March 8, 2011
The provincial board of Albay passed a resolution strongly opposing any future mining activity in the province.
Days later, on March 25, then Gov. Joey Salceda signed the provincial board resolution, which said that mining activities would “indubitably jeopardize the environment, including the depletion of the province’s mineral and natural resources.”
Mining is one of Albay’s major industry. Total reported investments in mining in Albay stood at P5.3 billion, as of 2016, according to data from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
March 12, 2016
Former US Vice President Al Gore visited Tacloban City, considered “ground zero” when Supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) hit land on Nov. 8, 2013.
Gore, an environmental activist best known for being the subject of Oscar-winning documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth,” went to Barangay 88, the worst-hit area in Tacloban.
He also visited the mass grave at Holy Cross Memorial Park in Barangay Basper, where about 2,200 victims of Yolanda are buried, and the Yolanda memorial in Anibong district.
Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for “informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change.”
Compiled by Kathleen de Villa, Inquirer Research