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DENR stops 144 illegal mining ops in '21 | Jonathan L. Mayuga
The DENR reported that it issued 4,526 mining permits and contracts and contributed P407.6 million to Covid-19 response in 2021. It also closed 144 illegal …
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Mining in the Philippines
It is best in the Republic Act (RA) 7942 rules or the Philippine Mining Act that speaks about the environmental act in land, air, and water if a single man or is irresponsible and now no longer retaining the increase of herbal resources. Mining indeed has a lot of dangers that may choose to set off the catastrophe that is very rampant in ...
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'I am pro-mining': Indigenous opposition to Philippine mine …
A planned $5.9 billion copper and gold mine in the southern Philippines has faced opposition since reserves were first confirmed in the 1990s, with more than two dozen people killed since then in ...
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Philippines: Embracing Transparency Critical for Mining …
How can the Philippines improve its mining sector's accountability and sustainability? Learn from experts and activists in this insightful article.
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Philippine Mining Act of 1995 (Republic Act No. 7942)
An Excise Tax on Mineral Products, Mine Wastes and Tailings Fees, and Occupation Fees are imposed on permit holders. Expenditures also need to be made to: (1) assist in the development of and promotion of the general welfare of mining communities; and (2) the development of science and mining technology.
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Illegal mining
International Recognition. In 2019, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted the Resolution 2019/23 titled Combating transnational organized crime and its links to illicit trafficking in precious metals and illegal mining, including by enhancing the security of supply chains of precious metals on the recommendation of the Commission on Crime …
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Mining and logging threaten a wildlife …
MINDANAO, Philippines — Rising 2,064 meters, or nearly 6,800 feet, above sea level, Mount Busa is the tallest peak in the Philippines' Sarangani province and home to one of the last verdant ...
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Duterte Says Yes to Mining in the Philippines. But …
President Rodrigo Duterte's recent decision to overturn a nationwide moratorium on new mining projects, which had been in place since 2012, was lauded by mining and business entities (1) and …
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Illegal logging in Philippines' Palawan stokes fears of a …
Environmental and human rights defenders fear the worst, as the Philippines lifted the ban on open-pit mining that intended to protect the country's …
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A Case Study of Illegal Mining in Mt. Mantalingahan, …
Residents and indigenous tribes are vehemently opposed to mining activities in Brooke's Point since the mining companies' proposed area crosses their traditional land and a protected area. They claim that the mining of nickel ore has an impact on their livelihood and way of life.
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How an Activist Minister in Philippines Took On …
She cracked down on illegal fishing, campaigned for renewable energy, and, most notably, banned open-pit mines and threatened to shut down more than half the country's mining …
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The Philippines: Dangerous and Illegal Compressor Mining
Compressor mining is considered illegal under Philippine law, but the law is largely ignored. Miners work underwater, breathing through a slender tube attached to a compressor on the surface – hence the name. Fishermen breathed through tubes such as these for generations, but even in relatively shallow waters, the practice is extremely …
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Anti-mining Philippines | Alyansa Tigil Mina
Respect the people's will! Stop illegal operations in Didipio mines! Environmental and human rights groups in the Philippines support the resistance led by the Didipio Earth Savers Movement (DESAMA) and Didipio-Watch against destructive and irresponsible mining in Nueva Vizcaya.
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Duterte Says Yes to Mining in the Philippines. But at What Cost?
President Rodrigo Duterte's recent decision to overturn a nationwide moratorium on new mining projects, which had been in place since 2012, was lauded by mining and business entities and criticized by environmental and human rights groups. Aside from allowing new mines to open in the country, Executive Order No. 130 (EO …
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DENR stops 144 illegal mining ops in '21 | Jonathan L.
AMID the pandemic, the government stopped 144 illegal mining operations in 2021, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reported. DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu credited the ...
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Report finds 13 of 26 Philippines mining companies 'not acceptable'
The Department of Energy and Natural Resources (DENR) has completed a review of 26 Philippines mining companies that found 13 were of an unacceptable standard and would have to be closed or suspended. Begun in February 2017 and written by the country's Mining Industry Coordinating Council, the report ranks the performance …
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'Complete turnaround': Philippines' Duterte lifts …
President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a ban on issuing licenses for new mining operations in the Philippines, marking an about-face from a previous anti-mining stance that saw him ban open-pit …
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The human rights impact of mining transition minerals in the …
Mining operations in the Philippines reportedly have direct negative effects on the health and welfare of communities. Concerns have been raised over lack of free, …
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In Ilocos Sur where illegal sand mining ran unabated
In 2018, the first report of the interagency Fact-Finding Committee on Illegal Mining titled "Philippine Mining Unearthed" identified quarrying of magnetite black ore or black sand as the "most ...
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Marcos Jr. turns spotlight on illegal small-scale mining
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday underscored the need for small-scale mining firms operating outside the bounds of law to start following re Marcos Jr. turns spotlight on illegal small-scale mining | ABS-CBN News
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In Ilocos Sur where illegal sand mining ran unabated, …
In 2018, the first report of the interagency Fact-Finding Committee on Illegal Mining titled "Philippine Mining Unearthed" identified quarrying of magnetite black ore or black sand as the "most common form of illegal mining operations." Apprehension data showed that black sand mining often took the guise of dredging or sand extraction.
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Illegal Mining Threatens Indigenous Land at Foot of Philippines …
The illegal operation reached the attention of the Philippine environment secretary, Roy Cimatu, who in December 2020 ordered its closure following a raid in the area as a result of a tipoff. "Whether big or small, any illegal mining activity will have to stop," Cimatu said in a statement at the time.
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For Palawan IPs, nickel mining is a threat to the community's …
Mining activities in the southern Palawan municipality threaten the livelihood of communities dependent on agriculture, fisheries and forests, and affect the access of residents to clean water ...
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Mining and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in the Philippines
The government of the Philippines is counting on the role mining can play as a source of economic development, but it must be acknowledged that mining is also an activity presenting a plethora of environmental, social and economic problems. As Pring et al. (1999, 45) acknowledged, "Few, if any, forms of economic development present the …
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Mining in the Philippines: Of Disasters and Regulatory Failures
This article traces the development and challenges of the mining industry in the Philippines, from colonial times to the present. It shows how foreign miners have …
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How an Activist Minister in Philippines Took On …
Gina Lopez, a former media mogul and environmental activist, was appointed as the Philippines' environment chief in 2016. She faced powerful mining barons and was ousted after banning open-pit mines …
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Mining in the Philippines
ing mines in the Philippines and, although illegal mining extends the actual number significantly beyond this, the Philippine mining sector is startlingly small. In 2011 the gross production value for metallic min-erals was PhP122.58 billion ($3 billion),
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The Philippines: Dangerous and Illegal Compressor Mining
Compressor mining is considered illegal under Philippine law, but the law is largely ignored. Miners work underwater, breathing through a slender tube attached to …
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Philippines officials involved in illegal mining
In most cases, illegal small-scale mining operations financed by local officials, have been blamed for landslides and disasters that occurred in mining areas in the Philippines such as Compostella ...
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Philippine court upholds open-pit mining ban in Mindanao
A court has upheld a ban on open-pit mining in the Philippine province of South Cotabato, home to the largest known untapped deposits of copper and gold in Southeast Asia.
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Indigenous Peoples Continue 100-year Fight Against Large …
By Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar, CS Staff) For more than a century, the Kankanaey and Ibaloy Peoples of Itogon, Benguet province in the Cordillera region of Northern Luzon in the Philippines have been waging a struggle against the injustices of large-scale corporate mining. As they continue to fight to reclaim their land, lifeways, …
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Illegal logging in Palawan stokes fears of a mining …
The Philippine government's pivot toward allowing more mining will undermine indigenous peoples' rights and increase the marginalization of some of the country's most effective guardians of ...
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Misamis Oriental illegal mining left 'massive excavation, …
MANILA, Philippines — Authorities arrested last May 13 a total of 18 suspects — five of them Chinese — and seized several pieces of heavy equipment in a raid on illegal mining operations on ...
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'BECAUSE WE'RE MERELY LABORERS', ABUSE OF
Amnesty's report puts the statistics into perspective, and lifts the smoke screen on what's systematically wrong in the mining industry in the Philippines," said Amnesty International Philippines Section Director, Butch Olano. The Philippines is one of the world's largest producers of nickel ore, and the world's leading supplier to China.
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Illegal mining threatens Indigenous land at foot of …
A protected area and an Indigenous Community Conserved Area on Mount Apo, a popular ecotourism site, is affected by small-scale gold mining without permission. The Manobo tribe, who claim the land as their ancestral domain, rejects mining and …
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The human rights impact of mining transition minerals in the Philippines
IUCN NL partner organisation Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) works with its partners and members in various locations in the Philippines, where Indigenous peoples and local communities are faced with large-scale mining operations that threaten their lives and livelihood. The organisation has been documenting and reporting issues …