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Lopez on mining: 'I don't wanna fight with people'

Lopez on mining: 'I don't wanna fight with people'

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Updated Mar 09, 2017 12:46 PM PHT

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MANILA - Environment Secretary Gina Lopez faced the Commission on Appointments for a second day on Thursday, saying she was not out to pick a fight with anyone.

Lopez acknowledged that that she could be “emotional” at times, but her moves were “backed up by law every single step of the way.”

“I don’t wanna fight with people. I just feel that we should not kill the resources for our future,” Lopez said.

“Whatever I did is not arbitrary, it is backed up by law,” she said.

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Lopez said she was willing to work with mines that comply with safety laws.

Lopez has riled the mining industry by ordering the closure or suspension of 28 mines and threatening to cancel up to 75 contracts.

Senator Panfilo Lacson, a member of the CA, said he was impressed by Lopez’s presentation on Wednesday, but her response to subsequent questions were “wanting”

“I want to help you get past these confirmation hearings that’s why I’m telling you this,” Lacson said.

“I don’t want you to suffer the fate of Secretary Yasay,” Lacson said, referring to Perfecto Yasay, whose appointment as foreign secretary was rejected by the CA.

Occidental Mindoro Rep. Josephine Sato agreed with Lacson.

Sato said she shared the "passion of the secretary in protecting the environment" and imposed a 25-year mining moratorium in her province when she was governor.

"The reason why we ask difficult questions here is to give the nominee every opportunity to prove their competence," she said.

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Additional Dengvaxia-related complaints filed vs Garin

Additional Dengvaxia-related complaints filed vs Garin

Adrian Ayalin,

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Former Health Secretary and Iloilo First District Rep. Janette Garin, September 12, 2022. Press and Public Affairs Bureau handout/File 


MANILA — The Public Attorney’s Office on Tuesday filed four more complaints of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide were filed Tuesday against former Health Secretary and Iloilo First District Rep. Janette Garin.

The complaints filed at the Department of Justice were in connection with the deaths of children who were inoculated with the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.

The PAO lawyers refused to be interviewed for lack of authority on the matter.

The complaints were filed following the Department of Justice’s withdrawal of 98 counts of reckless imprudence case against Garin earlier this month.

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ABS-CBN has reached out to PAO Chief Persida Acosta but she has yet to respond.  

Garin on Monday said the Dengvaxia issue had been politicized. “My appeal to the Public Attorney’s Office, let us stop playing with the emotions of our parents, kasi sila ang nagiging kawawa. We empathize with them. Kailangan nilang maka-move on. Huwag natin paasahin sa wala,” Garin said on Monday.

“We empathize doon sa parents na akala nila ‘yun ang cause… Karamihan kasi sa mga pamilya, kinumbinsi lang ng Public Attorney’s Office. Naging ambulance chasing,” she said.

“Hindi ba dapat itong malaking perang ginagastos sa pag build up ng baseless cases against our doctors and scientists should rather be spent doon sa nakakulong nating kababayan na kailangan mabigyan ng tulong dahil hindi nila kayang mag-hire ng abogado?” she added. 

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