Residents of Manicani Island in Eastern Samar on Thursday appealed to the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) to act on the disposal of the waste ore stockpile on the island.
The group ‘True Macanani People’ and residents of the province, including the officials from barangays San Jose, Banaag, Hamorawon were in Manila to appeal to Environment Secretary Ramon Paje and officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to allow immediate clear 1,160 hectares of stockpile as this poses as a health hazards to the residents.
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