Bataan town wants 3 charged for dumping chicken factory waste
ABUCAY, BATAAN – Three people were arrested on Wednesday (June 20) for dumping factory waste at a vacant lot here.
Cecilio Punzalan, 71, Reynaldo Apollo, 47, and Delfin delos Santos, 36, were caught depositing waste from a dressed chicken factory in Hermosa town at the lot in sitio (subvillage) Tamoto, Barangay (village) Mabatang.
The three men were unloading the waste from a cargo truck at 6:20 p.m., when the police was alerted by village officials, said Senior Insp. Jennifer Cruz, Abucay police chief.
Leo Manrique, secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan of Abucay, was authorized by town Mayor Liberato Santiago, Jr. to file criminal complaints against Punzalan, Apollo and delos Santos for violating environmental sanitation laws.