Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. again called for proper regulation of mining operations in Zambales after a shipload of nickel laterite ore mined in Candelaria town and bound for China was seized by the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Know more:
IBA, Zambales —Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. again called for proper regulation of mining operations in Zambales after a shipload of nickel laterite ore mined in Candelaria town and bound for China was seized by the Bureau of Customs the other day for lack of an export permit and environmental compliance certificate .
Tiglao added that since 2021, local NGOS and Westchinamin officials had asked the Zambales governor to persuade Yinglong to stop its illegal mining. “Ebdane however had ignored the pleas,” Tiglao wrote. The governor also said that while Westchinamin successfully obtained a cease-and-desist order against the operations of Yinglong, a motion for reconsideration was filed before the Office of the President, and that consequently, a stay of the CDO was issued.
He recalled that when he first took over as Governor in July 2010, his first order as Zambales executive was to cancel all 110 small-scale and quarrying permits issued by the previous administration “to pave the way for the strict implementation of environmental safeguards.”
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