The Philippine mining industry should be revived to create more jobs amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said on Wednesday.

During the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 46th Philippine Business Conference and Expo, the head of the Department of Finance (DoF) said the sector would provide good jobs in rural areas or “areas where there are no other alternative jobs.”

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