South Cotabato board lifts 12-year-old ban on open-pit mining; bishop says ‘we’ll not take this sitting down’
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 16 May) — After three consecutive weeks of shunning deliberations on the proposal to lift the controversial ban on open pit mining in South Cotabato, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Monday approved the measure, removing the decades-long
