Palawan indigenous people call for stop to Citinickel mines
“We are not after those promises anymore. We do not want them to pay us royalty taxes. We want them to stop their operations.”
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“We are not after those promises anymore. We do not want them to pay us royalty taxes. We want them to stop their operations.”
In Women’s month, mothers, daughters and wives – all environmental defenders – continue to march against the monsters that threaten their homes and communities.
Cristeta Sison is fighting the "red menace."
"Even before the Spaniards came, we were already on the land. We have lived here for centuries, and we’re still here up to now."
Environmental groups picketed the office of the Australian large-scale mining corporation as it begins its underground mining in Nueva Vizcaya.
Calling President Aquino the “Plunderer-President,” protesters said the Mining Act and the government’s continued liberalization of mining adds more reason for his ouster.
“The US Navy not only incurred considerable damage to our world heritage site, they also clearly violated our Philippine sovereignty and laws.”
Environmentalists decry the Supreme Court’s decision “demolishing major Writ of Kalikasan cases in favour of corporations and other polluters.”
One of the areas most damaged by the last two super typhoons, which made landfall in the country, is the Eastern Visayas region. With one super typhoon making landfall where communities have barely recovered from another, recovery and rehabilitation efforts have become more and more challenging.
A green activist from Australia joins investigative missions in areas affected by operations of Australian mining companies in the Philippines.
“The DENR should respect the political will of the frontline communities who have borne the brunt of OceanaGold and FCF Minerals’ pollutive and destructive operations.”
The expansion of the giant mall is detrimental not just to the environment but to local businesses as well.
Environmental advocates vowed to continue their legal battle and protest actions against SM's cutting of trees.
“The people of Mindanao are raging and our resistance grows stronger every day. Leave now, or face the people’s resistance.” – Panalipdan Mindanao secretary general Dulphing Ogan
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