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Stop impending magnetite mining in Ilocos, groups ask CA

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Altamina Exploration Resources Inc.’s six exploration permits were converted to a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement, providing it with an assurance that it could recover its capital outlay in five years.
‘Philex’s unstable tailings dam shatters myth of responsible mining’

By MARYA SALAMAT
Philex has reportedly been filling its tailings ponds to way over its capacity, doing only “mitigating measures” against likely spills, and ignoring the pond’s ending lifespan.
The boon and bane of Aquino’s new mining policies
“EO 79 lacks in social justice. It claims it’s good for the mining industry, but it’s very half-baked.” -- Ateneo de Davao University President Joel Tabora
Lumad woes highlighted on World Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The Mindanao Lumad Alliance, Kalumaran, urges Aquino to “put an end to the killings, abuses, and military recruitment of Lumad paramilitaries in our communities that failed to bring peace and development” as it called to “stop this deception that mines, dams, and agribusiness will bring in development.”
Residents defend land from Filinvest’s fencing
Dagok blocked the backhoe operator’s view as she finds this the only way she could stop the machine from gnashing its teeth on the land -- the land where they have lived and tilled for years; the land they call home in Bariquit Compound, Purok 13, Bugac in Maa village.
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