MANILA, Philippines – Now that we have finally enacted the Enhanced Fiscal Regime for Large-Scale Metallic Mining (under Republic Act No. 12253), I want to explain why I fought so hard for one particular element of this law: transparency.
As governor of Albay, I stood firmly against irresponsible mining. I was a supporter of Alyansa…
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