CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: The move of the provincial governor ordering the demobilization of oil spill response operations has drawn opposition from Pola Mayor Jennifer Ina Alegre Cruz.
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CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: Contrary to the statement by Gov. Humerlito Dolor on his social media page on Friday that all water activities in the coastal areas of Pola town are allowed, Pola Mayor Jennifer Ina Alegre Cruz said that they were banned.In a telephone interview on Saturday, Cruz told The Manila Times that she concurred with the order of the governor to allow fishing in the municipal waters 10 kilometers from the shoreline but not swimming or other water activities related to tourism. In reality, even my constituents see for themselves that water activities are not possible because there are still traces of the oil spill. Even though the Philippine Coast Guard has declared that the oil spill is already contained and they have ceased all their activities here, there are still lumps of oil that we see on our coastal waters, Cruz said.The mayor added that she signed an executive order on Friday declaring the continued ban on swimming and other water activities in the tow
BACO, Oriental Mindoro: The sands that would be removed from the dredging activities in the rivers of this town will be used in the reclamation projects in Manila Bay, the mayor of this town said.