Mining Act + Aquino’s mining EO = poison, plunder and disaster
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Mining Act + Aquino’s mining EO = poison, plunder and disaster
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Progressive groups slam Aquino government’s ‘double standard’ in dealing with Sabah standoff
Progressive groups slam Aquino government’s ‘double standard’ in dealing with Sabah standoff
By MARYA SALAMAT
Bayan regards this double standard in handling the Sabah and Spratlys/Panatag Shoal issues as a demonstration of the Aquino government’s “deceitful and sham patriotism.”
Sidebar: Don’t use OFWs to mask double standards in Sabah dispute, Aquino told
After SMI-Xstrata, it is now Philex’s turn to receive go-signal to mining operations
After SMI-Xstrata, it is now Philex’s turn to receive go-signal to mining operations
By MARYA SALAMAT
“There are actual experiences and technologies available that demonstrate how Philex can decommission the tailings dam without resuming its mining operations.” – Kalikasan PNE
Read also: MGB go-signal to Philex: baseless, ill-advised, dangerous
Aquino govt engages locals in war to allow destructive mining in their ancestral domain
Aquino govt engages locals in war to allow destructive mining in their ancestral domain
By MARYA SALAMAT
Opposition to the Tampakan mining project of SMI-Xstrata has claimed the lives of four people. And yet, the Aquino government continues to side with the mining giant as it attempts to override the ban issued by the local government.
Read also: Malacañang warned against approving mining application of giant SMI-Xstrata
Tribe family in Tampakan massacred by military
Tribe family in Tampakan massacred by military
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
A relative of the two Capion victims, Liah Capion, has previously denounced SMI saying that because she and her family had stood up against the entry of the mining company in their once peaceful community, the Army imprisoned one of her sons and declared three others as outlaws and fugitives.
Untold story of Philex’s mine waste spill
Untold story of Philex’s mine waste spill
By MARYA SALAMAT
Information being provided by Philex mines and the government on why the mine tailings pond spill happened and the devastation resulting from it are understated, nay sanitized, an independent mission discovered. It is “the worst mining disaster in the past two decades.”
Read also: Massive mine spill foreseen yet ignored by Philex, DENR?
Another tribe leader slain in Misamis Oriental
Another tribe leader slain in Misamis Oriental
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Earlier, Gilbert Paborada was warned by a representative of a palm oil plantation "to stop opposing or he would regret what might happen to his life.”
Suspected Cafgu members attack Lumad protest camp in Bukidnon
Suspected Cafgu members attack Lumad protest camp in Bukidnon
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The Lumad families left their community and set up a protest camp in Bukidnon after their village leader Jimmy Liguyon was killed by Alde "Butchoy" Salusad of the New Indigenous Peoples’ Army Reform (NIPAR) and his father, Nonong Salusad, a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographic Unit (CAFGU). But paramilitary forces continue to attack them with impunity.
40 years after, martial law activists still clamor for justice
40 years after, martial law activists still clamor for justice
ByRONALYN V. OLEA
“Forty is not just a number to remember but a reminder of the length of time we have been fighting impunity and for the attainment of justice. “ – Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Karapatan
‘Scourges’ such as mining, military aggression slammed at Int’l Day of Indigenous Peoples
‘Scourges’ such as mining, military aggression slammed at Int’l Day of Indigenous Peoples
'Scourges' such as mining, military aggression slammed at Int'l Day of Indigenous Peoples (Photos by Gregorio "Jhun" Dantes / bulatlat.com)
Nelson Mallari: Hero of the Aetas, champion of people’s rights
Nelson Mallari: Hero of the Aetas, champion of people’s rights
By RONALYN V. OLEA
He was an Aeta who held his head up high while fighting for the rights of Aetas, indigenous peoples, and oppressed sectors of Philippine society. Ka Nelson was a “treasure of the Aeta people.”
Conditional Cash Transfers, from beneficiaries’ view
Conditional Cash Transfers, from beneficiaries’ view
Stories from CCT communities give us a picture that is different from how government describes the positive impact of its anti-poverty program.
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