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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 22, called on Congress to pass the National Land Use bill within the year. The President made the call during his fourth State of the Nation Address before a joint session of Congress. According to Duterte, the passage of the law will allow the country to “meet the demands of the new investors coming in.” “A science-based national land use plan would serve as basis for the (local […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte warned those destroying the country’s environment, particularly the mining industry that he will go after them with more “restrictive” measures, even as he urged the Senate to pass a National Land Use Act to manage the country’s land resources. The President said that one of the restrictions that his government will implement is the prohibition of “open pit mining” which has destroyed the environment. “The protection of the […]
