Caritas Philippines urges Duterte to reconsider the lifting of mining moratorium

Published April 16, 2021, 6:58 PM
Caritas Philippines has urged President Duterte to reconsider the lifting of the mining moratorium.
“The Catholic Church, through Caritas Philippines, the Eco-Convergence and the CBCP National Laudato Si Program strongly enjoin President Duterte to reconsider the lifting of the mining moratorium,” Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, Caritas Philippines national director said, in a statement on Friday, April 16.
Bishop Jose Collin Bagaforo of Kidapawan, National director of Caritas Philippines. (CBCP/ MANILA BULLETIN)
He added that such action which is a “sign of desperation to solve the ginormous economic gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic” is unsustainable destructive and extremely detrimental to the Filipino communities in the peripheries and the Philippine ecology.

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