Tag: mining
Uproar over mining on historic Philippine island
BORONGAN (UCAN): Bishop Crispin Varquez of the Diocese of Borongan, on the historical island of…
Church in Myanmar speaks out against rare earth mining
BANMAW (UCAN): Church leaders in Myanmar are up in arms against unregulated mining for rare…
Court scraps mining to protect Catholic farmers in Indonesia
JAKARTA (UCAN): Indonesia’s Supreme Court ruled in favour of Catholic farmers in East Nusa Tenggara…
Save the biodiversity of the planet
The planet as we know it today will never be the same tomorrow or in…
Bishop blames lifting of Philippine mining ban on polls
Manila (UCAN): “They (government officials) really need the money for elections. And these big mining…
