CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga --- The first Philippine municipal ordinance legislating the modernization of smelting metal scraps, including a ban on induction furnaces (IF) for the manufacture of steel bars, passed the Pampanga Provincial Board's committee on environment and disaster resilience on Thursday, March 2. The committee approved Ordinance No. 003-2023 of the municipal government of San Simon at the motion of Board Member Benjamin Jocson and seconded by Board Member Nelson Calara during the first hearing. Local laws undergo mandatory review by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislative board). Lawyer Ananias Canlas Jr., the committee's chair, found no le...Keep on reading: Law modernizing polluting steel plants in Pampanga town gets 1st nod of prov’l board