Dateline Los Angeles, California, Oct. 24, 2007

Former residents of Sorsogon Province now based in Southern California attribute the continued mudslides brought about by seasonal rains and volcanic activities on Mount Bulusan to illegal logging. The cutting down of hardwood-tree varieties in what is supposed to be a national park in Bulusan town, Province of Sorsogon, has been going on for years under the watch of the provincial government and regional officials of the national government. The virgin forest of Mount Bulusan has been raped by illegal loggers, some of whom are provincial officials.

The Sorsoganons in Southern California say that it is public knowledge that the house of a former provincial governor has wall-to-wall hardwood panelling fashioned from the logs cut illegally in the Bulusan National Park.

The Malaya newspaper in the Philippines has recently published an article about the mudslides in Mount Bulusan. The article can be found in this link http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct19/metro1.htm

Jocelyn D. Montemayor wrote the news article. Here are excerpts from the Malaya article:

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The continuous rain in Irosin resulted to a lahar flow from Mt. Bulusan Wednesday prompting residents to evacuate after thick mud and big boulders covered the roads and fields. # # #