Environment Secretary Regina Lopez on Tuesday cancelled the mineral production sharing agreements (MPSA) of 75 mining companies operating in watershed areas.

Lopez said that show cause orders, her Valentine’s gift to the Filipino people, were given to 37 mines in Mindanao, 27 in Luzon and 11 in the Visayas.

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