31,000 Romblon signatures against Sibuyan mining sent to DENR

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — Romblon officials submitted to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) the signatures of 31,000 constituents urging protection of Sibuyan Island from large-scale metallic mining. Romblon Gov. Trina A. Q. Firmalo-Fabic, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Member Cary V. Falculan, and San Fernando Mayor Fernando U. Marin, along with representatives of environmental