LEGAZPI CITY: Saying only God can make a tree, Albay Governor Joey Salceda, who is also an environmentalist, asked for the head of the district engineer who ordered the cutting of 29 trees in the province for a road widening project.

Salceda said the “massacre” was allegedly perpetrated by Albay first district engineer Teodoro Castillo in the towns of Malinao and Tiwi and covered about 10 kilometers. He declared Castillo a persona non grata for ordering the cutting of 14 trees in Tiwi and 15 in Malinao.

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