By MARYA SALAMAT
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III pledged to install a transparent government, the opposite of scandal-ridden administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. But a global survey on budget transparency gives his administration a lower if not the same score as during Arroyo’s.
Day: January 27, 2013
Philex, progressive group agree tailings dam collapse spells disaster
By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — A top official of the Philex Mining Corporation admitted that a greater disaster would happen if tailings pond 3 (TP3) collapses. Earlier, leaders of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) called for the decommissioning of Philex mines’ TP3, pointing out that the dam has outlived its…
Tribe members celebrate first year of barricade against mining
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — On January 23, 2012, residents of sitio (subvillage) Madaymen, Tabio Mankayan set up their barricade against the drilling activities of Far Southeast Gold resources Inc. (FSGRI) and Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC). Determined to save the remaining natural resources, the indigenous people invoked their rights to their…