Start Canada waste probe, Congress prodded

An alliance of progressive party-list groups on Tuesday strongly urged Congress to start its investigation on the entry of Canadian waste into the country.

Obet de Castro, deputy secretary general of Koalisyong Makabayan, said the Senate and House of Representatives should start the investigation to ascertain the scope of the culpability of officials of the Bureau of Customs (BoC) who allowed the entry of at least 26 container vans of garbage from Canada and the Metro Clark Waste Manufacturing Corp. that accepted the garbage.