WESTERN Samar Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento on Monday pushed for a Congressional inquiry on operations of mining companies, considering that four mining accidents have transpired over the last 16 years.

Sarmiento, also secretary general of Liberal Party, made the pitch under his House Resolution 950 which tasks the House Ecology panel to prove the activities of foreign and local mining companies, as well as the unabated black sand mining in Luzon.

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