The Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on the petition challenging the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 when it goes to its annual summer session in Baguio City on April 16.
The Canadian Embassy in the Philippines is disappointed over Zamboanga del Norte’s passage of an ordinance banning open-pit mining, saying this runs counter to what the national government wants to do with the local mining industry. “We are discouraged that our mining investments are being frustrated. (What happened recently is) not within the jurisdiction of [...]
