MALOLOS CITY: Local residents are starting forest fires every year at the Ipo Watershed in Bulacan to take advantage of reforestation funds.

This was revealed by Bro. Martin Francisco, chairman of the Sagip Sierra Madre Environmentalists Society Inc. (SSMESI), who said that the latest incident occurred at around 11 a.m. on April 2 while members of the National Power Corporation were monitoring the area.

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