Mining companies comprise some of the biggest landgrabbers.
Langrabbing breeds hunger, resistance
Day: May 18, 2017
A challenge to the new Environment Secretary, the Duterte administration
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective A major online daily reported that mere days after the rejection of former Environment Secretary Gina Lopez by the Commission on Appointments of Congress, a mining firm cut thousands of trees, both young and centuries-old, at Brookes Point, Palawan. And it was done in a protected area of Mount Mantalingajan,…
Ka Zola: Biag Ti Banwar
Ni TONY BORIAGA Naaalaala mo ba Ang mga ngiti at saya Noong tayo’y mag-aaral pa? Naaalaala mo ba Na nilunod ito ng galit at himagsik Dahil kumislap sa ating mga mata? Ang mga paang nakakadena sa parang At ang puting hawla Na nagkulong sa ating kalayaan Naaalaala mo? Kaya mas pinili natin Ang bayan at…