large-scale mining

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Despite protests, mining firm starts operations in Kalinga

By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Angered and disgusted with the recent intrusion of Cordillera Exploration Company Inc. (CEXCI) in their hometown, residents of Tawang village, Balbalan sought help from the office of Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) Kalinga to stop the mining activities of CEXCI in the village. The residents brought

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

NPA claims torching mining firm’s machinery

“The LCMC's mining operations will mean the grabbing and destruction of hundreds of hectares of agricultural lands, forests and other parts of the ancestral domain of the indigenous peoples of Mankayan and Tadian." -- NPA-Benguet

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

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...

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

Another tribe leader opposed to mining killed

By RONALYN V. OLEA "The killing of Kitari will fuel the hatred and...

Sunday, January 27th, 2013

Philex, progressive group agree tailings dam collapse spells disaster

By KIMBERLIE OLMAYA N. QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — A top official of the Philex Mining Corporation admitted that a greater disaster would happen if tailings pond 3 (TP3) collapses. Earlier, leaders of the Cordillera Peoples...

Sunday, January 27th, 2013

Tribe members celebrate first year of barricade against mining

By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — On January 23, 2012, residents of sitio (subvillage) Madaymen, Tabio Mankayan set up their barricade against the drilling activities of Far Southeast Gold resources Inc. (FSGRI) and Lepanto Consolidated...

Saturday, December 8th, 2012

Mindanao lumad, green groups blame Aquino’s mining policies for devastation wreaked by typhoon Pablo

By MARYA SALAMAT Progressive groups in Mindanao describe the devastation caused by typhoon...

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Mothers of the struggle against ‘development’ aggression

By RONALYN V. OLEA Three women from different tribes in Mindanao have come...

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Bai Bigkay Biyaon, a woman tribe leader ready to die for her land

By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Even without speaking, Bai Bigkay Biyaon exudes an air of authority. The 67-year-old woman is regarded as a datu (head) of the Ata Manobo tribe in Natulinan subvillage, Palm Hill...

Sunday, November 11th, 2012

Canadian PM Harper met by protest of environmental groups

By MARYA SALAMAT ‘If Harper truly respects the Filipino people’s sovereignty, he should...

Saturday, November 10th, 2012

Irreversible: Environmental costs of large-scale mining

IBON Features / November 2012 Through the years, large-scale mining has caused deforestation and pollution as well as irreversible destruction to the ecology IBON Features – For spilling more than 15 million cubic meters of mine sediments...

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