Archive of Environment

Claims that Cagayan mountains bombed by AFP are uninhabited are false
February 02, 2022 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

It is not true that the mountains in Barangay Sta. Clara, Gonzaga, Cagayan province where the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) conducted aerial bombardment last January 29 are uninhabited. These mountains serve as home and source of livelihood of indigenous Agta communities. In fact, entire ethnic minority and peasant communities were struck by fear […]

Proyektong Kaliwa Dam, niraratsada ng rehimeng Duterte
January 30, 2022

Apat na buwan bago matapos ang upisyal na termino nito, niraratsada ng rehimeng Duterte ang kontruksyon ng ₱12-bilyong proyektong Kaliwa Dam sa kabundukan ng Sierra Madre sa kabila ng mahigpit na tinututulan ng mga minoryang mamamayan sa lugar. Ang proyektong dam ay maglulunod sa mga lugar na saklaw ng mga lupang ninuno ng mga katutubo […]

Pilipinas, ika-5 sa mga bansang pinakanakararanas ng kalamidad
January 28, 2022

Ang Pilipinas ang ika-5 sa mga bansang nakaranas ng pinakamapaminsalang mga natural na sakuna sa nakaraang mahigit 100 taon. Ito ay ayon sa isang pag-aaral ng Uswitch kaugnay sa epekto ng global warming sa mundo. Ang Uswitch ay isang komersyal na kumpanyang nagsasagawa ng mga pagkukumpara ng mga presyo ng mga produkto at serbisyo, Inilabas […]

"Responsible" does not make mining by foreign capitalists any better
January 28, 2022 | Communist Party of the Philippines | Marco Valbuena | Chief Information Officer |

Presidential candidate Isko Moreno was reported yesterday to support mining and foreign investments but asserted that it should be “responsible” in terms of its impact on the environment. The Filipino people must be wary of this statement and repudiate the underlying concept that the key to the country’s economic development is foreign investments. This idea […]

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 […]