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“We hope that under President Duterte, destructive mining operations will stop because we have felt the bad effects of mining.”
A newly-formed coalition of 32 environmentalist groups "collectively challenges" incoming President Rodrigo Duterte to address major environmental problems.
CPA sees these awards as deceptive and a cover up for the worst environmental track record of LCMC and Benguet Corporation.
“The thousands of farmers will only be affirming to the government officials what they actually already know – that the extreme drought results in death not only of the crops but also the people who plant them!”
“Environmental heroes and martyrs like Kalinga chieftain Macli-ing Dulag and Calaca fisherfolk leader Erning Castillano sacrificed their lives in the struggles against these destructive projects.”
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“The environmental crimes committed during the dictatorship are bound to happen again if Bongbong Marcos gets one step closer to Malacañang.”
“Senator Miriam Santiago is the breakaway ‘greenest’ candidate…Administration bet Mar Roxas is by far the ‘meanest’.”
The Green Vote campaign scrutinizes the vice presidentiables' records and stands on key and urgent environmental issues that need to be addressed.
“Prince Albert, US sovereignty is apparently above Philippines' environmental laws.”
“Despite its claim of world-class mining operation, Benguet Corporation left permanent destruction and scars on the surface and beneath the earth.”
“Quit coal,” environmentalists and farmers echo former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
'Aquino and his heir apparent, Mar Roxas, want to reorient the Laguna de Bay from a rich and abundant fishing lake to a world-class commercial hub for money-making ventures of the rich, all at the expense of fishers’ lives.'
“The barricade will continue and even wider. Because we continue to oppose mining in Sta. Cruz, Zambales.”
“These mining companies have the historical records of violating environmental standards.”
“Shameless environmental criminals like DMCI remain unpunished or lightly penalized for their violations under the Mining Act.”
“It’s better to die fighting, than to die helplessly.”
An anti-mining barricade was dispersed as soon as it was put up in Candelaria, Zambales.
Environmentalists are making the Mining Act an issue in the 2016 elections.
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