Groups launch fresh fight vs $5.9-B mining project in South Cotabato

KORONADAL CITY—Thousands of people marched towards a local court here on Friday to file a petition challenging the 12-year extension granted to the controversial mining project in Tampakan town, South Cotabato, which hosts the largest undeveloped copper and gold minefield in Southeast Asia. Bishop Cerilo Casicas of the Diocese of Marbel led the petition for