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                    [ArticleID] => 860211
                    [Title] => 10-year moratorium on all reclamation projects sought
                    [Summary] => 
                    [DatePublished] => 2012-10-25 14:10:00
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                    [AuthorID] => 1262583
                    [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo
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                    [ArticleID] => 836404
                    [Title] => P-Noy urged to sign People's Survival Fund bill into law
                    [Summary] => 

A non-profit organization has urged President Aquino to immediately sign the People’s Survival Fund bill into law.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1685860 [AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 806554 [Title] => 'Sa Asul o Sa Itim': An exhibit for marine environment conservation [Summary] =>

A group of young artists and Eco-Sys Action, a foundation geared to protect marine life, recently launched an art exhibit entitled “Sa Asul o Sa Itim” last May 4 at the Renaissance Gallery in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-13 22:56:40 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1789410 [AuthorName] => Wendi Peneyra-Garcia [SectionName] => Unblogged [SectionUrl] => unblogged [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 650744 [Title] => Kin score DOJ ruling in Co's killing [Summary] =>

Relatives of noted botanist Leonardo Co and their supporters asked Justice Secretary Leila de Lima yesterday to junk findings of a fact-finding panel of the Department of Justice (DOJ) clearing the Armed Forces in the killing of Co and two guides during crossfire between government troops and communist rebels in Leyte in November last year.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096875 [AuthorName] => Edu Punay [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 588449 [Title] => Environment groups dismayed over DENR chief's retention [Summary] =>

Environment groups have expressed dismay over the decision of President-elect Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to retain Horacio Ramos as head of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, according to the official website of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP).

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-29 09:52:48 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 76936 [Title] => Ombuds to survey coast of Visayan Sea [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-08-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348536 [Title] => Sorsogon bishop supports Rapu-Rapu test-run [Summary] => Sorsogon Bishop emeritus Jesus Varela supports the test-run of Lafayette’s Rapu-Rapu polymetallic project, saying it would show if the corrective measures put in place by the company meet the standards for safe and responsible mining operations.

Varela, who personally toured the project last week, said in a statement that the Catholic Church is not against mining itself but is opposed to irresponsible mining.

He added that he wanted to find out for himself if the objections of anti-mining groups to Lafayette’s continued operations are valid or not.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 312136 [Title] => NGOs question disbursement of Placer Dome $13-M rehab fund [Summary] => Where have all the money gone?

This was the question posed by anti-mining advocates on $13-million "rehabilitation fund" supposedly left by Canadian mining company Placer Dome Inc. (PDI) for Marinduque.

Mining Watch Canada, Kalikasan-PNE, and the Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns (MACEC) said it was not clear whether the fund remains intact or has already been disbursed.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304661 [Title] => Move for 50-year Marinduque mining moratorium hailed [Summary] => Environmental advocates yesterday hailed the move of the Marinduque provincial council to adopt a resolution of a Church-based organization seeking a 50-year mining moratorium in the province.

Defend Patrimony, a broad alliance of environmental groups and mining-affected people, believes that the resolution of the Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns (MACEC) is a big blow to the mining liberalization program of the government.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304516 [Title] => Marinduque eyes 50-year mining ban [Summary] => The provincial board of Marinduque recently adopted a resolution of a Church-based non-government organization seeking a 50-year ban on mining activities in the province.

The resolution of the Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns (MACEC), which was adopted by the 10th Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Marinduque last Friday, also condemned the Supreme Court’s reversal of its earlier ruling on the unconstitutionality of some provisions of the Mining Act of 1995.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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