By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — “Why are the police guarding the interests of big mining companies? Instead of keeping peace and order— their mandate to serve and protect the people— they attacked and tried to break up our barricade as they escorted the employees of the mining company so they could bring…
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Groups from Northern Luzon hold protest against mining corporations
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Some 300 members of groups opposed to irresponsible mining, and residents from various provinces in Northern Luzon, held a rally in front of the offices of well-known mining corporations in Manila earlier this week in protest against what they said are countless rights violations these companies have…
Likely collapse of LCMC tailings dam walls spooks Benguet folks
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG NORTHERN DISPATCH BANGUED, Abra – Residents of Mankayan, Benguet who attended the Benguet, Abra, Mt. Province, Ilocos Sur (BAMPIS) Mining Summit held here expressed fears that the plan of Goldfields Far South East to build additional walls to the tailings dam 5A mean there are more mine tailings to expect on…
Mine-affected communities mine their experiences at opposing large-scale mining
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG NORTHERN DISPATCH BAGUED, Abra – “I am very glad to see many people here. It means that we are not the only ones fighting against corporate mining.” This is how Dominga Gaspar, member of the Barangay Council of Gambang, Bakun, Benguet, started her testimony at the Benguet, Abra, Mt. Province, Ilocos…
Cordillera group slams DENR move to call on mining forms to renew mining applications
By Alma B. Sinumlag Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera People’s Alliance is preparing to de battle againt more mining applications, among them a Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) by Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMC). The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently issued its Memorandum Order 2011-01 to clean out all…
Cordillera red leader foresees further ruin of the hinterlands under Aquino
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY – In a statement sent to the media, the spokesperson of the Cordillera People’s Democratic Front (CPDF) said the miserable situation in the regions of Ilocos and the Cordillera mirrors the dismal state of the country a year after President Benigno Simeon Aquino III took office. According to…
Lepanto updates: Lepanto Workers to receive unpaid wages but union busting not resolved
News release November 24, 2010 On the second conciliation meeting on the notice of strike filed by the workers, the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company agrees to pay all monetary claims before end this month. These are, however, the claims specified in the preventive mediation case filed by the workers’ unions 2 years ago. This claims…
Mining Workers in Lepanto to Go on Strike
By ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com MANKAYAN, Benguet– Workers of the mining giant Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company filed a “notice of strike” Nov. 12 at the National Conciliation and Mediation Board in Baguio City. The Lepanto Employees Union and the Lepanto Security Force Union, both affiliates of labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno decided to file the notice…
Lepanto Workers’ Back Wages Still Unpaid
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) — Mine workers of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (LCMCo) are complaining that their wages are still being given partially despite promises of the company to pay them regularly. In a press conference here, Marciano Paway of the Lepanto Employees…
Mining Firm Denies Responsibility for Mankayan Disaster
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) BAGUIO CITY The Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company together with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of the Cordillera Administrative Region insisted that the massive subsidence in Mankayan was caused not by mining but by natural causes. On June 5,…
Fatal After-effects of Mining Worry Residents of Mining Towns
By LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — A woman in her 50’s could not help but cry at the thought that six of her nephews and nieces are facing imminent danger in Mankayan. Janet Mayanggao, a resident of Colalo, Mankayan, Benguet, was among the locals who retold stories about incidents…