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Read more about the article Davao hosts 3-day Japan-Asean environmental forum
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, who are in the city for a 3-day Asean environmental forum pay a courtesy visit to Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte Tuesday, August 30. (City Information Office)

Davao hosts 3-day Japan-Asean environmental forum

Delegates from Japan, Malaysia and Singapore are here in the city for an environmental forum on August 31 to September 2.

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Read more about the article Empowering Lumad vital to protecting eagles, says group
Dr. Jayson Ibañez, Philippine Eagle Foundation Research and Conservation director (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Empowering Lumad vital to protecting eagles, says group

The Philippine Eagle Foundation has appealed anew for the protection of the forests and the ancestral domains of indigenous peoples in Mt. Apo saying this is vital to preserving the Philippine Eagle, a critically endangered species endemic to the Philippines.

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Read more about the article Group urges scrapping of tax holiday for mining companies
Starjoan Villanueva of the Philippine Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (PH-EITI) announces its third nationwide transparency movement in the Philippines. The campaign starts this month until September with 600 expected participants from 13 regions across the country. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Group urges scrapping of tax holiday for mining companies

"These companies are enjoying the income tax holidays, because they know that it’s a part of the social marketing of the ?national ?g?overnment to attract more foreign investment.”

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Read more about the article Large-scale miners: We are responsible miners
Engr. Alexis F. Balicod of the Mindanao Association of Mining Engineers (MAEM) Inc. says that they should have been invited at the Mindanao environment summit recently held at the Ateneo de Davao University on Friday, August 5, so that they could show that "the big scale miners are the responsible miners." (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Large-scale miners: We are responsible miners

As the Department of Environment and Natural Resources ?is still ?busy evaluating the mining companies in the Philippines, pro-mining groups insisted that the Mindanao mining companies abide and do responsible mining and they are open for talks with DENR.

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Read more about the article Ateneo President: Philippine Mining Act is treason
Ateneo de Davao University President Fr. Joel Tabora expresses his opposition to the current mining policy of the government in a press conference on Thursday, August 4. The Jesuit priest said the Philippine Mining Act only allowed foreign countries to plunder the country's natural resources. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Ateneo President: Philippine Mining Act is treason

Jesuit priest Fr. Joel Tabora called the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 treasonous and said that it is time for the government to replace the mining policy.

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