www.ferro-alloys.com:  A pro-environment group has expressed yesterday its full support to the proposed mining ban in this province.

The Ilocos Network for the Environment (DEFEND Ilocos) said it has written a letter to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP or Provincial Board) to seek the passage of a pending resolution for a blanket ban on mining in the province.

“We would like to express our utmost support to the proposed resolution to declare the Province of Ilocos Sur as mine-free zone and commend the members of the provincial board for taking up the issue,” read the letter signed by Reverend Vermillion Tagalog, DEFEND Ilocos chairman.

It will be recalled that Ilocos Sur Board Member Christopher Abraham Baterina, who chairs the Board’s committee on environment and natural resources, filed a resolution for the provincewide ban on mining.

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