mining in the Philippines

Yes they will earn from mining but thinking if the effects of it not only with our health but with the long term effect like damaging the mountain and wildlife there. Furthermore, mining is like an irreversible process, you will find hard time to replace ans restore the mountains damaged due to mining. Also, many beautiful scenic places are being damaged due to mining. Now, they are planning to put up mining industry at Palawan where there are many tourist destinations there. Instead of mining why not increase the promotion of tourism to earn the same amount that will be collected by the country without damaging the environment.

Well I think that it is high time that the mining should be given attention to right now. I think that the mining industry has been with us for quite a long time already and their practices should be transformed already.

I'm not really for mining. It's not good for our country. Mining companies are just turning our country into a wasteland. The 5.7% excise tax is B_ _ _S_ _ _! Other countries have 12% up to 24%. Our government should focus more on developing our agriculture and tourism. Explore rather than Destroy!

The people who benefit primarily on mining are just the investors. The land once sucked up of its minerals would leave nothing but waste. The work that mining companies would give to the locales would be temporary and they would be back to what they were before when the mining company leaves or worse would even have to contend with the left over wastes. While the investors would find other areas to exploit and mine while at the same laughing all the way to the bank.

Sad to say that only mining companies benefit from this and will left Philippines totally damaged in the near future. In fact, it already started. I can't believe that every time typhoon visits Philippines it causes loss of thousands lives of my countrymen. They can't be stopped because of the illegal money given to dirty politicians.

Philippines is a very rich country. that is why i really cannot understand why it belongs to the third world country. all the raw materials could be found here including different types of minerals. yes, the share is not that big plus the bad luck caused by the pollution of the mining activities. try to see a mountain being mined, what will gonna happened if the hill will be flattened totally. no more wall that will help support the water to flash more if the location is at the rivers or mountains. in our place, the people rallied along with the water district because the watershed was being ruined and the water so turbid. it is not potable anymore as thousands of people consume it for everyday needs. one more example, there is a mountain here which you can see that the pointed hill is almost flat now. since it is a sea overlooking area, it scared me when a storm may possibly come which may flash the place and no mountain is visible that may serve as a stopper. well, it just the product of an imagination but somehow there are basis for it. i don't have any idea how to help this kind of problem.

Failon is a joke..I heard that when he visits so called mines sites, he refuses to see the operation and facilities of the mining companies so that he can go out with "honest reporting." What they show are damages cause by illegal small scale miners and attribute it to large scale mining. Since he didn;t know better than he can say otherwise right? That's 2 percent (2%) of Gross sales, thats big. Add the 32% income tax, 1% share of Indigenous Peoples (IP) and Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICC) 1%, VAT 12%, Business Taxes (Mayor's PErmit, et al.) around 1-2%, and Social Development and Management Fund of 1-2% that would amount to 50-52% in Taxes and Fees alone. NOT INCLUDING the Kick backs of Local Government Units, government agencies and ICC/IP leaders (again, where applicable) and Revolutionary Tax. Anti-mining advocates should stop with "photo-shopped" facts. This is also the reason why anti-mining advocates are afraid to face mining advocates in factual debates. I'm sorry for ranting the EO issued by Malacanang just made no sense. It was as if no policy was issued.