Philippines: Philippine Local Executive Lauded Over Open-Pit Mine Ban

Philippines: Philippine Local Executive Lauded Over Open-Pit Mine Ban   Green groups led by Alyansa Tigil Mina (Alliance to Stop Mining) lauded South Cotabato Governor Arthur Pingoy on his firm position against the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo’s memorandum to suspend the implementation of the Provincial Environment Code which prohibits open-pit mining.   The Code which took almost five years to formulate, approved by the provincial council and...

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