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Residents of a village in Benguet, who depend on pocket mining, fear they would lose control of their land and small-scale mining sites

KABUGAO, Apayao: The Special 3rd Division of the Court of Appeals (CA) junked a petition seeking to revoke or annul the Certification Precondition (CP) issued by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) for the 150-megawatt Gened-1 and 250-megawatt Gened-2 hydroelectric power projects of renewable energy developer Pan Pacific Renewable Power Philippines Corp. (PPRPPC) in the Province of Apayao.

THE Clark Development Corp. (CDC) issued a cease and desist order (CDO) on September 12 to stop the unauthorized digging and other 'earth moving activities' within the Clark Special Economic Zone. The order was prompted by the lack of the required environmental and construction permits as mandated by CDC.

Ipilan Nickel Corp. (INC) said its mine site in Brooke’s Point, Palawan continues to operate even after the Supreme Court issued a Writ of Kalikasan last week. The ruling does not interrupt INC’s operations, as the petition for a Temporary Environmental Protection Order (TEPO) has been rejected, according to the…

Lawyer and IP rights advocate Mary Ann Bayang slams the CEB decision, and notes that mining, whether small or large scale, is an extractive industry that should be under the regular FPIC process