DENR Cebu Recamped

TWO officials of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 were relieved of their positions last week, as part of what Environment Secretary Lito Atienza described as “the continuing organizational development” of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Atienza, in an order dated Sept. 29, 2008, relieved EMB 7 Regional Director Alan C. Arranguez and lawyer Noel C. Empleo, officer-in-charge of the EMB legal division. Arranguez has been transferred to the regional technical division for research of the DENR 7 while Empleo has been returned to the DENR 7 legal division. The order did not state the two officials’ new designations.