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Greenpeace demands Del Monte be made accountable
for unfolding chemical disaster—discovery of toxic pesticide, Endosulfan, on board ill–fated MV Princess of the Stars
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Environmental watchdog Greenpeace expressed outrage on the discovery of shipment of the toxic pesticide, Endosulfan, in the hold of the ill–fated MV Princess of Stars, which capsized with 865 passengers and crew on board during Typhoon Fengshen last week. The highly toxic cargo was destined for the pineapple farms of multinational corporation Del Monte Philippines, Inc. in Bukidnon.
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Residents of Burgos, Cortes show their opposition against planned mining operation in their area
CORTES, SURIGAO DEL SUR—About 800 residents of Barangay Burgos, Cortes, Surigao del Sur signed a petition asking government officials not to approve the proposed mining operation in their area. Last May 25 in Barangay Burgos, a procession against mining was held. READ MORE>>>
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Maitum Information Office
Maitum, Sarangani evacuees
return home
MAITUM, SARANGANI (June 30, 2008)—The villagers who fled armed rouge groups last week began to return home after local officials assured them that government security forces are looking after their safety.
Last June 27 (Friday), 4,124 individuals sought refuge at the municipal gym and elementary school in Poblacion Maitum after armed groups attacked western villages near the border of Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat. Armed looters reportedly ransacked houses when residents fled from barangays Maguling, Mindupok and Ticulab.
(Report from Maitum Information Office)
Inaction on open–pit mining ban worries religious sector
KORONADAL CITY—A senior Roman Catholic bishop here expressed dismay at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato for prolonging the approval of an environment code that bans open–pit mining in the area.
As early as March 1996, the Office of the Sangguniang Bayan and Office of the Mayor of Datu Paglas town, Maguindanao sent a letter to then President Fidel Ramos to cancel the mining permit of the copper and gold project straddling the towns of Tampakan in South Cotabato, Columbio in Sultan Kudarat and Kiblawan in Davao del Sur. READ MORE>>>
Videodocumentary
The Struggle of the People
of Tubay Against Mining
Photodocumentary
Tubay: Then and Now
Water in La Fraternidad, Tubay not anymore safe for drinking
TUBAY, AGUSAN DEL NORTE—Since the start of the mining operation in the mountains of Barangay La Fraternidad, Tubay, Agusan del Norte, the water source which is located at the lower portion of these mountains is not anymore safe for drinking. READ MORE>>>
Group warns: With the transfer of NCIP under the DENR,
lumad rights maybe in danger READ MORE>>>
Manobo–Dulagan tribe vows to oppose attempts
to ease them out of their ancestral land
SENATOR NINOY AQUINO, SULTAN KUDARAT—Members of the Manobo–Dulagan tribe here vowed to oppose attempts to ease them out of their ancestral land straddling some 295 hectares in at least six sitios or villages in this far–flung town. READ MORE>>>
Militarization: a constant threat to the education of the IP in Surigao del Sur READ MORE>>>
Destructive fishing threatens livelihood of
40,000 small–scale fisherfolks
IPIL, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY—About 40,000 small–scale fisherfolks in Zamboanga Sibugay depend their livelihood—from open sea fishing to picking shells near the shoreline.
According to the small–scale fisherfolks, since the entry of the commercial fishers, using destructive means of fishing, about 70% of their income has been lost. READ MORE>>>
Villages in Central Mindanao gradually shifting to organic farming
Majority of the farmers in Central Mindanao work in less than one to two hectares of land for production. Synthetic pesticides and fertilizers are widely used. Farmer–trader tie up is very common. READ MORE>>>
Climate change in Carrascal, Surigao del Sur
SURIGAO DEL SUR—"The people cannot anymore predict the weather due to the destruction of the forest. The month of March before was dry season, now it is rainy season.
"I have personally observed the destruction brought about by mining. I have seen the siltation of the sea especially during rainy days." READ MORE>>>
Mining operations in Cantilan threaten farmlands, fishing grounds
and CARAGA's biggest river
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Training of hundreds of civilians as supplemental security forces
in Tampakan mining area worries community
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The plight of Umbai of Saranay:
From being displaced due to conflict to being a peace advocate
"Ayaw ko nang mangyari pa ulit ang all–out war (I don't want the all out war to occur again) ...," she confessed with sincerity. Umbai does not like violence that is why she opts for peacebuilding. The creation of women's organization is also her way of helping the women in her community, like her, affected by the rage of conflict, to cope up and realize their importance as partners of men in developing their family and community. READ MORE>>>
Ang Tinuod nga Bulawan (The True Gold): Video Documentary on Mining
Ang Paglawig sa Sagradong Suba (The Journey to the Sacred River):
"Proposed Pulangi V Dam is a threat to us (indigenous people)"
Sumilao farmers' hardship and struggle
Call to end aerial spray on banana plantations
Respect the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to their Ancestral Domain—Case of the Manobo in Quezon, Bukidnon
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