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Itogon-Suyoc Mines, Inc. vs. The Office of the President, et al.

ITOGON-SUYOC MINES, INC., petitioner vs. THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, DIRECTOR OF MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU, JAMES BRETT, EDGAR KAPAWEN, LILY CAMARA and JAIME PAUL B. PANGANIBAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 111157 | 1997-03-19

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

Itogon-Suyoc Mines, Inc. (ISMI) has filed this petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeking to annul and set aside the decision dated 12 January 1993 and resolution dated 15 June 1993 of respondent Office of the President (OP) in O.P. Case No. 1657. In the assailed decision, the OP dismissed petitioner's appeal and affirmed the order of the Minister of Natural Resources (now Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources) dated 15 July 1986. Petitioner's motion for reconsideration was denied in the aforesaid assailed resolution of the OP.

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