RIZAL Governor Rebecca Ynares on Wednesday added her voice to the growing opposition to a plan by a local cement firm to cut down some 6,500 trees in Angono town to make way for the expansion of its quarrying operation.

In an interview with The Manila Times, Ynares said she had asked both the provincial government and the local government of Angono to block Batong Angono Aggregates Corp. (BAAC) from carrying out the plan.

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