A fire near a public market in Sta. Cruz, Zambales burned for more than two hours displacing over 70 families. Some evacuees refused to leave the site, fearing theft of their belongings. “Nagbigay din ...

ZDMC operates an open-pit mine in the municipalities of Sta. Cruz and Candelaria, Zambales. ZDMC was allowed to expand its production from one million WMT to two million WMT under an ECC.

The beneficiaries are fishermen from the nine towns of Zambales such as Iba, San Antonio, San Narciso, San Felipe, Botolan, Masinloc, Palauig, Candelaria and Sta. Cruz. Maniquiz said most of the ...