Ombudsman indicts Zambales Governor Ebdane for graft
In a 32page resolution, the Ombudsman Special Panel for the Environment said Ebdane usurped the functions of the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) by issuing several SmallScale Mining Permits (SSMPs) to Geoking Asia Mining Corporation (Geoking) to haul chromite from the site of the Coto Chromite Project in Sitio Coto in Masinloc, Zambales, despite the existing agreement between