Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) Regional Executive Director Jacqueline A. Caancan (2nd from left) gives her opening message during the relaunching of the 3rd Gawad Taga-ilog (GTI): Search for the Most Improved Estero in the National Capital Region (NCR) held in Quezon City. The GTI is the annual region-wide search for the most improved waterways in the 16 cities and 1 municipality of the NCR. The environmental competition started in 2020 and has since steadily gained the participation of local government units which altogether supports the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. Joining Caancan (from left to right) are Environmental Management Bureau-NCR Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement Division OIC Chief Jean C. Borromeo, DENR OIC Assistant Secretary for Field Operations – Luzon and Visayas Gilbert C. Gonzales, DENR-NCR OIC Assistant Regional Director for Management Services Manuel T. Escasura, and DENR-NCR OIC Assistant Regional Director for Technical Services Ignacio R. Almira, Jr.###
