As tribes denounce killings of 72 indigenous peoples What could be the reasons for the Philippine government’s refusal to vote for the adoption of the draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples last June? BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com In an August 3 letter addressed to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo, the…
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Mining Firms Scramble for Lands in Central Luzon
Central Luzon region is attracting mining investors, with its rich deposits of asphalt, basalt, gold, silver, copper and zinc. Indigenous peoples, however, say the mining explorations are driving them out of their ancestral lands. BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com Central Luzon is attracting mining investors with a total of 286 varied applications from local and…