Environment Secretary Gina Lopez will suspend more mining companies.
Environment Secretary Gina Lopez was still continue doing actions to protect the country’s environment against illegal mining.
Gina Lopez Confirmed that she is not against the mining industry. She was just doing her job and was following the rule of law in conducting the review for the mining companies in the country that is expected to be completed this month.
The environmental Secretary was reported suspended some of the biggest mines in the country. Many of the families urged Gina Lopez to stop suspending the companies that they are working. But the Gina Lopez stands with her words that she is following the law and protecting the environment.
She faces some of the controversies from the mining companies but the president of the Philippines defended her and warned miners to strictly follow tighter environmental rules or shut down, saying the nation could survive without a mining industry.