MANILA, Philippines — A Nueva Vizcaya court has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest protesters defying a temporary restraining order (TRO) against demonstrations in Dupax del Norte, after upholding the legality of a mining company’s exploration permit. Based on the order issued on Oct. 16, 2025, Judge Paul Attolba Jr. of the Bayombong Regional Trial Court Branch 30 directed the PNP to fully implement a standing TRO against protesters and “to arrest any persons who willfully disobey, obstruct, or resist the implementation of the said Order, and to file appropriate charges against them for indirect contempt of court […]... Keep on reading: PNP told to arrest protesters against legal mining in Nueva Vizcaya