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Benguet probes mining firms on rising mercury pollution
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet – The Benguet provincial government has started its investigation on toxic waste disposal of two small scale mining operations in Tublay municipality after residents complained that their water sources might have already been polluted.
Small-scale gold mining in Kalinga illegal
TABUK, Kalinga – All the small-scale gold mining operations in the municipalities of Balbalan and Pasil, this province, are operating without permits.
Poor ma wishes good luck would last
She thought her life couldn’t get any better when she’s got a new house and lot of her own, business capital and a healthcard for the whole family. Little did she know, it wasn’t just a rain of blessings but a heavy down-pour of life’s good things.
P4.4-B flood-control project in Butuan seen to be finished this year
BUTUAN CITY – The construction of the P4.4-billion, foreign-funded flood-control program of the Lower Agusan Development Project (LADP) in this capital city is seen to be completed this year.
2 mayors laud Arroyo for allotting P250 M for Bicol highway
TIGAON, Camarines Sur — Partidiños (residents of the 3rd District) of this province led by Caramoan Mayor Francis Binamirito and Mayos Elmo Bombase of this municipality hailed President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for her announcement about the appropriation of R250 million for the immediate construction of the long-awaited Caramoan peninsula highway.
Solon wants biotech czar for RP
LEGAZPI CITY — The Philippines needs a new high official to oversee the systematic mobilization of the country’s vast biotechnology resources for national development, a legislator said.
Massive investors pullout, job loss feared in Clark
CLARK Zone, Pampanga – Major stakeholders of Clark are urging lawmakers to pass immediately legislative measures that would keep the multibillion peso investment projects intact in the special economic zone here.
Leaders of tribes take exception to statement of CBCP condemning all kinds of mining in RP
TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato — A group of tribal leaders from three Southern Mindanao provinces took exception to a recent statement of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) which condemns all forms of mining and calls for a stop to mineral exploration activities all over the country.
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