BY R. QUIBILAN DEMOCRATIC SPACE Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 10, April 13-19, 2008 (New York, NEW YORK) Last month, the municipal government of Nueva Valencia in the Philippine island province of Guimaras passed a resolution opposing the proposed mining exploration by the Fil-Asian Strategic Resources and Properties Corporation. Environmental groups and Guimaras residents…
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Where Do We Go from Here?’:Grief and grime in Guimaras
‘The teeming seas gave a fisherman’s family a daily livelihood of PhP600 ($11.88) until the oil crept into their coastal village and changed their lives overnight. “Where do we go from here?” he cried. BY JR NEREUS ACOSTA Contributed to Bulatlat.com Aboard a Coast Guard helicopter, the aerial view of Guimaras and its lush islets…
Cleaning Up
By Flon Faurillo / Bulatlat Petron and the Sunshine Maritime Development Corporation are pointing fingers at each other on who should be accountable for the oil spill in Guimaras, even as both should be bearing responsibility – having entered into a contract. The government, for its part, is clueless on what to do to address…