Koronadal mayor, environmental champion, dies at 72

KORONADAL CITY, SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — Mayor Eliordo Ogena, who shepherded the passage of an environment code banning open-pit mining in South Cotabato while he was vice governor, has passed away, the city government announced on Monday. He was 72. In mourning the loss of the mayor, the city government flew the Philippine flag at