THE local government of Mankayan will pursue the filing of criminal charges against personnel of the mining firm, which dumped asbestos-containing materials at Barangay Sapid.
Councilor Richard Kilaan said criminal charges are being prepared against officials of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. for dumping toxic wastes in the municipality.
The municipal government already filed administrative charges against the giant mining firm for violating provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
“We are now preparing the filing of the criminal charges aspect (of the case),” Kilaan said.
Early this year, the local government uncovered that Lepanto has been dumping materials which allegedly contain asbestos, a cancer-causing substance, at the Sapid village.
The materials were reportedly hauled from Lepanto’s main business office in Makati City.
Kilaan said the company already completed hauling the asbestos materials out of Mankayan two weeks ago.
But he said the local government is not letting up in filing criminal liabilities against the responsible officials of the company.
Among the respondents, the alderman said, would be the chief executive officer, the mining firm’s board of directors, administrative office, and resident manager.
At present, Kilaan said the municipality is still awaiting the action of the Environmental Management Bureau regarding the administrative charges it filed against Lepanto. –http://www.bloggen.be
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Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week
Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and Made-in-the-Philippines
Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:
March 8: Women’s Rights and
International Peace Day;
National Women’s Day
Mar 4— Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 15 — World Consumer Rights Day
Mar 18 — Global Recycling Day
Mar 21 — International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 23 — International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Mar 25 — International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 27 — Earth Hour
