Comparing mining companies and globalization to Goliath and to sharks, Bishop Jose R. Manguiran of Dipolog enjoined indigenous peoples, who he said are like David and dolphins, to practice bayanihan to fight for their rights.
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Bakun Folk Stop Mine Accord
With gold exploration already starting in their village, vegetable farmers in Bakun, Benguet moved to stop what they fear would be the destruction of their community. BY LYN V. RAMO NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (247 kms. north of Manila) – Some 300 residents of Bakun town stopped the scheduled Nov. 18…
‘Gold Rush’ in Benguet Mining Town Endangering Lives
Rather than bringing life, the teeming “gold rush” in the mining town of Itogon in Benguet has instead brought danger. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor Bulatlat Itogon, Benguet (197 kms north of Manila)– Rather than bringing life, the teeming “gold rush” in the mining town of Itogon in Benguet has instead brought danger. Disasters have kept…
Mindanao-based Green Group Links Military Operations to Mining
The spokesperson of an environmentalist group in Southern Mindanao said that the setting up of the Investment Defense Force (IDF) and the mining liberalization policy of the Arroyo regime ‘further strengthen the previous military support granted by the Arroyo regime to large-scale and foreign mining corporations.’ BY BULATLAT HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH A broad alliance of…
Mankayan Miners Protest Work Rotation Scheme
Miners, their wives and other community members assailed Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company’s (LCMCo) new policy of reduced working days, which is essentially a work rotation scheme, in a protest rally in front of the company’s general office in Mankayan. BY CYE REYES Northern Dispatch LABOR WATCH Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of…
Abra River Laden with Toxic Nitrate, Heavy Metals, Cyanide – SLU Study
The mighty Abra River, one of five largest rivers in the country straddling the Mountain Province and Benguet as headwaters downstream to Ilocos Sur, is plagued by pollution. BY ACE ALEGRE Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BANGUED, Abra (410 kms. North of Manila) – The mighty Abra River, one of five largest rivers in the…
Benguet Firm to Close Antamok Mines to Miners
In the wake of the disaster that claimed six miners, a Benguet Corporation (BC) top executive said on Oct. 3 that the company would be closing down all entries to the Antamok underground mines below Level 400. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) — In…
Golden Lessons of Lubo
The land of Lubo in Kibungan has been reshaped by earth-moving activities. Its present environment unfolds a landscape of contrasts. Its mountains are covered by the growing “green gold” and young pine trees while the lower area is an expanse of dug up layers of soil and rock. Its lowest spot, once a part of…
Against the Plunder of Nature
Review of Rapu-Rapu atbp.: Taghoy ng Kalikasan Produced by the Central for Environmental Concerns-Philippines 2008 In the Philippines there has been no dearth of songs tackling environmental issues. Many of these songs, however, have dealt with the issue along the general lines of “caring for the environment” while stopping short of exposing those who are…
Abrenians Fear Losing Their Rice to the Mines
“Awanen! Uray adda pay koma’t magapas… nu alaen amin ti minas dagiti taltalon, anya ngay ti mabalin dagiti mannalon?” (It is all gone. Although there are yet palay to harvest… if the fields would be eaten up by the mines, what is there left for the farmers?) BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by…
Mining and Protest Actions from the Eyes of Children
The children were playing as the adults were discussing about the ill effects of mining on their ancestral land and in their lives. But their games were more than just games. These were the children’s way of expressing their views on the life and death issue of mining. BY ANGIE DE LARA Bulatlat Vol. VIII,…