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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Loren’s Peeve: PET

“The PET dismissed her protest not primarily because she had effectively abandoned it but. according to the PET decision “for lack of legal and factual basis.” This means that she was unable to prove that there was any cheating at all!”
by Ducky Paredes
The electoral protest of Sen. Loren Legarda never had a chance with the […]

On Oriental Peninsula’s ‘Nickel Mine’

“Citinickel has no rights to these rich mines in Palawan. On top of that, despite eight rulings by different courts in Quezon City, Paranaque and Palawan, it was able to acquire a 25-year Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) for the Palawan nickel mines. ”
 
 
by Ducky Paredes
 
 
The resurgence of mining in  the Philippines can be traced […]