Government officials and residents of Sta. Catalina town in Negros Oriental province were demanding from the national government to put a stop to the mining exploration in Sitio Tarog, Barangay San Francisco of the municipality. /PDI
According to Ligan, the mining exploration conducted by Midan Corp. started two weeks ago and covered 844 hectares of land in Sta. Catalina, a first-class municipality with population of 77,501 people, based on the 2020 census.The Inquirer tried but failed to reach the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for a statement. It also sent an email to Midan Corp. but the firm had yet to respond to the request for an interview as of Tuesday.
At that time, Ligan said she was not yet the mayor of Sta. Catalina but had already heard of the mining project. The mayor said she wrote a letter to the DENR and Midan Corp., expressing her concern over the exploration and asked them to stop the project but her plea was ignored.
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