{"id":172736,"date":"2018-07-23T22:59:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T02:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=172736"},"modified":"2018-07-23T22:59:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T02:59:22","slug":"prrd-warns-tougher-crackdown-irresponsible-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/23\/prrd-warns-tougher-crackdown-irresponsible-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD warns of tougher crackdown on irresponsible mining"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, the President warned about implementing stricter environmental protection policies, including prohibiting open-pit mining. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA —<\/strong>\u00a0President Rodrigo Duterte assured Filipinos the government would intensify its campaign against irresponsible mining nationwide to further protect the environment, so future generations can benefit from the country’s natural wealth.<\/p>\n

In his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, the President warned about implementing stricter environmental protection policies, including prohibiting open-pit mining.<\/p>\n

Miners, he stressed, must radically improve the way they manage their operations and rehabilitate the areas where they mine.<\/p>\n

“To the mining industry, I say this again and maybe for the last time: Do not destroy the environment or compromise our resources,” he warned.<\/p>\n

The President said the revenue that mining brings the government doesn’t justify the environmental destruction from irresponsible mineral extraction.<\/p>\n

“Don’t just give me taxes. I can get these from other sources,” he said, referring to the miners. “But give me what needs to be given to my countrymen.”<\/p>\n

All Filipinos must benefit from the country’s minerals, he noted.<\/p>\n

Duterte said irresponsible mining is destroying even the country’s aquatic resources, compromising the availability of water and food.<\/p>\n

“You can no longer fish in rivers, as these are contaminated,” he noted, citing one impact of mine waste’s flow into the water bodies.<\/p>\n

Latest available preliminary data released by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau showed gross production value in large-scale metallic mining, small-scale gold mining, and non-metallic mining collectively reached PHP108.6 billion in 2017.<\/p>\n

Taxes, fees, and royalties from mining that year totaled PHP16.18 billion, the data further showed.<\/p>\n

The Department of Finance already cited inclusion of mining taxation in the government’s tax reform program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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