Locos Norte To Ensure That Not Onlya Few Benefits From It Witha Recurring Problem On Illegal Pebble Picking In The Area News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
PEBBLES FOR SALE. Pebbles of seven different colors are available for sale along the national highway in Barangay Caruan, Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte. To avoid illegal pebble picking in the area, the Ilocos Norte government has ordered pebble pickers to sell all their stockpiles by Jan. 21, 2022, otherwise, these would be forfeited by the government. (File photo by Leilanie Adriano) LAOAG CITY - The province of Ilocos Norte is bent on temporarily suspending pebble picking in the coastal village of Caruan in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte to ensure that not only a few benefits from it. With a recurring problem on illegal pebble picking in the area, Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc has announced that pebble pickers are given a month or until Jan. 21 next year to sell their remaining stockpile and stop operation for the meantime. On Saturday, provincial administrator Yvette Convento-Leynes said the Provincial Quarry Office has been conducting an inventory of the existing stockpile of pebbles since Dec.