Sa isang desisyong inilabas ng Korte Suprema noong Abril, inapagbayad nito ng P36 milyong pisong buwis sa probinsiya ng Marinduque ang Marcopper Mining Corporation.

Binaligtad nito ang desisyon ng Court of Appeals noong 2005 na pumanig sa Marcopper.

Sabi ng Supreme Court: “In sum, the CA committed grave abuse of discretion in ignoring irrefutable evidence that the subject property is not a machinery used for pollution control, but a structure adhering to the soil and intended for pollution control, but has not been actually applied for that purpose during the period under assessment. ”

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