had earlier praised Cimatu for his efficiency because the DENR chief, thanking him for his contribution to the nation, notably his efforts to rehabilitate Boracay Island and Manila Bay.

“In not so many phrases, talagang industrious ka. Typical of a army upbringing. Salamat sa contribution mo sa bayan natin,” mentioned the President in his Discuss to the Folks in August final 12 months.

“For therefore a few years you had each likelihood to do it (clear up Manila Bay), was there anyone prepared to take the issue by its horn? Si Cimatu lang, magpasalamat tayo,” the President mentioned as he addressed the critics of the “dolomite seashore” in Manila Bay on August 26, 2021.

A local of Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Secretary Cimatu is a graduate of the general public faculty system from the elementary as much as highschool. He graduated from the Philippine Army Academy within the class of 1970.

He had a profitable army profession and likewise graduated from the USA Military Command and Workers School in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA. He additionally furthered his training with a level in Grasp in Enterprise Administration from the Ateneo Graduate College of Enterprise. A talented pilot of a helicopter and a hard and fast – wing plane, he was additionally a recipient of the Cavalier Award from the Philippine Army Academy Alumni Affiliation and a Corridor of Fame from the USA Command and Normal Workers school, in accordance with his profile on the DENR web site.

Cimatu was appointed because the twenty ninth Chief of Workers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Might 2002.

After he retired from the army service, Cimatu was known as once more to serve the federal government  and was named as a Particular Presidential Envoy to the Center East with the rank of Ambassador by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

“On the top of the US-Iraq struggle, his Center East Preparedness Committee made certain that no abroad Filipino employee (OFW) was damage, killed or displaced from employment due to the battle. He was capable of negotiate a profitable launch of a Filipino hostage named Angelo dela Cruz, who was kidnapped by Iraqi militants in Baghdad, Iraq in 2004. Cimatu obtained a Presidential Award due to his bravery and perspicacity as a strategist for the triumphant negotiation,” his DENR profile learn.

Cimatu is the sixteenth secretary of the DENR.

(Eagle Information Service)