COTABATO CITY -- The local government of Magpet, North Cotabato has sued one of the country's major banana producers over its disposal of suspected toxic wastes in at least two villages.
Mayor Efren Piñol said Saturday that toxic chemical wastes from the plantation of AJMR Holdings had leaked into the villages of Basak and Datu Celo, and that the company has allegedly not done anything about it.
The two villages are near the company's banana plantation at the foot of Mt. Apo.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer (parent company of INQUIRER.net) repeatedly tried but failed to reach officials of AJMR in Davao City.
AJMR is a holding company of the AMS Group of Companies, which counts Sumifru Corp. of Japan as one of its major shareholders.
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