With the number of mining firms under exploration concessions, gold, nickel and copper in the rocky mountains of Davao region continue to be up for grabs. But government earnings from the excise taxes paid by mining firms are small.
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By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
By JOHN RIZLE SALIGUMBA
Small-scale miners grapple with the impact of landslides and the government’s demolition order.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN
[slideshow=7] TWO SIDES. A nun surveys the devastation in sitio Tibasak that was swept with water from the overflowing Kalakala…
[slideshow=6] RAVAGES. Typhoon Sendong causes this much ruins when it hit Cagayan de Oro, December 16. The damaged caused by…
[slideshow=5] MOST WANTED. Cooking pots are most wanted by families housed in various evacuation centers in Cagayan de Oro City….
ONE LIGHT. A little girl holds her lit candle during the candle lighting activity in Isla Delta, Barangay Consolacion, Cagayan…
[slideshow=4] FOR CAGAYAN DE ORO. Members of various organizations light candles in Isla Delta, a community in the riverbank hit…
By CHERYLL FIEL
