RD Mirasol assumes office as DENR IX OIC RD

RD Felix S. Mirasol, Jr. (right) accepting the key of responsibility from

RD Arleigh J. Adorable (left) during the turn-over ceremony.

By Jong Cadion                    

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (February 1, 2017) - Director Felix S. Mirasol, Jr. assumes today as regional director for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula during a turn-over ceremony in Pagadian City.

RPAO (Regional Public Affairs Office) Officer Roservirico A.  Tan disclosed that Director Mirasol was appointed by DENR Secretary Regina Paz L. Lopez to replace Regional Director Arleigh J. Adorable who was reassigned to central office as part of her nationwide “restructuring of the 17 regional offices to ensure success of environmental programs and projects designed to help local communities protect their environment and improve living conditions as well as for the department to carry out its mandate as one of the government’s social justice champion”.

Director Mirasol, in his message, extolled the remarkable accomplishments of his predecessor Director Adorable who was at the helm of DENR-9 for more than seven (7) years to include the completion of the spacious DENR regional office building, the Kalikasan Covered Court, the completion of PENR and CENR office  buildings, mechanized nursery, to name a few.

“It is the acceptance of the key of responsibility that will help me unlock the door of the supportive people of Region 9 and together work for the welfare of the community and the people’s happiness,” he added.

Director Mirasol is a Forester by profession and started in 1988 as a Forest Guard in the Bureau of Forest Development in Region X. He rose from the ranks and became a Protected Area Superintendent (PASU), CENR Officer, PENR Officer and OIC-Assistant Regional Director with DENR Region X.