TUGUEGARAO CITY: A Catholic Church-based anti-mining group has gathered 100,000 signatures from all over Cagayan province against black sand mining in province’s coastal areas and rivers.

Father Jerry Perez, parish priest of the Saint Peter’s Cathedral in Tuguegarao City, said the 100,000 signatures gathered was a response to “our call for President Benigno Aquino 3rd to once and for all cause the stoppage of black sand mining operations in Cagayan.”

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