Inquirer
Efenita Taqueban and Gideon Lasco
In the name of “recovery” from the pandemic, the Philippine government has opened up mining opportunities in the country, with the President recently lifting ...
... recovery of this territory began in 1991 but was later taken over by drug traffickers for ten years. And in 2011 is when we began to make the new reoccupation. Today it has about 1,200 hectares and some ...
... reform and rural development, and genuine sustainable development in order to translate mining into a truly just and green economic recovery," it added.
The group cited the large-scale mining operations ...
... also be allocated for the government’s pandemic response.
But Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment refuted this, saying the move is a “fake Covid-19 economic recovery program.”
“We won’t ...
... is expected to support important projects like Duterte’s flagship “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program, which the government says is pivotal to economic recovery. More mining would also create ...
... responsible multinational miner, the company is ready and waiting to restart the Didipio operations and to continue contributing to the Philippines’ post-Covid-19 recovery.” Due to the June 10, 2019 expiration ...
... already reversed.
Mining and dredging, apparently, is now considered a strategy for economic recovery in response to COVID-19. Duterte himself recently said that he will “open the borders” to the influx ...
... face were already high, however, and are only escalating further as the mining industry is being repositioned as a so-called essential industry and a vehicle for economic stimulus and recovery.
For-profit ...
... activity in recent years and environmental regulations have been flexibilised to the benefit of mining companies. It’s no surprise that, in a phase of economic recovery, they will benefit from the deepening ...
... extraction (compared with mine development or during an environmental spill), possibly because fresh water is not much used during recovery processes.
Overall, we observed that the operational expansion, ...
... to take legal action against the company directly responsible for this damage.
“The most sensible thing would be for the State to expropriate the land from Commerce Group. A project for the recovery ...
... financial resources are available to invest in equitable use, protection and water recovery measures in the country.
The campaign will have two main lines of action, the first being the legislative pressure ...
... the Salvadoran population.
V.- The Attorney General of the Republic must comply with his legal mandate to watch over the interests of the State and initiate a process for the recovery of the US $8 million, ...
... Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of El Salvador ratified MARN’s resolution and ordered Commerce Group initiate environmental recovery works immediately. In March 2011, a tribunal the International ...
... to contain the environmental crisis and put significant efforts in the recovery of the fragile and damaged ecosystem, at the same time as we aim to improve the quality of life of people.
How will you ...
... season. Another report by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery claims that almost 90% of El Salvador is presently at risk to extreme weather phenomena, 95% of the population live in ...
... El Salvador will lead the high costs of contamination of our ecosystems, increased water scarcity, community conflict and population displacement. Instead of mining, the foundation for economic recovery ...
... activity in recent years and environmental regulations have been flexibilised to the benefit of mining companies. It’s no surprise that, in a phase of economic recovery, they will benefit from the deepening ...
... or during an environmental spill), possibly because fresh water is not much used during recovery processes.
Overall, we observed that the operational expansion, mine development, and occurrence of environmental ...