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“Climate change responses must benefit the poor foremost, not energy companies or corrupt politicians.”
“This latest attack against an environmental defender is clearly part of the war of plunder under the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Oplan Bayanihan, targeting critics and opponents of destructive large-scale mining and other forms development aggression .”
The aggravating plunder and destruction of the mountains are fanning the flames of people's protest.
“Palawan has 17 key biodiversity areas, two World Heritage sites, and virtually the whole province - consisting of 1,780 islands - is a virtual protected area, protected by so many laws.”
“Not doing so will only paint a picture that the capture of the Reyes brothers under Justice Secretary Leila De Lima is a mere publicity stunt.”
“This mining conference’s top sponsors are also the leading sponsors of paramilitary groups that have sown terror across the mine-affected communities especially in Mindanao."
“The dwindling population of Philippine Eagles means we are still failing at protecting our forests.”
“Damming of rivers, changing their use or diverting their flow also means desecrating indigenous peoples’ ancestral lands and the loss of indigenous knowledge and culture.”
“We must put an end to this policy of poison and plunder, and must make sure that politicians who will continue this mining policy regime are no longer allowed to remain in power.”
“It is difficult enough to be a rights defender. But it is more difficult when one is a woman.”
“What we lost is not just the resources, but what our country could have done to industrialize and provide jobs.”
People’s scientists and communities are using science to make mining companies and governments accountable.
“All communities in the world will be able to organize, and stop all projects that are against life.”
“Refusal and resistance is an indictment of the state that boasts of respecting the rights of the indigenous peoples.”
“This historic gathering is a point of convergence for our heightened resistance to the intensifying plunder by mining TNCs under the rubric of neoliberal globalization.”
“We will continue to struggle to stop mining in Lobo, and to have it declared as part of the protected area.”
“We do not even have the capacity to manage our local trash problems, yet the Aquino government forced our country to become a global dumpsite.” - Clemente Bautista, Kalikasan PNE
“To get a kilo of sugar or half a dozen of eggs, one has to wait or fight in line. Money has limited use. There was nothing to buy. You can feel panic around, as people fought to buy some food or batteries.”
Most people asked by Bulatlat.com are afraid to have another killer quake in their lifetime, while some are just “leaving it up to God.”
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