CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—While much hype and publicity accompanied the filing by Rep.  Gloria Arroyo of a bill calling for a Constitutional Convention to revise the 1987 Constitution, not much fanfare accompanied the re-filing of the  Alternative Mining Bill (AMB) by Rep. Erin Tañada.

“We welcome the refiling of the bill,” said the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan/Friends of the Earth-Philippines  (LRC-KSK/FoE), one of the groups leading the multi-sectoral campai...