The interagency Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) will audit mines within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for the first time, this after President Duterte ordered to stop all mining operations on a small island in Tawi-Tawi for their adverse impact on the environment.
The MICC, cochaired by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, has audited 50 mining operations across the country in two rounds since 2018. Given the autonomy of BARMM, the mining firms in the region were excluded.
However, the third round of the audit, to begin in October, will cover four mines within BARMM, the Department of Finance said in …
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