Newly-installed DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga had a quick conversation with FMS Director Abdul-Jalil S. Umngan and Chief Czarina M. Kunso after delivering her closing message in the 2022 DENR Multistakeholder Forum at the Diamond Hotel, Manila City on 7 October 2022.

Director Umngan connected with Secretary Loyzaga to seek an appointment for the planned courtesy call of BARMM-MENRE Executive Committee. The Secretary graciously entertained the idea and said that she will find time this month to accommodate MENRE’s team in her office.

Secretary Loyzaga took her oath as the new DENR Secretary on 20 July 2022. In her policy declaration, she emphasized “making the department open to inputs of civil society and other sectors, and ensuring all policies implemented or supported by the agency are science-based and evidence-informed.”