Mike the miner

Today, the story is different. Malacañang wants the mining industry for itself, evidenced by a secret deal with ZTE (aside from the cancelled NBN), and by its agent, none other than Mike Defensor, chair of Geograce Resources Philippines, Inc.

This article is based on an interview of UP Professor and lawyer Harry Roque. Let us begin with some background. The original government corporation was the National Resources Mining Development Corporation (NRMDC), which has evolved into the Philippine Mining Development Corporation (PMDC) with Heherson Alvarez as chair.