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Bishop urges Noynoy to impose mining moratorium in Eastern Samar By Pat C. Santos 02/03/2012

Friday, February 3, 2012

Bishop urges Noynoy to impose mining moratorium in Eastern Samar

By Pat C. Santos 02/03/2012

A Catholic bishop has appealed to the Aquino administration to impose a moratorium on mining in Eastern Samar to protect the province’s remaining forests.

Borongan Bishop Crispin Varquez said that several large-scale and small-scale mining operations in the province do not guarantee responsible mining, environment protection and rehabilitation.

“We, in the Diocese of Borongan and other anti-mining organizations are calling for a mining moratorium to fix all these concerns first,” Varquez said..... MORE

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URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120203nat6.html

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Anonymous said...

We already know the reply:

DENIED.

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