The northern Mindanao tragedy, Romualdez noted, is one of the reasons why COMP has recommended to the Minerals Policy Group to ask Congress to expressly repeal PD 1899, which empowers local government officials to issue small-scale mining permits without asking for an Environmental Impact Assessment.
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