Vietnam: A turning point for reporting war

Join us for this special event to discuss the iconic war reportage, to mark 35 years since the end of the Vietnam War. ...

Regions: Great Britain, United States, Vietnam

MacroAsia Corporation Threatens Isolated Palawan Communities

While the so-called “responsible mining” rhetoric is being promoted, the ongoing destruction of Palawan’s natural forests, protected areas and ancestral domains bluntly violates the SEP law (Str...

Regions: Philippines

Issues: Crimes against humanity, Environment, Indigenous peoples

PALAWAN: VOICES FROM THE "LOST FRONTIER"

In March 2006, the Philippines’ President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has called for a revitalization of mining nation-wide....

Regions: Philippines

Issues: Environment, Indigenous peoples, Landmines & unexploded ordnances

MACROASIA TAKES REVENGE AGAINST BARANGAY CHAIRMAN

On September 2008, barangay Ipilan chairman Jonathan Lagrada questioned the legitimacy of MacroAsia, thus stopping its contractor JCP Geo-Ex Services, Inc....

Regions: Philippines

Issues: Environment, Freedom of opinion & expression, Justice

PALAWAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AGAINST MINING

Notoriously, the Catholic Church in the Philippines is one of the most authoritative and powerful anti-mining voices in the country....

Regions: Philippines

Issues: Environment, Landmines & unexploded ordnances, Religion

GUESTS IN THEIR OWN LAND: THE PALAWAN OF BUHOY

The Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) area of the Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation includes the ancestral domain of the indigenous Palawan of Buhoy, whose natural resources are rapidly dim...

Regions: Philippines

Issues: Environment, Indigenous peoples, Landmines & unexploded ordnances

PALAWAN: COUNTING "THE BENEFITS" OF MINING

After more than 30 years of operations Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation (RTNMC) has brought little benefits to the local economy, also in terms of excise tax shares to the Provincial Government....

Regions: Philippines

Issues: Indigenous peoples, Labor

PALAWAN: "NOT FIT FOR MINING"

The province of Palawan is part of the Man and Biosphere Reserve program of UNESCO and hosts 49 animals and 56 botanical species found in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species....

Regions: Philippines

Issues: Environment, Indigenous peoples

BULANJAO: AN UGLY SCAR ON PALAWAN (THE PHILIPPINES)

Between the 13th and 15th of August 2009, a joined ALDAW-CBCD (Center for Biocultural Diversity, University of Kent) Mission traveled to Barangay Sumbiling, Municipality of Bataraza - to carry out aud...

Regions: Philippines

Issues: Indigenous peoples