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May 19, 2025
In rejecting the 25-year moratorium on mining imposed by Occidental Mindoro and one of its municipalities in areas within their jurisdiction, the Supreme Court did not favor miners at the expense of environmentalists. It simply clarified the legal bounds of what local government units (LGUs) can do in relation to national laws. The province’s blanket prohibition on all large-scale mining activities is too broad and therefore void, said the high court decision written by Senior
