ENVIRONMENT Secretary Regina Paz “Gina” Lopez came down with guns blazing against the mining lobby that fought hard to block her nomination to the Duterte Cabinet.

In a news conference, Lopez told reporters: “It is very sad that in the Commission on Appointments, clearly business interests have run the day and I think that, it needs to be reevaluated.”

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