Philippine government flips local officials’ entry ban for mining ship

Mongabay
Apr 14, 2020, 8:49 pm390 pts
HOMONHON ISLAND, Philippines — The Philippine government has allowed a ship to dock on the island of Homonhon to take on a cargo of chromite ore, overriding local authorities who had earlier denied the vessel entry amid a province-wide lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents of Homonhon, in…

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