Cong. Edgar Chatto (3rd from right) met with the DENR Community Environment and Natural Resources Office for a discussion on a House Bill defining the metes and bounds of protected areas in Sandingan and Cabilao Islands in Loon, including Pangangan in Calape. The CENRO team included from left to right, Dominic Borja Aparicio, Land Management Officer I; Joan Estorpe, DMO III/ PENRO PA Focal; Kim Arlee Goloso, Forest Technician II/ PA Coordinator Loon & Calape; Margariti Cafe Jr., EMS I/ CDS Chief/ APASu CHNM and Christy Rina Tare, Forester I/ APASu Loon & Calape. Contributed photo
Cong. Edgar Chatto (center, seated) welcomed the ASEAN National Organizing Council (NOC) team led by Ambassador Celia Anna Feria (3rd from right, seated), Director-General for Operations, during a courtesy visit for ocular inspections last April 2, 2025. The province is eyed for ASEAN 2026, having hosted ministerial and senior officials meetings in 2017 when Chatto was then governor. Also present during the meeting were Major General Potenciano Camba (Ret.), now the Technical Assistant, Head of Operations of the ASEAN NOC; Consul General Reginald Bernabe, Technical Assistant, Head of Conference Management Services; Maria Angela Navato-Javier, Technical Assistant, Head of Tourism Management Services; Cecyrille Lorenzo, Head of Hospitality Management Services; Alyanna Tolentino – Executive Assistant III; Luis Enrico T. Eleazae-Head, Media Production Division and DFA Tagbilaran Consular Office Team headed by Main Bernadette Cirujales. Contributed photo