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Saturday, June 14, 2008 |
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Lawmaker vows
fight
against abusive investors |
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Party-list Representative Casiño says CA ruling in
favor of Oceana Gold is a temporary setback for environmental
protection |
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By Sammy Martin, Reporter
PARTY-LIST Rep. Teddy Casiño of
Bayan Muna on Friday assured the people of Nueva Vizcaya his full
support as he labeled a Court of Appeals (CA) decision preventing
its provincial government from implementing an order that halts
mining operations in the area as “a temporary setback for
environmental protection, local governance and the defense of
national patrimony.”
The Court of Appeals issued a
60-day injunction with temporary restraining order on the Nueva
Vizcaya provincial government that issued a cease-and-desist order (CDO)
on Oceana Gold, a Melbourne-based mining firm.
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‘War in
Sarangani’ slated in Maasim
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY: Richie
Mepranum, the country’s No. 1 flyweight boxer, takes on undefeated
Tanzanian challenger Juma Seleman Fundi in the World Boxing
Organization oriental flyweight title match billed as “War...
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Land titles
distributed to families in Bataan after 30 to 60 years
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PILAR, Bataan: The Atienza family
left a Batangas town and settled in an upland location in Bataan
that was almost cleared of big trees by logging operations back in
1948....
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Bishop calls for
total closure of mining firm in Rapu-Rapu
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A SENIOR Catholic Church official
on Friday urged the government for the “total closure” of a
controversial copper and zinc mine on Rapu-Rapu Island in Albay due
to environmental issues.
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US drug
enforcement officials visit Subic
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SUBIC BAY Freeport: Members of
the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (Usdea) visited
this Freeport assisted by the Presidential Anti Smuggling Group-Task
Force Subic to document the ongoing investigation...
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