Tribal group protests construction of new trash facility

By Jerry Adlaw

Jul 14, 2023 12:47 am

GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Indigenous peoples (IPs) from the B'laan tribe have opposed the construction of a solid-waste facility at a 63.3-hectare sanitary landfill in Barangay Sinawal in General Santos City after the city government allegedly failed to give a P7-million payment for their 2 percent income share from the landfill.

Clan leader Leonardo Taluna Fuentes told reporters here about their demand, but he said the local government unit (LGU) has not delivered on it.

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