Look I know its the PH but there is something very odd here.
1. In 48 hours, the only info (and that is completely contractory) comes from one reporter. No other info on any other site, including the govt mining bureau that "made the statement".
2. In yesterday's article, the IRR is 3 pages long:
"The final draft of the IRR has the same provisions as its first draft, which was first made public in May.One of the salient features of the IRR is the provision that lifted the nationwide ban on the open-pit mining method. Under the first draft of the three-page IRR,"
3. Ok, but then if that provision was "removed" how is today's IRR now 4 pages long. Wouldn't it be shorter than 3 pages?
"Based on the four-page IRR, which was contained in the DENR’s Department Administrative Order (DAO) 25, the agency decided to take out its earlier provision that would lift the whole of DAO No. 2017-10 or the ban on open-pit mining."