The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to investigate quarry operations in Rizal that may have led to the massive flooding in parts of the province and Marikina City during the onslaught of Typhoon “Ulysses” (international name: Vamco) last month.
The DENR said in a statement that its regional office in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon) had formed four composite teams to begin the probe upon the urging of the Rizal provincial government. The typhoon submerged several areas and destroyed infrastructure in the province, prompting the provincial government to declare Rizal under a state of calamity.
The groups formed by the DENR would zero in on …
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