Cordillera Administrative Region

Indigenous body recalls mining order

Kailash — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:10:43 +0100

KIBUNGAN, Benguet: The battle has been lost but the war has not yet been won for Da Gama Minerals Inc. as the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has recalled an earlier certification issued to the exploration company.

In a Philippine National Police-sponsored mining exploration between stakeholders in this town, held July 1, lawyer Alex Degiem, NCIP representative, informed the public that the earlier certification issued by the office has been recalled.

Benguet folk to oppose mining operations

Kailash — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:11:03 +0100

KIBUNGAN, Benguet: Residents of a barangay in the town vowed over the weekend to oppose any mining operation in their area, fearing that such activities would adversely affect water sources used for farming and domestic needs. According to Oswaldo Paggayan, representative of residents of Kibungan town’s Barangay Palina, “our ancestors have opposed mining operations in the past and now we are still taking the same stand.”

Opposing petition

Paggayan referred to a petition submitted by residents against a planned mining exploration to be conducted by Da Gama Minerals Inc.

Dev't Aggression in N. Luzon Rising, Group Says

Kailash — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:33:10 +0100

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet —- Reports from people’s organizations all over Northern Luzon show an increasing trend in development aggression. This was culled from the provincial surveys of people’s opposition to the encroachment of big, foreign corporate businesses in people’s lands and water systems in the recently concluded 6th General Assembly of Katinnulong Daguiti Umili iti Amianan (Kaduami).

Kaduami is a service institution that aims to contribute to the development of communities in Northern Luzon.

Use geohazard maps to prevent mining disasters, environmental alliance urges

Kailash — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:02:21 +0000

MANILA, Philippines—-An anti-mining network is urging the government to use geohazard maps to review mining tenements and abandoned mines to prevent mining disaster.

The Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), an advocacy group and people’s movement composed of more than 80 organizations from mining-affected communities and civil society organizations nationwide, said the Department of Environment of Natural Resources (DENR) P60 million geohazard mapping study of the Philippines identified landslide and flood prone areas in the country.

CPA calls for Decommissioning of San Roque Dam at Public Hearing conducted by Senate Committee on Climate Change in Pangasinan

whit — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:20:17 +0000

The Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) reiterated its position for the decommissioning of the San Roque Dam during the 8th public hearing conducted by the Senate Committee on Climate Change headed by its Chairperson, Senator Loren B. Legarda, on the devastating effects of Typhoon Pepeng held in San Manuel, Pangasinan on November 25, 2009. The public hearing aimed to set directions for effective disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation measures and strategies at all levels.

International Group Slams Baguio Mines Safety Confab

Kailash — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:33:15 +0000

Melbourne, Australia – Mining Action Philippines-Australia (MAP-Oz) composed of various Filipino and Australian groups and organisatons, with aims of monitoring, assessing, evaluating and exposing various environmental and human and indigenous peoples rights issues of Australian mining companies in the Philippines criticized the Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA) which invited Australian mining investors to an annual mines safety conference which ends today.

While the people of the Philippines suffered a series of typhoons and mining disasters, PMSEA is still promo

In Typhoons' Wake, Filipinos Search for Landslide Victims

Kailash — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:14:06 +0000

MANILA —- Using picks, shovels and bare hands, rescuers and volunteers searched Sunday for bodies buried by dozens of landslides in the Philippines, as the country struggled to recover from successive typhoons that have killed more than 600 people.
Filipino police tried to unearth landslide victims at a devastated area in the town of La Trinidad, Philippines, on Sunday.
The exact number of casualties from the landslides and the floods caused by the last typhoon, Parma, was hard to determine.
The National Disaster Coordinating Council reported a countrywide death toll of 193 from Parma.

CPA Pioneer Receives International Recognition for Protection of Indigenous Rights, Ancestral Land and Culture

whit — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:12:38 +0100

BAGUIO CITY – Cordillera Peoples Alliance founding member and pioneer Mother Petra Macliing, was chosen as one of the awardees of Women’s World Summit Foundation’s (WSSF) Laureate Prize for Rural Women for the year 2009. Mother Petra’s invaluable and historic contribution for the protection of indigenous rights to self determination and ancestral land was distinctly recognized alongside the efforts and contributions of the other 9 awardees worldwide.

Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change and the Right to Self Determination

Rafael — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:17:14 +0100

Such arrogance to speak of owning the land.
How can you own that which will outlive you?

Land is life, What is the most precious thing to man? Life. If life is threatened, what ought a man do? Resist.

Town officials assail MGB over earth-sinking problem

Kailash — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:43:14 +0100

Mankayan, Benguet —- Municipal officials here threatened to declare officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) persona non grata or unwanted persons in this mineral-rich town if they fail to give satisfactory answers to questions on the causes of the prolonged subsidence of a big portion of Barangay Poblacion.