CA allows large-scale open-pit mining in South Cotabato

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“Section 22 , which bans open-pit mining in the province of South Cotabato is not invalid, but rather legal and consistent with DAO 2017-10 , the Local Government Code and above all the Constitution,” the judge had ruled.Bishop Cerilo Casicas of the Diocese of Marbel blew the whistle on the CA’s decision on Thursday and urged South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. to hold a public dialogue on the ruling.

Casicas urged Tamayo to join the 30 parishes, the clergy and the laypeople in “the moral imperative to act together decisively in order to save our common home.” According to the governor, the provincial government could no longer question RA 7942 in the Supreme Court because it had already affirmed its validity.

In December 2021, during the Duterte administration, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources lifted the ban on the open-pit method of mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores in the country.

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