THE NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested 30 individuals, including three Chinese nationals and the barangay captain of Manuali, for illegal quarrying activities in Porac, Pampanga. The suspects, who are owners and employees of L.A.C Quarry and TAG Mineral Resources, Inc., were presented for inquest proceedings at the Department of Justice last Nov. 29 for the alleged violation of Section 103 (Theft of Minerals) of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and Section 10 (Unauthorized and Unlawful Intrusion) of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997. In a statement, the NBI said the arrest of the suspects stemmed from the complaint filed by “Katutubong Aetas” through the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption in Region III, which reported that the ancestral domains of the Aetas were being quarried. The joint team of NBI, Mines and Geosciences Bureau, and Task Force Department of Environment and Natural Resources also seized different heavy equipment and machineries along with extracted minerals with an aggregate amount of P1 billion from two mineral processing plants and two quarry sites. – Vann Marlo M. Villegas
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