In Support of Mining

I am a beneficiary of the earnings from a mining company.  If not from the benefactor of Atlas Mining, I wouldn't have had access to a La Salle education and we might not have had an idyllic childhood in a beautiful place up, up there in the mountains of Cebu.  I am writing this because I have heard of the signature campaign of a group headed by Ms. Gina Lopez that wants to gather ten million signatures against mining.  Well, there have been many environmental incidents which abusive mining companies have caused but there are laws now in place and implementation is important.  We have the DENR and we have the media so people are now definitely watching.  Mining is really a viable economic activity and should stem the continued exodus of our fellowmen.  It should also, in the end, help the communities they are in.  There should be a win-win situation for all and not make mining a culprit to all the ills in our society.