Late Marbel bishop stood firm vs open-pit mining in South Cotabato

GENERAL SANTOS CITY --- Bishop Emeritus Dinualdo Gutierrez of the Diocese of Marbel, who died on Sunday morning at 79, was an outspoken critic of the Duterte administration's drug war and an outspoken critic of open-pit mining in South Cotabato province. Gutierrez led the opposition against the Tampakan project, the largest known undeveloped copper-gold project in Southeast Asia being funded by Sagittarius Mines, Inc. Sagittarius Mines' bid to excavate the deposits was hobbled by the open-pit mining ban of South Cotabato province, which Gutierrez had strongly backed on concerns over the environment and food security. The Rev. Ariel Destora, director of the Social Action Cent...

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