LABANGAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR -- Unable to bear its negative environmental impact, hundreds of residents of this farming-dependent town held a rally on Wednesday to demand a moratorium on quarry operations along the Labangan River. The protesters, many of whom are Moro and indigenous Subanen people, occupied a portion of the Tapodoc bridge along the national highway, partly constricting the flow of vehicular traffic. Labangan tribal chieftain Timuay Braulio Anlimon, who is also head claimant of a Subanen ancestral domain covering parts of Labangan town, said the protesters mainly come from the villages of Binayan, Langapod, Bagalupa, Noboran, and Cogonan, and some others came fro...
Keep on reading: Zamboanga del Sur folk demand 5-year quarry moratorium
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