CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: Gov. Humerlito Dolor signed Provincial Ordinance 145-2022 allowing the extraction of armor rocks in the province despite strong opposition from environmentalists and elected officials in the province and two pending House Bills seeking a mining moratorium.

In a presentation on Friday night before selected members of the local media, Dolor signed the ordinance claiming that he signed the local law to save the lives and livelihood of the people of the province from the possible erosion from slopes and mountains during the rainy season.

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