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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
CIVIL SOCIETY AGAINST MINING ON PALAWAN, THE PHILIPPINES
On August 27, 2009 a peaceful demonstration was organized in the Barangay proper of Brookes Point Municipality to protest against the possible endorsement of MacroAsia by the Sangunyan Bayan (Municipa...
Regions: Philippines
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Environment, Indigenous peoples
PERU MEETS THE PHILIPPINES IN MACROASIA MINING CLAIM AREA
Recently, through the support of the Christensen Fund, the Centre for Biocultural Diversity (CBCD) - University of Kent - has facilitated the establishment of solidarity links between the indigenous c...