A mayor in the Philippines took on a mine, and lost her job over it

Mongabay
Feb 11, 2022, 3:47 am184 pts
PALAWAN, Philippines — Halfway through a one-year suspension without pay, Mary Jean Feliciano, the elected mayor of Brooke’s Point on the Philippine island of Palawan, is unbowed. Feliciano says her decision to storm, shut down and demolish a mining site — the dramatic acts that led to her suspension —…

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A mayor in the Philippines took on a mine, and lost her job over it

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