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March 04, 2021
A DAVAO City councilor is urging her colleagues to hold in abeyance all the new applicants and renewal of permits for quarry operations but retain those that have existing permits to operate until the result of the study on Davao's river resources is already available.
Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta, City Council committee chairperson on peace and public safety, said during an interview on the Kitakaran sa Konseho on Davao City Disaster Radio on March 4, 2021 that the city has received several applications for quarry operation even as it has already approved more than 100 quarry permits.
"Akong gisugyot nga kung pwede dili usa ta magdawat og new applicants (ug) dili usa ta mag-renew. Ang atong ipa-operate katong nag-operate na karon tungod naa nay gitawag nga sustainability of resources study sa Davao River system, gibadgetan na ni ug ang lead agency is ang Cenro -- city environment nato na office ug hopefully according to their timeline mugawas na ang study by September (I discussed with them if we can put on hold new and renewal applications for quarry permits. Those we will allow to operate for now are those that we have already approved. This is because Cenro (City Environment and Natural Resources Office) is currently conducting a study on the sustainability of our resources. We expect the study to be released by September based on their timeline)," she said.