NCIP issues cease-and-desist order vs miner in Palawan
Residents of Brooke’s Point, Palawan form a human barricade to block the entry of mining company Ipilan Nickel Corporation, Feb. 18, 2023.
MANILA, Philippines — The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples ordered a mining firm to stop its operations in southern Palawan after failing to secure the required certification precondition and consent from indigenous peoples affected by the extraction of nickel ore from their ancestral lands.
In an order dated August 11, NCIP Mimaropa Regional Director Marie Grace Pascua ordered Celestial Nickel Mining Corp. and its operator, Ipilan Nickel Corp., to immediately cease and des
