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“The presidential order is apparently intended to assure potential investors that national government mechanisms are in place to respond to Pax Silica's mineral requirements.”
The public hearing appeared to have been held merely for compliance.
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Environmental groups condemned the harassment against the people of Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya who continue to defend their land against mining exploitation of the North Luzon Mineral Resources Center.
Residents of this town have opposed Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation’s bid for a municipal resolution of no objection for a special tree-cutting and earth-balling permit amid its mining permit ending in 2027.
Pax Silica follows a pattern in which developing countries bear the environmental and social costs of technologies that largely benefit wealthier economies.
For Enggo, it is important to involve not just their community but also other Filipinos to stand with them as the harm caused by mining affects the whole country.
"The government must respond with the same urgency and resolve."
The Marcos Jr. administration's push to expand mining for critical minerals, alongside partnerships with foreign governments through initiatives such as Pax Silica, could further open biodiversity hotspots and Indigenous territories to extraction in response to foreign demand.
Six years after the Ahunan Pumped-Storage Hydropower Project began in Pakil, the promised renewable energy has brought environmental degradation, displacement, dwindling water sources, and threats to the residents’ livelihood.
“Marcos Jr. has a big role in the currently existing environmental plunder."
"We hope there will be no more mining projects and that these mining companies will leave, because I know that mining is not the only way a community can achieve progress."
The cyberlibel complaint against Santos comes amid continuing opposition to NLMRC’s exploration activities, with residents maintaining a barricade to protest the company’s operations.
Dr. Kent Carpenter produced research that reshaped how scientists understand marine life in the Philippines.
"We can't stop fishing because that's where we make a living."
From the island and mountains of Rizal to the watershed of Samar Island, wind energy projects are being built on the forests that protect communities from floods and landslides.
Aside from being displaced from their lands, farmers were subjected to intimidation from private armies, harassment, and fabricated charges.
Dumping hazardous waste of developed countries like the US signifies “shifting their own waste burdens to countries” like the Philippines.
"As Bishop of this Diocese, I carry the responsibility given to me at ordination to stand with the poor."
"The worst kind of trash is the government that surrenders Philippine sovereignty. They can't even manage their own waste, yet why do they accept waste from foreigners?”
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