TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol – Gov. Edgar Chatto has suspended the small quarrying operations in the province pending assessment on their safety in the wake of the killer landslides in Naga City, Cebu, and Itogon town in Benguet. ADVERTISEMENTBohol has attracted illegal miners, considering areas rich in metallic minerals such as gold mostly in Talibon and Trinidad towns. Some declined to comply with mining policies despite repeated calls from the Bohol Environment Management Office (BEMO). In March 2018, two men were buried in a landslide as they were quarrying for limestone in an illegal quarry site in Barangay Candabong in Anda town./lbRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 26, 2018 09:22 UTC