Communities, people’s organizations, NGOs, environmental advocacy groups, the major church denominations, including the Catholic Church, and even the NPA are up in arms against big mining firms, but President Benigno Aquino III keeps on assuring big mining companies that the government would provide security and incentives for them, such as sovereign guarantees and an exemption from the total log ban. So who is Aquino’s boss again?

By Flon Faurillo
(Bulatlat.com)

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