By Vanessa L. Almeda on May 8 2013 11:56 pm
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – To counter alleged vote-buying schemes by pro-mining candidates, anti-mining advocates in Surigao del Sur are knocking on voters’ conscience with a ditty that… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on April 18 2013 9:01 pm
CABANGAHAN, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/18 April) – The human barricade set up at the foot of an erstwhile protected watershed turned mining site is dividing the Manobo tribal community… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on April 15 2013 9:44 pm
CABANGAHAN, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/15 April) – A group of Manobo tribesmen has blocked a road in this barangay for over a week now to demand payment for the… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on March 23 2013 12:25 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/22 March)—Around 300 protesters flocked to the office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Caraga Region Friday to strongly demand anew the implementation of the temporary… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 13 2013 5:51 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 March) — Calling it an effective strategy in educating local voters, Catholic Church leaders are adopting the controversial “Team Patay-Team Buhay” campaign of the Diocese of… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 8 2013 7:27 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/08 March) — Anti-mining and environmental groups in South Cotabato province and the neighboring areas have started gathering around 300,000 signatures in a bid to pressure the national… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on February 28 2013 11:35 pm
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/28 Feb) — Local officials affected by the planned streamlining of membership to three mining committees for environment and social development programs have appealed to the Mines and… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 26 2013 4:50 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 26 February) – The Tampakan copper-gold project of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) is shaping-up as a major political issue in the May 13 local elections.… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on February 26 2013 4:46 pm
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/26 February) – Some local government officials in mining areas in Surigao have protested the move of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau-Caraga to “rationalize” their memberships in committees… »
By Fr. Joel Tabora SJ on February 22 2013 9:26 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 Feb) — I thought the country was looking for a way of doing responsible mining. And that the Aquino administration was serious in pursuing this. There are… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on February 6 2013 9:19 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/05 February) – Saying it wanted to clarify some legal issues first, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Caraga Region had again refused to enforce an almost… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on January 24 2013 11:22 pm
Anti-mining advocate Regina Lopez talks to thousands of anti-mining supporters who filled to the rafters the Cantilan Gymnasium during a sympoisum in Surigao del Sur on January 21, 2013. MindaNews… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on January 24 2013 7:09 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/23 Jan) – The proposed $5.9-billion Tampakan copper-gold project of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. continues to suffer a setback locally after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato stood… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on January 17 2013 7:02 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/16 January) – A large number of soldiers were deployed Tuesday under cover of darkness in the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc., which a wanted… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 10 2013 11:58 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 January) — Police authorities are closely watching the political developments in two mining towns and a remote village in South Cotabato province due to the possible… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on December 18 2012 10:11 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/18 December)– Intelligence operatives in South Cotabato province have identified at least 10 personalities as allegedly behind the rampant illegal “banlas” or sluice mining activities in the… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on December 10 2012 12:23 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 9 December)–An environmental group has blamed large-scale mining and logging operations to the widespread destruction and deaths wrought by Typhoon Pablo in Compostela Valley (ComVal) and Davao… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on November 16 2012 1:11 pm
DAVAO CITY– The collaboration of sectors from the academe, environment advocates, non-government organizations (NGOs) and other technical institutions is possible to support the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) industry, Fr.… »
By Mindanews on November 12 2012 2:42 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 Nov) – After the International Conference on Mining in Mindanao (ICMM) in January, another mining conference will be held here on November 15-16, this time focusing on… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on November 7 2012 7:55 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/06 November) – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Surigao del Norte on Monday voted unanimously to investigate alleged violations by a mining company operating in an island in Placer town,… »
By Ryan Rosauro / Contributor on November 5 2012 6:36 pm
PAGADIAN CITY (MindaNews/05 November) — Some 80 civil society leaders in Western Mindanao and the Lanao provinces gathered here today in a bid to “exorcise the ever-present ghosts of the… »
By Contributed Article on October 31 2012 11:10 am
Stop the Killings! Respect the rights of the Filipinos to protect their land and people! CARAGAWATCH STRONGLY CONDEMNS THE SHOOTING OF STAUNCH ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST DR. ISIDRO OLAN! On October… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on October 29 2012 9:34 pm
Environmentalist Dr Isidro Olan, executive director of Lovers of Nature Foundation Inc , survived an ambush Monday afternoon, October 29, a few meters away from his residence in Barangay Puyat, Carmen, Surigao… »
By H. Marcos C. Mordeno on October 26 2012 8:30 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/26 October) – A week after the tragedy in Barangay Kimlawis in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur that left a pregnant mother and her two sons dead, no government… »
By H. Marcos C. Mordeno on October 25 2012 8:14 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/25 October) – Civilians should not become the objects of attacks. This is the crux of International Humanitarian Law or IHL, the law governing the conduct of both… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on October 23 2012 6:39 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 October) — The two children who survived an alleged massacre last week in a village in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, including their grandmother and two aunts,… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on October 21 2012 6:50 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/ 20 October) — The provincial government of South Cotabato has started the preparatory works for the planned independent review by German experts of the environmental impact statement… »
By Cong Corrales on October 20 2012 4:00 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/ 20 October)—A non-government organization here has threatened to file a Writ of Kalikasan against the city government if it will not do something against the… »
By Froilan Gallardo on October 18 2012 8:56 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 18 Oct) – Six barges working non-stop excavating for gold and several more hydraulic pumps tearing away whole mountainsides have turned the delta around… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on October 7 2012 8:04 am
CANTILAN, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/6 Oct) – Tandag Bishop Nereo P. Odchimar has called on the people of Surigao del Sur to renew their commitment against mining and in the… »
By Walter I. Balane on September 25 2012 9:52 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/25 September)—Harnessing the potentials of indigenous peoples to produce medicines from plants and herbs as a livelihood opportunity is better than allowing mining in their ancestral domains, a… »
By Cong Corrales on August 6 2012 7:46 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/5 Aug) – Church leaders, environmentalists, civil society organizations and a lumad leader took turns in “cutting down” President Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s Executive Order 79… »
By Mindanews on July 27 2012 9:04 am
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/26 July) – A small-scale miner was killed while two others were wounded in a shooting incident allegedly involving a security guard of a foreign mining company in… »
By Roel Catoto on July 13 2012 10:42 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/12 July) – Anticipating possible untoward incidents anytime soon at the mothballed nickel refinery located in Nonoc Island off Surigao City, health authorities here are recommending the destruction… »
By Fr. Joel Tabora SJ on July 13 2012 9:23 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 July) — Tony La Viña of the AdMU School of Government said that the long-awaited, oft postponed E.O. on Mining would be a disappointment for everyone. He… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on July 11 2012 7:15 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 July) – South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy has insisted that the provincial environment code which bans open pit mining method is consistent with national law which… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on July 11 2012 6:55 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 July) — With the new mining policy of the Aquino administration now in place, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato “will no longer act” on the… »
By Mindanews on July 4 2012 10:35 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 July) — The Chamber of Mines said it would not interpose any objection to the latest revision of President Aquino’s still unreleased executive order on the new… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on May 12 2012 7:57 am
CAGDIANAO, Claver, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/11 May) – Mamanwas vowed to continue barricading the mining site of Shen Zhou Mining Group Corporation here until the company shuts down and leaves… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on May 7 2012 5:39 am
KM. 90, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/06 May) – Tension has gripped another mining company here as at least a hundred members of the Mamanwa tribe have taken over the minesite… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 6 2012 6:16 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/05 May) – Exchanges between the military and a militant group have lately turned nasty due to the Tampakan copper-gold project issue, with both sides resorting to name-calling… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on May 4 2012 7:02 am
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/03 May) – For retired Lt. Gen. William Hotchkiss III, the greatest threat to national security is not the rebels but environmental destruction. Hotchkiss, the 24th commander of… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 1 2012 7:11 am
TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato (MindaNews/30 April) – Members of the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) here have endorsed the controversial Tampakan copper-gold project of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc., an official confirmed. The move… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on April 29 2012 10:31 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 April) — Troubled mining firm Sagittarius Mines Inc. cannot seem to find ways to reverse a provincial ordinance which virtually shut down its proposed US$5.9 billion… »
By Mindanews on April 29 2012 9:58 am
CANTILAN, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/28 April) – Residents supporting and opposing mining in the province held separate rallies Saturday, the former led by Carrascal mayor and former Governor Vicente Pimentel,… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on April 26 2012 8:26 am
TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato — Members of a multi-sectoral fact-finding mission who trooped to the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc. on Wednesday to check alleged military abuses in… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on April 22 2012 1:12 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/22 April) — Hundreds of protesters flocked to Tampakan, South Cotabato to mark Earth Day on Sunday morning only to be blocked before they could march in the… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 17 2012 6:37 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 April ) – The Mines and Geo-Sciences Bureau (MGB) in Western Mindanao has issued a Cease and Desist Order (CDO) against “all forms of illegal mining activities”… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 15 2012 10:29 pm
BALABAG, Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur (MindaNews/15 April) — The Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) on Friday passed an “urgent” resolution asking the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) to immediately… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on April 4 2012 8:11 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/03 April) – Four senior Catholic prelates in Mindanao have joined hands to shoot down moves to lift the open-bit mining ban in South Cotabato, an imposition that… »
COMMENTARY: EO 79 on Mining – a Mixed Bag. by Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J.
By Fr. Joel Tabora SJ on July 13 2012 9:23 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 July) — Tony La Viña of the AdMU School of Government said that the long-awaited, oft postponed E.O. on Mining would be a disappointment for everyone. He… »