TACLOBAN CITY — The parish priest of MacArthur town in Leyte province led a motorcade on Monday to urge the government to stop the mining operations in their municipality.
Fr. Amadeo Alvero, parish priest of the St. Isidore Parish of MacArthur town, said mining of black sand could lead to the destruction of the environment and may cause severe flooding.
Alvero said Archbishop John Du of the Palo Archdiocese gave him the green light to oppose the mining activities in their place.
“The archbishop, during his visit to MacArthur, was aware that there is a mining activity there and saw personally its bad effects. He asked me to oppose such activity,” Alvero said in a press conferen…
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