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In recognition of environmental heroes in the country, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary for Policy, Planning, and International Affairs Atty. Jonas R. Leones (left) hands over the posthumous award of Ronald L. Corpuz to his daughter Ron Donn Corpuz (3rd from left) accorded by the Environmental Heroes Foundation, Incorporated (EHFI). Corpuz was a forest ranger in Muñoz, Nueva Ecija who was killed by illegal loggers in 2019. The first tranche of cash assistance amounting to 100,000 was also given to his wife Donavilla Corpuz (3rd from right). With Leones are (from right to left) EHFI Board of Trustees Chair and Former Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, Nueva Ecija Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Joselito M. Blanco, and Muñoz Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer Florencio J. Lalu. The 3rd Environmental Heroes Awarding Ceremony and Earth Day Celebration was held on April 22, 2022 at the DENR multi-purpose building.###