THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is allocating P50 million to fund the teams that will review the closure and suspended orders issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

The Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC), co-chaired by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Envi-ronment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez, has created a technical working group (TWG) to supervise the work of five technical review teams (TRTs) after the DENR ordered 23 mining operations closed and five others suspended. The DENR also canceled 75 mining contracts in various phases of development.

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