INQUIRER.net: Activists throw mud at Aquino, Paje, Pangilinan tarpaulins to protest Philex operations

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Activists throw mud at Aquino, Paje, Pangilinan tarpaulins to protest Philex operations Feb 28th 2013, 06:18 MANILA, Philippines - Environmental activists picketed the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Quezon City on Thursday in protest against its order permitting Philex Mining Corp. to resume operations in its Padcal facility. About a dozen protesters belonging to the Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment threw mud at tarpaulins with the faces of President Benigno Aquino III, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje, and Philex chair Manuel V. Pangilinan. The demonstrators voiced their objections to the four-month MGB permit allowing Philex, whose tailings pond facility leaked 20 million metric tons of sediments in Bengu... Keep on reading: Activists throw mud at Aquino, Paje, Pangilinan tarpaulins to protest Philex operations Media files: protester-arroyo.jpg (image/jpeg)

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