THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has ordered the suspension of all mining operations in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) after landslides trapped and killed mine workers in Itogon, Benguet.

President Rodrigo Duterte also urged Congress to “abrogate mining.”

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