A Palawan councilor recalled Gina Lopez, the late and former secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), lecturing.

Puerto Princesa Councilor Elgin Robert L. Damasco remembered Lopez’s statement on respecting Mother Nature when their town flooded during the current downpour. Damasco thinks Lopez was correct in her advocacy for the environment.

“Naalala ko si former DENR Secretary Gina Lopez. Hindi siya nagkamali sa kaniyang pananaw,” ani Damasco, na ang tinutukoy ay ang pilosopiya ni Lopez na pangalagaan ang kalikasan dahil matindi ang balik o ganti nito sa sangkatauhan,” Damasco wrote.

He continued in his post, “Mga kababayan natin sa Brooke’s Point at karatig Bayan. Nasa kamay ninyo nakasalalay ang kaligtasan ng inyong Bayan, mamamayan at ng inyong mga pamilya.”

Lopez was a Filipino philanthropist and environmentalist. Lopez shut down a lot of mining operations during her time because, in her opinion, they were badly damaging the environment.

Rodrigo Duterte, a former president, chose Lopez because of her history and advocacy for environmental and natural resource protection.