THE Supreme Court (SC) has junked a plea filed by a group in connection with its environmental case against three mining companies and a government agency in Surigao City.

In a full court ruling dated Feb. 16,2021 but was released just recently, the SC dismissed the petition for certiorari filed by Anislagan Bantay Kalikasan Task Force, Inc. (ABAKATAF) led by its chairperson, Lourdes Dapar; Lower Anislagan Farmers Irrigators Association (LAFIA), Inc., represented by its president, Daniel Gonzales.

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