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Alyansa Ng Mga Grupong Haligi Ng Agham At Teknolohiya Para Sa Mamamayan (Agham) vs. Japan Tobacco International (Philippines), Inc.

ALYANSA[1] NG MGA GRUPONG HALIGI NG AGHAM AT TEKNOLOHIYA[2] PARA SA MAMAMAYAN (AGHAM), REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, ANGELO B. PALMONES, PETITIONER, VS. JAPAN TOBACCO INTERNATIONAL (PHILIPPINES), INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS GENERAL MANAGER, MR. MANOS KOUKOURAKIS; HOLCIM PHILIPPINES, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS CEO, MR. SAPNA SOOD; DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, HON. CARLOS G. DOMINGUEZ; DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY, HON. ROY CIMATU; AND BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE, REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER, HON. CAESAR DULAY, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 235771 | 2021-06-15

D E C I S I O N
 
INTING, J.:
 
This resolves the Petition (For Writ of Kalikasan with prayer for Production Order and Temporary Protection Order)[3] filed by Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM), through its President, Angelo B. Palmones.
 
The Antecedents
 
The Petition
 
In its petition, AGHAM averred the following:

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