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Rammy Laspinas, planning officer and airshed program focal person of the Environmental Management Bureau-Region 12(Photo courtesy of the provincial government of South Cotabato) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) has launched another round of air quality monitoring in parts of South Cotabato province to establish baseline data for every locality. Rammy Laspinas, the airshed program focal person of EMB-Region 12, said on Thursday the monitoring activities are ongoing in municipalities that are not covered by their existing monitoring stations in Koronadal City and Tupi town. These are the municipalities of Tboli, Norala, Banga, Surallah, Sto. Nino, Lake Sebu, Polomolok, Tampakan, and Tantangan. Laspinas said they are specifically gathering air quality data in these areas that will serve as baseline data for future monitoring. "We will use the reading to later check whether the air quality in a specific area has improved or not," he told reporters. H

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