Tag: mining
Caritas Philippines backs senate probe into the impact of mining
MANILA (AsiaNews): Caritas Philippines lent its full support to Senate Resolution No. 989 filed by…
Philippine indigenous people win battle against mining firms
MANILA (UCAN): The Philippine Supreme Court told two giant mining firms to wind up their…
Bishops decry dispersal, arrest of anti-mining protesters in Philippines
PUERTO PRINCESA (RVA News): Bishop Socrates Mesiona, of the apostolic vicariate of Puerto Princesa, and…
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…
