ANTIPOLO CITY: The Rizal provincial government issued a moratorium on the approval of applications by any mining company to perform quarrying and mining activities in the province.

In Resolution 223 passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) in October, the government also urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to freeze large-scale mining and quarrying operations in the province.

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