Court issues writ vs magnetite mining in Ilocos
May 15, 2012#0183;#32;THE SUPREME COURT (SC) has issued a writ of kalikasan (nature) directing mining firm Altamina Exploration and Resources, Inc., President Benigno S. C. Aquino III, and two others to reply to the petition filed by several lawmakers and local government officials seeking to stop the firms mining activities in Pangasinan, Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte. Promulgated by the full court on May 8, the writ