PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a stop to all mining on an island in a southern province that is home to some of The Philippines’ nickel projects, a Cabinet official said.
Duterte was “very much concerned” over reports that Tumbagan Island in Languyan, Tawi-Tawi province, has been “completely devastated” by mining activities, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.
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