Foreign mining companies vs global social movements
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In the last two decades, the global mining industry has tried to repair its image and whitewash its blackened record in the wake of public furor...
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Aussie PM Malcolm Turnbull urged to take actions vs ‘destructive’ OceanaGold
Sedimentation instead of clear running water – this is just one of the pictures of environmental destruction in Didipio taken by a fact-finding mission of environmentalists and Katribu (Photo courtesy...
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Cordilleran group slams ISO award for Benguet Corp
The Itogon sinkhole (FILE PHOTO by Rommel Balajadia III/nordis.net) “Despite its claim of world-class mining operation, Benguet Corporation left permanent destruction and scars on the surface and...
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Green groups decry continued operations, shooting by suspended mining firm in...
BULATLAT FILE PHOTO: “We are the hope of the future,” Sta. Cruz youths say as they join their parents in the protest against large-scale mining in February 2016. (Photo by Dee Ayroso/Bulatlat)...
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DENR Sec Lopez gets praises, more tips on defending watershed, environment
A view of the mountains in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. This is a prime example of a mineral-rich target of large-scale mining. The indigenous Talaingod Manobos living here continue to be militarized to...
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Refocus mining industry to domestic priorities
Controversy has greeted Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez’s successive orders – cancelling the contracts/permits of 23 mining firms in operation (out of 41),...
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Infusing social justice into the mining industry
Two aerial views from a military helicopter, hovering above the mountain terrain in Caraga region last Tuesday, remain vivid – and disturbing – in my mind. One is that of a winding river and its...
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‘Philippine Army’s 4th IB kills civilian in Mindoro’ – rights group
Residents believe that the 4th IB of the Philippine Army is there to secure an incoming coal mining operation. Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Buhay na Alay Para sa Nagkakaisang Mindoro or...
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Combating contractualization, Martial Law, Caraga mine workers camp out at...
‘Mine companies let workers’ families starve while they rake in huge profits. The workers’ plight has taken a turn for the worse under Martial Law in Mindanao, given its assault on their right to...
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PH still among deadliest countries for environment defenders – international NGO
Front cover of Global Witness report, “Defenders of the Earth: Global killings of land and environmental defenders in 2016” “Duterte’s continuing diatribes against mining oligarchs and other...
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OFWs in HK launch coalition for defense of land on ‘Tribal Filipino Sunday’
Pattong dance of indigenous peoples at Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong. (October 29, 2017 / Contributed Photo) “As much as you, migrant workers all around the world are dreaming of coming back...
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‘Philippine Army’s 4th IB kills civilian in Mindoro’ – rights group
Residents believe that the 4th IB of the Philippine Army is there to secure an incoming coal mining operation. Bulatlat.com MANILA – Human rights group Buhay na Alay Para sa Nagkakaisang Mindoro or...
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Combating contractualization, Martial Law, Caraga mine workers camp out at...
‘Mine companies let workers’ families starve while they rake in huge profits. The workers’ plight has taken a turn for the worse under Martial Law in Mindanao, given its assault on their right to...
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PH still among deadliest countries for environment defenders – international NGO
Front cover of Global Witness report, “Defenders of the Earth: Global killings of land and environmental defenders in 2016” “Duterte’s continuing diatribes against mining oligarchs and other...
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OFWs in HK launch coalition for defense of land on ‘Tribal Filipino Sunday’
Pattong dance of indigenous peoples at Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong. (October 29, 2017 / Contributed Photo) “As much as you, migrant workers all around the world, are dreaming of coming back...
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Groups call for justice for killed priests
Photo from cbcpnews.net Part of groundwork for tyranny? The Church historically played a role in the people’s struggle against tyranny and dictatorship. By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – “Killing...
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In peril: Southeast Asia’s environment and its defenders (Part 1 of 2)
Goldman Prize awardee Aleta Baun (Image Credit: aippnet.org) By Clemente Bautista Jr. and Paul Christian Yang-ed To any passersby in their community, Aleta Baun comes across like any typical village...
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In peril: Southeast Asia’s environment and its defenders (Part 2 of 2)
The family of slain Thai anti-pollution crusader Prajob Nao-opas mourning his death. Prajob’s son Watcharapong holds a portrait of the environmental activist while Prajob’s wife and daughter look on....
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Four factors why #Habagat2018 became a flood disaster
Aftermath of floodwaters caused by torrential Southwest Monsoon rains in Nangka, Marikina. (Photo by Anna Saplor) By LEON DULCE and PAUL CHRISTIAN YANG-ED More than 1.7 million people were affected by...
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Duterte indicted in int’l human rights tribunal over mining atrocities
Bulatlat.com MANILA — Highlighting the recent mining-related disaster in Itogon, Benguet, an environmental activist testified about the mining-related human rights violations of President Rodrigo...
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