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JUST before the end of last year, the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) announced that it had provided a P416-million ($8 million) loan to JDVC Resources Corp. to begin deep-sea mining off the coast of Cagayan province in Northern Luzon. As almost everything about this deal looks like a red flag, it is worth examining more closely.

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