Philippine bishops welcome halt to mega-dam construction project catholicnews.com

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has welcomed a decision by the country’s lawmakers to halt construction of a controversial dam project, which it says would adversely affect Indigenous people and the environment.

The Chinese-funded $254 million Kaliwa Dam project in Quezon province, south of the capital Manila, has been mired in controversy, ucanews.com reported.

Environmentalists claim it would involve the destruction of a 740-acre forest that is home to 126 plant and wildlife species…

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