Karapatan-Cagayan Valley (CV) called the 86th IB of the Philippine Army the protector of Woggle Corporation, a foreign mining firm, on January 30. This followed the battalion’s announcement that it would “intensify monitoring” in Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, after Barangay Bitnong residents launched actions against the destructive company. The 86th IB Civil-Military Operations Officer […]
Tinawag ng Karapatan-Cagayan Valley (CV) ang 86th IB ng Philippine Army na protektor ng Woggle Corporation, dayuhang kumpanya sa pagmimina, noong Enero 30. Kasunod ito ng pahayag ng batalyon na “palalakasin ang pagbabantay” sa bayan ng Dupax del Norte sa Nueva Vizcaya kasunod ng mga pagkilos ng mamamayan ng Barangay Bitnong laban sa mapangwasak na […]
Mananagot ang Woggle Corp, PNP-AFP at rehimeng Marcos sa karahasang ihinahataw nito sa mamamayang nagtatanggol sa kanilang karapatan sa lupa at likas-yaman ng bansa. Minsan pang itinatambad ng rehimeng Marcos ang pangangayupapa nito sa mga ganid na monopolyo kapitalista nang muling binuwag ng PNP ang barikada ng mga residente ng Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya […]
Environmental groups, scientists, farmers, and indigenous peoples protested at the FCF Minerals Corporation office in Makati City on January 28 to denounce its environmental plunder and destruction and its human rights violations in Nueva Vizcaya and elsewhere in the country. FCF Minerals operates the mine in Barangay Runruno, Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya. It covers 3,093 hectares […]
Nagprotesta ang mga grupong makakalikasan, siyentista, magsasaka, at katutubo sa harap ng upisina ng FCF Minerals Corporation sa Makati City noong Enero 28 upang kundenahin ang pandarambong at pagsira nito sa kalikasan at paglabag sa karapatang-tao sa Nueva Vizcaya at iba pang bahagi ng bansa. Ang FCF Minerals ang nag-oopereyt sa minahan sa Barangay Runruno, […]
Indigenous people and residents from two barangays in Itogon, Benguet relaunched their protest on January 27 opposing the expansion of the Sangilo Mines operations owned by Itogon-Suyoc Resources, Inc. (ISRI). They held the action when the Department of Environment and Natural Resources–Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) called a “public scoping” in Barangay Tuding. The DENR-EMB conducts […]
Muling nagprotesta ang katutubong mamamayan at residente ng dalawang barangay ng Itogon, Benguet noong Enero 27 para tutulan ang pagpapalawak ng operasyon ng Sangilo Mines, pag-aari ng Itogon-Suyoc Resources, Inc. (ISRI). Itinaon ang pagkilos sa isinagawang “public scoping” na ipinatawag ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) sa Barangay Tuding. Ang “public […]
Residents of Nueva Vizcaya, environmental groups, church people, and anti-mining advocates welcomed the prosecutor’s dismissal of the charges filed against seven residents of Dupax del Norte on January 26. Police illegally arrested the seven while they were manning their barricade and arbitrarily detained them for opposing the Woggle Corporation’s entry into their community. The Nueva […]
Ikinagalak ng mamamayan ng Nueva Viscaya, mga grupong makakalikasan, taong simbahan at mga sumusuporta sa laban kontra-mina ang pagbabasura ng piskalya sa isinampang kaso laban sa pitong residente ng Dupax del Norte noong Enero 26. Iligal na inaresto ang pito habang nasa barikada at walang batayang idinetine dahil sa kanilang pagtutol sa pagpasok ng Woggle […]
Seven residents of Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya were arrested for opposing the entry of Woggle Corporation’s drilling equipment into their barangay on January 23. Assisted by Bureau of Fire Protection personnel, around 400 Nueva Vizcaya police tore down the residents’ barricade. On January 19, the Nueva Vizcaya Regional Trial Court Branch 30 issued an […]