MINING FIRMS SIGN UP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP MONITORING (Malaya Business Insight) Published: October 13, 2014 The country’s top mining firms have signed a memorandum of understanding with eco advocacy group Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST), taking part in a new monitoring program designed to check the companies’ environmental footprint. PBEST believes a developmental approach […]
Read moreMining firms sign up for environmental stewardship monitoring (Malaya) | Published: October 13, 2014 The country’s top mining firms have signed a memorandum of understanding with eco advocacy group Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (PBEST), taking part in a new monitoring program designed to check the companies’ environmental footprint. Representatives from industry giants Philex Mining […]
Read moreWhat reforms are urgently needed? (BusinessMirror) Published: Sept. 1 2014 It’s good to know that civil-society groups, the academe and the private sector are taking an active interest in current governance and pushing political and economic reforms. Citizenwatch is a newly established network of professionals who advocate good governance for a working democracy, sound economics for sustained […]
Read moreWishing away woes (Written by People’s Journal) Published: August 2, 2014, Editorial Desk Tuwid na Daan. Inclusive Growth. Health for All. These are quite decidedly big visions, grand plans, great dreams. But as the old saying goes,” the wish bone can never replace the back bone”. Granted President Aquino personally still stands […]
Read more‘President Aquino should recognize PH’s real problems’ (Inquirer) Published: August 2, 2014 President Benigno Aquino III is in the best position to push reforms, but many local political reform advocates think the President does not even recognize the country’s real problems. Chief among these problems is the need to establish real political parties as today’s […]
Read moreGroup urges P-Noy to focus more on power generation and job creation (Business Mirror) | Published: Aug 27, 2014 CIVIL-SOCIETY group Citizenwatch, with the participation of Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship, has proposed several action plans that the Aquino administration should focus on in its last two years in office, particularly in the areas of power generation […]
Read morePublished: June 11, 2014 An environmental NGO is pushing for the implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to accurately determine the actual tax revenues from mining projects based on certifiable data. According to Atty. Ysan Castillo, Secretary General of PBEST, applying the international standards of EITI should give government and all stakeholders of […]
Read morePublished: May 29, 2014 An environmental non-government organization is pushing for the implementation of the extractive industries transparency initiative (EITI) to accurately determine the actual tax revenues from mining projects based on certifiable data. Lawyer Ysan Castillo, secretary general of Philippine Business Environment Stewardship, said the government should grant all stakeholders of mining a […]
Read morePublished: 27 May 2014 The government is pushing for a bill fixing the revenue-sharing scheme for mining concessions at a rate of either 10 percent of the gross revenues or 50 percent of the net revenues, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). Finance Undersecretary Jeremias Paul said the Mining Industry Coordinating Council (MICC) […]
Read morePublished May 5, 2014 A pro-business lobby group will conduct a series of fact finding missions to study the environmental and social development commitments of large-scale mining operations. In a statement, the Philippine Business for Environmental Stewardship (Pbest) said it recently visited the biggest mining operations in the country as part of ongoing studies to […]
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