President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday blamed the uncontrolled mining operations in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) for the landslides that struck Itogon, Benguet during the onslaught of super Typhoon “Ompong” over the weekend. The President even cited Davao’s problems with small-scale mining which, according to him, resulted in the decline of tuna catch in the area due to pollution from mining. Duterte, however, stressed that to end mining, Congress must repeal the mining law. “If we cannot end mining because of the (existing) law, (then) to end mining, it is (the) Congress that will have to abrogate the law,” he said. READ: Cimatu suspends all small-scale mining operations in CordilleraADVERTISEMENTRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 17, 2018 12:03 UTC