Anti-mining drive in Palawan gets 2.7 million of targeted 10 million signatures | Sun.Star

Anti-mining drive in Palawan gets 2.7 million of targeted 10 million signatures | Sun.Star. February 1, 2012 A NON-government organization (NGO) initiating a signature campaign to save Palawan from mining has gathered 2.7 million signatures across the country, which is more than one-fourth of the 10 million target signatures. Gina Lopez, managing director of ABS-CBN…

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Anti-mining drive in Palawan gets 2.7 million of targeted 10 million signatures | Sun.Star.

February 1, 2012

A NON-government organization (NGO) initiating a signature campaign to save Palawan from mining has gathered 2.7 million signatures across the country, which is more than one-fourth of the 10 million target signatures.

Gina Lopez, managing director of ABS-CBN foundation, said they are hopeful to get the remaining 7.3 million within this year.

Lopez was one of the speakers of the two-day 2012 International Conference on Mining held at the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) campus in Roxas Avenue last week.

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