Candon City, Ilocos Sur: New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas shut down over the weekend a carbon-in-pulp (CIP) plant in Patiacan village in Quirino town in this province over alleged environmental violations.

The NPA’s Antonio Licawen Front Operational Command, in a statement sent to journalists, said the CIP plant in sitio Makawkawa, Barangay Patiacan, was closed down because the owner did not heed their warning on January 1, 2016 against the use of harmful chemicals.

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