I’m not up to date on this issue, keeping up to date on the...

I’m not up to date on this issue, keeping up to date on the principalia and Filipino politics is a time intensive task and quite tedious unless that is your domain of expertise. The last person to truly call the shots was Marcos, I cannot say what is really happening with Duterte, it will be interesting to talk to my friends in Manila if this issue is still alive when I get there. They will know and if they roll their eyes laughing, I’ll know little has changed. Filipino’s love nothing better than fleecing foreigners and given their history
I can quite understand that. Didipio’s problem strikes me as a problem I have seen too many times before. Perhaps they screwed up, perhaps they didn’t. It really doesn’t matter in the Philippines. How do they solve it? It’s not just a question of money, although it never is one that excludes it. Perhaps someone wants the mine and this is one way to wreck the business so they can acquire it. I truly don’t know.