Koko urges SC to stop Ilocos, Pangasinan mining project
05/05/2012A large-scale magnetite-ore mining project in Ilocos and Pangasinan which won a deal with the government shortly after President Aquino assumed office is being opposed before the Supreme Court (SC).
Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III yesterday led a group in asking the SC to issue a writ of kalikasan and a temporary environmental protection order against the project which had been signed by former executive secretary Leandro Mendoza, acting on behalf of ex-President Gloria Arroyo, and Altamina Exploration and Resources Inc. (Altamina) a day before President Aquino assumed the presidency on June 30, 2010.
Pimentel’s co-petitioners in the petition are Kabataan party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino; Santa, Ilocos Sur Mayor Jose Jesus Bueno; and other concerned citizens from Ilocos Sur who claim that residents living along or near the coastline may suffer from massive residential displacement, saltwater flooding, soil erosion and landslides..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120505nat1.html
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