Cement firm Lafarge Republic, Inc. (LRI) on Tuesday said that it will not cut down thousands of trees in Angono, Rizal province but will only relocate them.

The company clarified that the number of trees it inventoried in the area is only 5,600, not 6,500 as earlier claimed by The Manila Times. It said that the trees will be relocated from its quarry site in Barangay San Isidro to “host communities.”

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