Philippines: New Mining Policy, More Of The Same - KATRIBU Partylist

Philippines: New Mining Policy, More Of The Same - KATRIBU Partylist   “It changes nothing!”, this was the reaction of the progressive KATRIBU Partylist on the 'thousandfold more' increase of occupational and application fees expected to be paid by mining firms in the proposed new mining policy submitted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) to the Aquino administration.   According to Kakay Tolentino, Secretary General of the KATRIBU Partylist, “Any mining...

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