Topic: President Aquino
The Presidential Mining E.O.
July 12, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
The Presidential Executive Order (EO) outlining the administration’s policy on mining is something to be welcomed as it shows a positive concern in protecting sensitive ecological areas that could be adversely affected by mining, especially the horrific open pit-mining that rips out the heart and soul of mountain-sides and forests, and does untold ecological damage. The [...]
Read More...Mining ban eyed in 78 ecotourism sites – Aquino
March 19, 2012 · By Chichi Conde, InterAksyon.com
BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — President Benigno Aquino III said the government is poised to ban mining in 78 ecotourism sites in the country.
Read More...PNoy: Gov’t not keen on total mining ban
March 19, 2012 · By Rappler.com
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno Aquino III is not keen on imposing a total ban on mining activities in the Philippines but insists that the government deserves its “fair share” of the revenues from mining. “We don’t think banning altogether is the solution… We want to ensure that we get a fair share,” Aquino told [...]
Read More...Poor people helping the poor make a Eco-village
March 12, 2012 · By Emmanuel Drewery
In Sito Nato, San Juan district, Botolan, Zambales a group of refugees whose villages was washed away by the floods of the typhoons are forming a self- sustainable community after living in a refugee camp for almost three years.
Read More...SBMA tells Aquino: No to coal plant
March 8, 2012 · By Robert Gonzaga, Inquirer Central Luzon
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT —Residents, businessmen and officials of communities surrounding this economic zone have spoken, and the message is clear—no to a coal-fired power plant in Subic.
Read More...Vendetta from the Chamber of Mines
February 27, 2012 · By Bernie Lopez, Eastwind journals Opinyon Magazine
A two-day International Conference on Mining in Mindanao is held at Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) conducted by the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines with a theme “Mina para sa Nasudnong Interes sa Katawhang Pilipino.”
Read More...The lawyer’s ‘Umwelt’
February 18, 2012 · By Randy David, Philippine Daily Inquirer
Ordinary people who have been watching the impeachment trial at the Senate wonder why lawyers cannot seem to ask the most logical questions in the most direct way. Like: How much money did the Corona couple keep in the bank right up to the day they simultaneously withdrew all their deposits?
Read More...Paradise Lost to Destructive Mining
February 16, 2012 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
President Aquino plans to issue a historical Executive Order (EO) to regulate the mining industry to protect the environment and the rights of the people. A strict order is needed and hopefully, it will levy at least a 20% tax on mining profits.
Read More...Good moves on mining and climate
November 29, 2011 · By Dean Tony La Vina
These past weeks, even as most media and public attention focused on the controversies surrounding former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President Benigno Aquino III made potentially game-changing decisions in favor of the environment. First, he instructed his top environmental officials and Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa to review the current mining policy and recommend policy reforms [...]
Read More...The Struggle against Corruption
October 29, 2010 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
No wonder that the new Philippine “Aquino administration” made anti-corruption its main drive against poverty. “If there is no corruption, there will be no poverty”, says President Noynoy Aquino. This was the slogan that won him the election. It’s so true and yet the solutions are still so hard to find and reform is seemingly [...]
Read More...The Millennium Development Goals to Reduce Poverty
September 29, 2010 · By Fr. Shay Cullen
In the year 2000, the United Nations set eight goals to reduce by half the number of people living in dire poverty worldwide. The achievements and failures in the past ten years were reviewed a few weeks ago by world leaders meeting in The UN headquarters in New York.
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