Batching plant developer backs out over Benguet town objections

BAGUIO CITY — A proposed batching plant project in Barangay Beckel in La Trinidad, Benguet, has been dropped after its developer surrendered his environmental clearances amid strong community opposition. In an August 3 online post, La Trinidad Mayor Roderick Awingan said Ben P. Cayabas, owner and proprietor of Datanian’s Batching Plant, which was being put