Cagayan gov’t says mines bureau selective in issuance of ECC

TUGUEGARAO, Philippines – The provincial government of Cagayan and the regional office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) are again at loggerheads over the latter’s prompt awarding of Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECC) to several quarry firms in Cagayan while a stoppage order to quarry in the same site has been issued by them to […]

Indiscriminate quarrying threatens survival of expensive fish

FLORO TAGUINOD, GMANews.TV
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Philippines – If concerned government agencies do not act at once, ludong, one of the country’s most expensive fishes found in seas off Cagayan province may soon go extinct.
Natives of Lal-lo and Camalaniugan towns issued this warning as they noted that illegal quarrying activities along the Cagayan River persist despite the […]