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    DOH under fire over turtle-egg ‘smuggling’

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    Date
    March 10, 2017
    Author
    Depasupil, William
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    Classification code
    MT20170310_A3
    Excerpt
    Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial can be charged in court in connection with alleged smuggling of more than 5,000 pieces of marine turtle or pawikan eggs from the Turtle Islands by a medical team from the Department of Health (DoH), according to a cause-oriented group. The lawyer explained that mere possession of endangered species and its derivatives, such as the eggs of the marine turtles, is punishable under Republic Act 9147 or the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act. The eggs were hidden in five boxes and were only visible when Laja personally distributed the eggs to his staff in “sando” bags aboard a Navy vessel, the report stated.
    Citation
    Depasupil, W. B. (2017, March 10). DOH under fire over turtle-egg ‘smuggling’. The Manila Times, p. A3.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/2549
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    Corporate Names
    Department of Health (DoH) Action for Good Governance
    Personal Names
    Ubial, Paulyn Mendoza, Restituto Laja, Sangkula Lopez, Regina
    Geographic Names
    Turtle Islands Tawi-Tawi
    Subject
    sea turtles eggs environmental legislation rare species
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