CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The Phividec Industrial Authority (PIA) has ordered a stop to illegal quarrying within its 3,000-hectare industrial estate in Misamis Oriental province.
Jose Gabriel La Via, PIA administrator and chief executive officer, said Phividec started serving cease and desist orders to at least five quarry operators on Phividec property at the village of Sta. Ana in Tagoloan town.
La Via, who assumed office only on Sept. 16, 2020, said the operators were given five days starting on Monday (Feb. 22) to remove their equipment and structures from the quarry site and leave the area.
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