Santiago, Ilocos Sur: Environmentalists in the Ilocos region led by the Ilocos Network for the Environment dared officials of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 1 to file charges against local governments that continue to violate the Solid Waste Management Act (RA 9003).

This came after EMB deployed 13 basura (garbage) patrollers to monitor the implementation of the law among the 125 towns in the Ilocos region.

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