Standoff over Philippines’ Didipio mines escalates despite COVID-19 lockdown

Mongabay
Apr 6, 2020, 12:07 pm264 pts
NUEVA VIZCAYA, Philippines — The ongoing lockdown in the Philippines due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has failed to defuse a standoff between a local community and OceanaGold Philippines Inc (OGPI) over a controversial gold and copper mine in the province of Nueva Vizcaya. The situation escalated on…

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