ILOILO CITY—Aside from leaving a 10-year legacy as Capiz archbishop and the first cardinal to hail from the province, Jose Cardinal Advincula Jr. has also left behind an arboretum of native trees.
On June 21, three days after a historic ceremony for the bestowal of his cardinal insignia, Advincula led a tree-planting activity at the launching of the Jose Cardinal Advincula Grove of Philippine Native Trees at the compound of the Archbishop’s Residence in Barangay Lawaan in Roxas City, the provincial capital.
The arboretum was established through the Capiz Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (CaPenro) and the Capiz Archdiocesan Social Action Center (CASAC) in ho…
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