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by Chris Wright Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — As the poster child for the growing ranks of computer-generated currencies, bitcoin’s recent stratospheric price rises have propelled it from the chat forum-hosted depths of nerddom into the global consciousness. As it rose from under $1,000 to over $19,500 at one point this year, hordes of tech-savvy punters have rushed in to buy, while any investors can now do the same on the US […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A woman has been pulled alive from an abandoned Australian mine shaft where she was trapped in searing heat for two days until a drone found her, police said Monday. The 26-year-old vanished from her home in Lightning Ridge on Friday after going for a walk, sparking a large-scale search and rescue operation. She apparently tripped and fell down the eight-meter (26-foot) deep shaft, police said, surviving despite daytime temperatures of more than […]
(Eagle News) — Spend to restore the environment, or I will tax you to death. President Rodrigo Duterte had this to say to mining companies, several of which he said were responsible for the destruction of the environment. He referred to pronouncements made by former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, and to a documentary on the destruction of communities by mining made by ABSCBN, which he said did something right “for once.” He said he was […]
The President also proposes for them to “compensate” people affected by the industry (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday asked businessmen engaged in mining to come up with an arrangement that would be “fair to everybody,” also suggesting for them to “compensate” those affected by the industry instead. Duterte said this as he reiterated he would call all those engaged in mining, former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez and other militants to a meeting […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would “one of these days” call for a dialogue between mining companies and local communities to break what he said was the “mining impasse.” “One of these days, tawagin ko ang mga mayaman at ang mga mahirap. Makinig nalang kayo. Tingin mo dito? Sirain mo palayan niya, paano sila magsurvive. Ikaw kutkot ng kutkot..This cannot go on,” he said in a speech during 26th anniversary […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday urged residents of Hagonoy in Davao del Sur to explore the possibility of engaging in aquaculture as their livelihood. “I’d like to encourage your mayor and municipal officials, if ever you get to have an invitation to go there, punta kayo ng China,” he said as he took part in festivities celebrating the 64th Araw ng Hagonoy at the municipal complex in the municipality. China accounts for two […]
LIMA, Peru (Reuters) – Parents of sick children who live near one of Peru’s oldest mining sites camped out in front of the health ministry in Lima for the eight day on Thursday (June 22) to demand help treating the impacts of mining pollution. Dozens of residents of Simon Bolivar, a district in the city of Cerro de Pasco in Peru’s central Andes, travelled to the capital Lima last week to demand the government declare […]
ARGENTINA (Reuters) – Argentina’s national government and the governors of 20 provinces signed a mining deal on Tuesday (June 13) to harmonize taxes and regulations in hopes of attracting investment, but the action was criticized by industry sources and environmentalists alike. The agreement, which needs approval from Congress and the 20 provincial legislatures, sets a 3 percent ceiling on royalties mining companies pay to provinces. Latin America’s third-largest economy has fallen behind Chile and Peru […]
Ni Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Sa ikatlong pagkakataon, isinalang sa makapangyarihang Commission on Appointments ang kumpirmasyon ni Gina Lopez bilang environment secretary. Sa pagharap sa komisyon, isa-isang sinagot ni Lopez ang alegasyon ni Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez na hindi idinaan sa konsultasyon ang ginawang shutdown at arbitrary suspension sa ilang mining operations. Paglilinaw ni Lopez, hindi nya tinututulan ang pagmimina pero kailangan daw maging responsable ang mga mining firms. “I’m not against mining as […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday revealed that apart from drug lords, some people in the mining industry were funding destabilization efforts against him. “I know you (from the mining industry) are funding the opposite side. Alam ko na ngayon..that some of you are even funding..to destabilize (my government),” Duterte said in a media briefing. When asked if people outside the country were helping them, he said: “Yes. Dyan sa America madalas..” Duterte did not […]
(Eagle News) — Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez on Sunday, March 12, thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for supporting her on her campaign against irresponsible mining. Lopez also commended the President on his love and care for the country. She also called the President the “real thing” due to his perseverance to support her on her anti-mining stance. “In the plane already… want to say one more thing.. that I am deeply and profoundly […]
MANILA, Feb. 20 – A multi-stakeholder team of the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) that was formed to review existing mining operations that were ordered shut down or suspended by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will hold its first meeting this Monday, February 20. This organizational meeting is a result of MICC Resolution No. 6 , which had resolved to create “a multi-stakeholder team” to “review existing mining operations in consultation with local government units (LGUs), which review shall be based on the guidelines and parameters set […]
