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Tag: mining

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    Categories FACT CHECK

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: MISLEADING post revives 2013 article on Chinese mining activity in Zambales

    By VERA Files  |  May 05, 2020 9:12 PM

    Without context, the posts mislead readers into thinking that it is a recent article.

    CCP, China, mining

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    Categories Earth Files News

    Small mines remain closed but a ‘Minahang Bayan’ may open soon

    By Text and photos by Maria Elena Catajan  |  Jul 15, 2019 9:02 PM

    Typhoon Ompong (international name Mangkhut) barrelled through the highlands on Sept 15, 2018 and buried alive a community of small-scale miners who sought refuge in a bunkhouse and makeshift church in Ucab, Itogon town, not knowing it would be their grave.

    benguet, Itogon, minahang bayan, mining, Ompong, Ompong trees, resiliency rugs, Ucab

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Gina Lopez’s figures on family-initiated Ugong Rock don’t match official ones

    By VERA Files  |  Apr 20, 2017 10:26 PM

    In her bid to promote ecotourism as the alternative to mining, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez cites as a success story Ugong Rock Adventures.

    DENR, Gina Lopez, mining, Ugong Rock

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    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Can open-pit mines trigger earthquakes?

    By Vera Files  |  Feb 18, 2017 6:04 AM

    ​Environment Secretary Gina Lopez says open-pit mining can cause earthquakes.

    DENR, earthquake, Gina Lopez, mining

  • Categories Arts & Culture

    Bontoc woman is a human rights icon

    Mar 30, 2016 7:36 PM

    By DESIREE CALUZA BAGUIO CITY— She is a mother to every Cordilleran. To many she is “Mother Petra.” With clenched fists, hers were the hands that nurtured the indigenous peoples’ […]

    Igorot, Macliing, mining, Mt. Province, Women's month

  • Categories Photos Top Stories

    Transparency in the extractive industries

    Jul 10, 2013 10:08 AM

    By MARIE GAY ALESSANDRA V. ORDENES HOW much is the government really getting from mining? How about other extractive industries such as gas and oil? How much is the industry […]

    EITI, mining, Philippine Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

  • Categories News Top Stories

    Small miners assail Aquino’s SONA, mining policy

    Jul 27, 2012 1:17 AM

    Text and video by KARLOS MANLUPIG

    DAVAO CITY— Rogelio Simbajon has labored in the mining tunnels in the gold rush community of Gumayan, a town in Compostela Valley, for more than 30 years. On Monday, he and about 400 other small-scale miners left the tunnels to participate in protests timed with President Benigno S. Aquino III’s third State of the Nation Address.

    EO79, minahang bayan, mining, SONA

  • Categories News Top Stories

    No more black sand extraction in Lingayen, LGU promises

    Feb 16, 2012 5:05 PM

    By FRANKLIN Q. DE GUZMAN
    DAGUPAN CITY—No more extraction of black sand in the Lingayen Gulf coast.
    Representatives of the Pangasinan provincial government reached this agreement on Wednesday with residents of four Lingayen barangays—Sabangan, Estanza, Capandanan and Malimpec—opposing the mining of black sand near the gulf.

    lingayen gulf, mining

  • Categories Top Stories

    Bishop challenges pro-mining officials: Live in mining-ravaged areas

    Oct 05, 2011 4:26 PM

    By BOBBY Q. LABALAN

    LEGASPI City- Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes challenged government officials who advocate mining to live in areas ravaged by mining so they would have a taste of the sufferings of the poor.

    Arturo Bastes, mining, SKI Construction Group

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