Despite EO 130 The mining sector will remain under scrutiny despite President Rodrigo Duterte's recent decision to lift the moratorium on new mining operations, a top government official said. As a start, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said the government is considering imposing more...
The mining sector lauded President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest move to issue Executive Order (EO) 130, lifting the moratorium on new mining projects under EO 79 of the Aquino Administration. Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/ChamberOfMinesofthePhilippines In a statement, Chamber of Mines of the...
The Office of the President (OP) was urged to cancel the ‘stay order’ issued on mining companies with pending suspension and closure orders. This as such move will not do anything for the Philippine economy. “We demand that the Office of the President immediately cancels this ‘Stay...
The Philippine government has allowed the mining companies that were suspended and ordered closed by former Environment Secretary and late Regina Paz Lopez in 2017 to continue operating. Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director Wilfredo Moncano said on Tuesday that the government has decided to...
Former AOA members Mina (left) and Jimin (Instagram) Mina, 27, former member of K-pop girl group AOA, has revealed a psychiatric medical certificate to belie accusations from Koreans and foreigners she had no proof that she suffered bullying from former group leader Shin Jimin. On July 3 last year,...
On Instagram, Mina posted a photo of her boyfriend Dave Almarinez's proposal to her in Laguna. "I have received the most perfect gift from God," she wrote. "A prayer I have always been sincerely trusting Him to bring into my life." Ara thanked her fiance for being her "answered prayer." "Thank you...
(Clockwise from left) BTS, BLACKPINK, EXO’s Chen and Chanyeol, ex-AOA’s Jimin and Mina, scene in 'Parasite,' Lee Min-ho in 'The King: Eternal Monarch,' Choi Jong-hoon, Jung Joon-young, 2AM’s Im Seulong and Red Velvet’s Irene. (Photos: Twitter, Instagram, KOFIC, Barunson E&A, CJ...
Regulated use of explosives in small-scale mining areas may be allowed in the amended version of the Republic Act (RA) 7076 or the People's Small-Scale Mining Act, a top official at Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said. This alarmed an environmental group, which said the MGB does not even have...
The environmental ‘trade off’ of the highly destructive mining sector could help the Philippine economy recover during the COVID-19 pandemic, a top official from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said. MGB Director Wilfredo Moncano said in an interview with state-run Philippines...
Mina (left), and Seolhyun and Jimin (Instagram) Actress and former K-pop girl group AOA member Mina has declined police investigation into the alleged bullying she suffered under former leader Shin Jimin despite that it tormented her for over a decade and drove her to self-harm and attempted...
(From left) Former and current AOA members Jimin, Mina and Seolhyun (Instagram / Twitter) The severe emotional stress that former K-pop group AOA member Mina (real name: Kwon Min-ah) has been going through due to alleged bullying she experienced while in the group and issues with FNC...
Former AOA member Mina (Instagram) Former K-pop girl group AOA member Mina continues to experience severe mental suffering from the alleged bullying she experienced for a decade while in the band and recently revealed she tried to commit suicide again. It’s been a month since Mina exposed that...
