BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — Indigenous people in Nueva Vizcaya are banking on the national government to stop the open pit mining operations of a foreign company, which have allegedly wreaked ...

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 2:32 p.m.) — Religious leaders and residents from Nueva Vizcaya filed a petition ... s ordinance strictly prohibiting open-pit mining. Aside from canceling the ...

Nueva Vizcaya Governor Carlos Padilla says the ... P130-million debt of OGPI to the province. OGPI operates an open pit mine in Didipio village in Kasibu town, producing tons of copper and gold ...

Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) signed Department Administrative Order No 2021-40 on December 23, lifting the four-year-old ban on the open-pit ...

The Philippines has lifted a four-year-old ban on open-pit mining for copper, gold, silver and complex ores, an official said on Tuesday, marking the second landmark policy move this year as the ...