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Photo by Ellen Red
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Photo by Ellen Red
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Coal miners in Zamboanga Sibugay
continue to employ children
Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay (August 27, 2010) — One person died while 4 others were injured after a coal mine collapsed last August 7 in Barangay Sta. Cruz, this town. Reports stated that the accident occurred at around 7 am amid continued downpour of rain.
"I simply cannot forget the victims of the mine accident which could have included me if I reported to work earlier," Michael, a 14–year-old coal miner, said. READ MORE >>>
Logging operation of Ventura Timber Corp. in the Mamanwa & Manobo ancestral domain opposed by the indigenous people
Tandag, Surigao del Sur (August 23, 2010) — The Mamanwa and Manobo tribes, through their organization the Kahugpongan Tribung Mamanwa–Manobo (KATRIMMA), on numerous occasions challenged and questioned the logging operation of Ventura Timber Corporation (VTC) in the ancestral domain of the Mamanwa and Manobo. READ MORE >>>
Concerned citizens manifest their protest against large–scale mining in the 16 municipalities comprising the Diocese of Ipil
Click here to read the petition letter ( August 13, 2010)
Communities affected by mining in Zamboanga Peninsula urge President Aquino to stop mining now
Fisherfolks, farmers, women, indigenous peoples from Siocon and Tamarok of Zamboanga del Norte, Bayog and Midsalip of Zamboanga del Sur, and Misamis Occidental have urged President Benigno Aquino III to stop mining now.
In the late 1990s, Zamboanga Peninsula became the mining capital of the Philippines after proliferation of mining tenements issued by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau escalating community opposition from the towns of Siocon, Bayog, Midsalip, and Sibutad.(August 6, 2010)
Click here to read the statement of the mining affected communities in Zamboanga Peninsula>>>
Surigao del Sur town denies mining company permit
the second time around
Cantilan, Surigao del Sur (August 2, 2010) — Mayor Genito B. Guardo of Cantilan denied the application for business permit of Marcventures Mining Development Corporation (MMDC) for the second time around, telling the mining company that it has no legal basis to apply for a business permit. READ MORE >>>
Feature Story
Lake Mainit and the people thriving around it
Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte (July 31, 2010) — People who are unfamiliar with Lake Mainit call the rising of the lake water — the drowning of thousands of farmlands around the lake during the months of November to March — as flooding. Farmers around Lake Mainit, meanwhile, call this rising of lake water as go–ob — the normal rising of the lake water. READ MORE >>>
T'bolis decry government inaction,
harassment by Consunji guards
Koronadal City (July 23, 2010) — Tension gripped anew in Sitio Datal Bonlangon, Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato when armed men with high powered rifles believed to be company guards of the Consunji–owned Silvicultural Industries (SII) have been seen frequenting the village of the T'boli tribe. READ MORE >>>
Mining in Sibugay village breeds child labor, child prostitution
Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay (June 28, 2010) — Mining woes here go beyond health and environmental issues. It is threatening, more than anything else, the lives of children and their future. READ MORE >>>
Indigenous and green groups jubilant
over open pit mining ban in South Cotabato
Koronadal City (June 20, 2010) — Various groups including indigenous communities lauded the Provincial Board of South Cotabato for banning open pit mining in the province.
"Nalipay kami nga ginabawal na ang open pit mining sa prubinsya (We are happy that open-pit mining is now banned in the province )," said Daguil Capion, a B'laan leader of Datal Biao community in Tampakan, South Cotabato. READ MORE >>>
Indigenous people of Lake Mainit, the Mamanwa, assert
they haven't given their consent
to the Lake Mainit Hydroelectric Power Project
Jabonga, Agusan del Norte—The indigenous people in this town, the Mamanwa, released this public statement denouncing attempts from different sectors to destroy their ancestral domain, including their sacred lake, the Lake Mainit. The Mamanwa people stressed that their elders, rightful leaders and other community members have not given their Free Prior and Informed Consent to the Lake Mainit Hydroelectric Power Project. (June 9, 2010) Click here to read the Mamanwa Statement >>>
Mining company divides community
ANISLAGAN, PLACER, SURIGAO DEL NORTE—The entry of a big–time mining company to this sleepy village has put a strain on the relationship on the residents. What was once a community full of camaraderie and friendship among villagers has now been replaced with suspicion and animosity. (May 27, 2010) READ MORE>>>
Remembering the promise
of San Miguel Corp. to the Sumilao farmers
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The Sumilao farmers have declared that if San Miguel Corp. (SMC) fails to honor its commitments under a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), the farmers will consider such failure a denial of justice and an affront to the sacrifice of Ka Rene Peñas.
In 2007, Ka Rene led the Sumilao farmers in their 1,700–kilometer walk from Bukidnon to Manila to demand the return of their ancestral land. Ka Rene was assassinated on June 5, 2009, on his way home to his farm in Sumilao, Bukidnon.(May 13, 2010 ) READ MORE>>>
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