They’ve been through a lot of typhoons, she said, but no tragedy had struck until the quarry operations started. He said affected families could relocate to a vacant portion of the Balili beach property located about a kilometer from their current homes. The MGB earlier said the cracks found in the mountains of Tinaan were a natural phenomenon and not caused by the quarry operations of Apo Land and Quarry. In Cebu City, Archbishop Jose Palma on Saturday echoed calls for a stop to quarry and mining operations in the area. Forcible evacuationChito Mañago, spokesperson for Apo Land, earlier denied that the company had conducted quarry operations in the mountains of Naga City.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 22, 2018 21:33 UTC