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Duterte’s new mining order disastrous to environment groups
BY RAYMUND VILLANUEVA
President Rodrigo Duterte lifted the nine-year moratorium on new mineral agreements, earning warnings from various groups of further corporate plunder of the environment and more natural disasters.
Bayan Muna Representative Eufemia Cullamat said she is dismayed with Duterte’s decision that would most likely result in the worsening of the environmental crisis in the country.
“Instead of putting a stop to environmental destruction that causes disasters, he is allowing further exploitation of our natural resources,” Cullamat said. ....

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Duterte lifts nine-year ban on new mining deals

By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News
Published April 15, 2021 11:59am
President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted the nine-year ban on granting new mining agreements to maximize government revenues and stir economic growth.
Duterte issued Executive Order (EO) 130, which provides that the government may enter into new mineral agreements, subject to compliance with the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 and other applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
The ban was imposed by Duterte s predecessor, Benigno Aquino III, in 2012.
In his EO, Duterte said the Philippines so far has tapped less than 5% of its mineral resources endowment.
The EO tasked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to formulate the terms and conditions in the new mineral agreements that will maximize government revenues and share from production, including the possibility of declaring these areas as mineral reservations to obtain appropriate royalties, in accordance with exist ....

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Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

DOCUMENT: Duterte lifts moratorium on new mining agreements
President Rodrigo Duterte signs Executive Order No. 130 to allow the government to enter into new mineral agreements and grant and issue exploration permits.
April 15, 2021 | 03:00:00 PM
President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order (E.O.) No. 130 on April 14, 2021 to allow the government to enter into new mineral agreements and grant and issue exploration permits.
In addition to ushering significant economic benefits to the country, the mining industry can support government projects, such as
Build, Build, Build Program, by providing raw materials for the construction and development of other industries; and the
Balik Probinsiya, Bagong Pag-asa Program, by increasing employment opportunities in remote rural areas where there are mining activities thereby stimulating countryside development, the E.O. said. ....

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Duterte lifts suspension on new mining deals; DENR ordered to strictly enforce mines safety, environmental policies

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (KING RODRIGUEZ/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)
In Executive Order No. 130, the President directed authorities to strictly implement mining safety and environmental policies, review existing mineral deals for possible renegotiation, and rationalize the existing revenue-sharing scheme.
The order on the grant of new mineral projects subject to compliance with the relevant laws was signed by the President on April 14 and released by the Palace Thursday, April 15. It will take effect upon publication in a newspaper.
The President’s latest directive amended EO 79 issued in 2012 that institutionalized and implemented several reforms in the mining sector. The Aquino-era EO prohibited the approval of new mining permits until a new legislation rationalizing revenue-sharing scheme is enacted. ....

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Miners group lauds lifting of 9-year ban on new mining deals

By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published April 15, 2021 2:37pm
President Duterte in a meeting with mining executives in 2017
The Chamber of Mines of the Philippines, the umbrella organization of mining, mineral quarrying and processing companies in the country, of Thursday cheered the lifting of the nine-year ban on new mining projects.
“A major roadblock to the huge potential of the Philippine mining industry to contribute to socio-economic growth has been removed,” COMP said in a statement.
“We welcome the lifting of the moratorium on new mining projects – in place for nearly nine years – in this time of great national difficulty as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the miners group said. ....

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