Gina should concentrate on pollution problem.

As for the issue of mining, we're hoping Gina will separate the chaff from the grain, so to speak, and go after irresponsible miners who conduct mining operations with wanton disregard for the environment. Whether anti-mining advocates like it or not, there is really such a thing as responsible mining and they must recognize that it plays a role in national development.

Pro-responsible mining groups including the Engineering Student Council of the UP College of Engineering and the College of Science Student Council have issued a joint statement calling on government to pursue the promotion of responsible mining, regulate all mining operations to include rehabilitation and development efforts, and develop a national industry that is pro-Filipino. Discontinuing all mining operations will entail less jobs and opportunities for the people who rely on the industry, the statement said.
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