Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, ordered the two companies that supplied dolomite sand to Manila Bay to temporarily cease their operations in Alcoy to pave the way for an investigation into the air, water and coral quality in Brgy. Pugalo. Cimatu issued the order less than a week after Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to look into the claim of environmentalist group Sea Knights that crushed dolomite particles have caused heavy siltation and damaged the corals in Alcoy’s municipal waters. The order covers the quarry operations of Dolomite Mining Corp. (DMC), and the processing and transport operations of Philippine Mining Service Corp. (PMSC).

Cimatu suspends dolomite mining operations in Alcoy. (2020, September 26). SunStar Cebu, p. 2.