LUCENA CITY --- Fishers, religious groups, environmentalists and concerned citizens in Batangas province marked Earth Day on Friday with protest actions demanding government protection of Verde Island Passage (VIP). In a statement, advocacy group Protect VIP said the protesters boarded 20 boats to stage a fluvial parade that started at 7 a.m. in Barangay Sta. Clara in Batangas City and sailed to a fossil gas project site in the village of Ilijan. "The fluvial protest denounces plans to develop a whole fleet of new fossil gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Batangas City despite its proximity to an ecologically sensitive marine corridor known as the VIP," the group...
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