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Zambales dumpsite in Aeta ancestral domain closed: DENR:
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said that it has already put a stop on illegal ...
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DENR Halts Illegal Dumpsite Operations on Aeta LandDENR issued the cease-and-desist order about two days earlier; accumulated waste is being moved to an authorized sanitary landfill.
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- DENR Secretary Juan Miguel T. Cuna said the cease-and-desist order was issued about two days earlier amid concerns over Aeta ancestral-domain rights.
- Cuna said the latest regional inspection found no ongoing dumping, while an alternative site in Floridablanca apparently exists.
- Cuna said the transfer of accumulated waste to an authorized sanitary landfill has begun.
- GMA's i-Witness revisited the issue on July 12, reporting that part of a mountain in Sitio Tibag served as a dumpsite for seven years from 2019.
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