Quarry operations resume in Pampanga town 

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Backhoes, loaders and trucks in Porac town, Pampanga, hummed back to life on Friday as 40 quarry operators resumed extracting Mt. Pinatubo sand and gravel, while some 850 haulers took turns loading aggregates after two weeks of protests over alleged additional taxes. The local government did not set up checkpoints or roadside