Catholic Church leaders on Saturday appealed to President Duterte to reconsider his move lifting the nine-year ban on new mining projects.

Caritas Philippines, the social action arm of the Catholic Church, spearheaded the call for the return of the moratorium on new mining agreements, saying that mining operations would do more harm than good.

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