PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — Tension gripped Barangay Gawil in Kumalarang town in Zamboanga del Sur over the weekend when a team from the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) seized the heavy equipment used in dredging the heavily silted Gawil River in the village. Charlie Talibong, head of the Task Force tasked to stop illegal quarrying activities, said they confiscated the backhoe owned by the municipal government to stop the dredging which did not have the necessary permit from their office. Talibong said they heard reports that a backhoe had been operating in the area but as […]... Keep on reading: Penro stops LGU-led dredging in Zamboanga del Sur river