Issue 3

Moving into the 'Ber' months of the year only signifies one thing for us here at Philippine Resources Journal: delivering Issue 3 2024 to you fresh off the presses, with the latest and most insightful news and views from the country's resources and construction industries.

Our ace columnists, lawyers Ronnie Penarroyo and Trisha Bunye, deliver distinct perspectives in this issue. Ronnie describes his ordeal in applying for the chairmanship of the Professional Regulatory Board of Geology five years ago, until he was sworn into the job in 2022, which he holds to date.

Trisha, meanwhile, dissects the milestone of the Philippines earning the right to host the Board of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage, making our country the de facto face of climate change globally.

We also give you valuable data and developments from the construction industry -- including President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s statements on it in his recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) -- and elsewhere in the PH resources space.

But we close this issue with a wistful remembrance to one of our own, journalist Bernabe "Abe" Almirol, who returned to our Maker around this time last year. It was men like Abe who made your Philippine Resources Journal the go-to publication for mining and construction in the country, and we salute him -- and you too, our dear readers, for your patronage all these years.