President Rodrigo Duterte joins hands with Environment Secretary Gina Lopez (2nd from left), Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol (left) and Presidential Spokesperson Ernie Abella (right) to signify mutually supportive efforts to uplift the lives of the Filipino poor during the Mindanao Environment Summit (Oya Mindanaw) held at the Ateneo de Davao University. Joining them are representatives of civil society organizations.
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has called for “responsible mining.” In line with this, he released a directive to conduct an audit of all existing mining operations in the Philippines and to monitor those that have complied with the ISO 14001 certification.