Archive of Environment

CPDF: People’s opposition to mining is just and warranted Philex maneuvers to hide legacy of destruction and greed
January 14, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Cordillera People's Democratic Front |

These are indeed revolutionary times. Before 2021 ended, it was reported that the people of Mankayan rejected a mining application from the Cordillera Exploration, Inc. that would have destroyed 11,000 hectares of their ancestral territory. In their Resolution of Non-Consent, they stipulated their intention to protect their remaining environment and resources. They recognized that mining […]

Mahigit 1 milyong pamilyang biktima ng Odette, wala pa ring kuryente
January 13, 2022

Umaabot pa sa 1,016,650 na sambahayan (o 26.78% ng kabuuang 3.7 sambahayan) ang nananatiling walang kuryente sa kanilang mga tahanan sa buong bansa matapos sagasaan ng bagyong Odette noon pang ikatlong linggo ng Disyembre 2021. Dumadaing din ang mga pamilya sa kawalan ng malinis na tubig na maiinom at sustenidong suporta at tulong mula sa […]

Hindi tumigil ang mapaminsalang mga operasyong mina sa Kabikulan!
January 07, 2022 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | NDF-Bicol | Ma. Roja Banua | Spokesperson |

Sadyang napakabilis ni Duterte kapag kagustuhan ng kanyang among naghaharing-uri ang pag-uusapan. Habang animo’y nakalista lang sa tubig ang pangako ng mga benepisyo at ayuda para sa mga sektor na apektado ng pandemya at magkakasunod na bagyo at sakuna, mabilis pa sa kisapmatang inaprubahan ng tirano ang pag-aalis ng suspensyon sa malalaking operasyon sa open […]

The Philippines to become more pockmarked and more underdeveloped with open pit mines
December 29, 2021 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Jose Maria Sison | Chief Political Consultant |

We can expect the Philippines to become more pockmarked than ever before with open pit mines and more than ever underdeveloped with foreign and domestic mining corporations shipping out the mineral ores for processing in other countries now that Administrative Order No. 2021-40 of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources (DENR) dated December 23, […]

Pagmimina sa Benguet, hinadlangan ng mga katutubong Mankayan
December 29, 2021

  Hindi binigay ng mga katutubong komunidad sa Mankayan, Benguet ang kanilang permiso para sa pagmimina ng Cordillera Exploration Inc o CEXCI na nakatakdang sumaklaw sa mahigit 11,000 ektarya ng kanilang lupang ninuno. Sa isang “resolusyon ng hindi pagpayag” na inilabas ng Mankayan Ancestral Domain noong Disyembre 20, tumanggi ang mga lider at nakatatanda ng […]

Mobilize the people in the wake of typhoon Odette’s destruction
December 18, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) extends its sympathies to the millions of people who suffered the devastation wrought by supertyphoon Odette in Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Western Visayas, Northern Mindanao regions and in Palawan island. Thousands upon thousands of homes, agricultural fields, fishing boats, and other sources of livelihood were destroyed or severely […]

Operasyon ng AFP sa Northern Samar, para sa pagmimina ng bauxite
November 22, 2021

Pagtataguyod sa interes ng malalaking korporasyon sa pagmimina ang pinakapakay ng mga operasyong militar na isinasagawa ng AFP sa Northern Samar. Ayon sa ulat ng Bagong Hukbong Bayan-Northern Samar (Arnulfo Ortiz Command) na inilathala sa Larab noong Nobyembre 6, ang mga operasyon ng 87th IB ay nakatuon sa pagmimina ng bauxite. Hindi bababa sa sampung […]

Wage revolution to avert climate disaster!
November 16, 2021 | Communist Party of the Philippines |

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joins the broad democratic movement around the globe in denouncing the recently concluded United Nations conference on climate change for its failure to take decisive action to reverse the rapid rise in the earth’s temperature resulting in disastrous floods, landslides, droughts, heat waves, supertyphoons, fires and rising sea […]

COP26: Mga salarin sa climate change
November 15, 2021

Tulad sa nagdaang mga “climate change conference,” nagtapos muli sa mga pangako ang dalawang linggong United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference na idinaos sa Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK). Nagsimula ang tinaguring COP26 (o ika-26 na Conference of the Parties) noong Oktubre 31 at dinaluhan ng mahigit 2,500 delegado mula sa 200 bansa. Inasahan sa […]

On the indiscriminate bombing of AFP in Bukidnon
November 05, 2021 | National Democratic Front of the Philippines | Liga ng Agham para sa Bayan (LAB) |

Liga ng Agham para sa Bayan (LAB) vehemently condemns the indiscriminate bombing of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the mountains of Impasug-ong, Bukidnon, which led to massive burning of forests in the area. According to reports, at least three tons of bombs were dropped, including four 500-lb bombs that repeatedly shook the […]