By Allen V. Estabillo on May 12 2013 4:20 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – Government troops have intensified their security operations in several upland villages of Tampakan town in South Cotabato following the reported movements of… »
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 Walter I. Balane on February 28 2013 6:38 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 27 Feb) – The Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) obtained by the foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) for the Tampakan copper-gold project is only from the side… »
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 Lorie Ann Cascaro on February 24 2013 7:55 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 February)— Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares urged Saturday the national government to order the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the local government units (LGU) to… »
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 Press Release on February 21 2013 12:58 am
News Release February 20, 2013 SMI’s ECC approval will ignite fiercer resistance - BAYAN General Santos City, Philippines – In a press conference held here Wednesday morning, the regional militant… »
By Press Release on February 20 2013 10:32 pm
PRESS RELEASE February 20, 2013 Reference: Cong. Neri Colmenares 09178350459 The issuance of ECC to the Sagittarius Mining shows PNoy, callous to the Mindanao People’s situation Bayan Muna condemns the… »
By Press Release on February 20 2013 10:31 pm
Press Statement February 20, 2013 Reference: Cristina “Tinay” Palabay, Secretary General, 0917-3162831 Angge Santos, Media Liaison, 0918-9790580 ECC to SMI-XStrata a green light to more HRVs –Karapatan http://www.karapatan.org/node/689 Karapatan… »
By Statement on February 20 2013 10:28 pm
LRC KsK Statement (19 February 2013)
By Press Release on February 20 2013 10:23 pm
Philippine Movement for Climate Justice34 Matiyaga St. Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City 1100 Metro Manila, PhilippinesPhone: +63.2.925.3036 Website: www.climatejustice.ph |Email Address: pmcj2012.sec@gmail.com PressRelease February 19, 2013 Groups… »
By Statement on February 20 2013 10:23 pm
Statement February 20, 2013 Alyansa Tigil Mina strongly condemns, argues environment permit issuance to SMI-Xstrata Mines Manila—Alyansa Tigil Mina strongly condemns and questions the issuance of a conditional environmental… »
By Press Release on February 20 2013 10:21 pm
NEWS RELEASE February 19, 2013 Faith-based group slams issuance of ECC to SMI: ‘Sa tuwid na daan, ipapatag ba ang mga bundok?’ Leaders of the church-based group Philippine-Misereor Partnership Incorporated… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 20 2013 5:46 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato rallied behind the provincial environment code that bans open pit mining method as the local Catholic Church urged the… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on February 20 2013 5:45 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 20 Feb) – The issuance of a conditional environmental compliance certificate (ECC) to foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) does not guarantee that the company would… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 19 2013 8:46 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/19 February)—Castigating Environment Secretary Ramon Paje for flip-flopping on the agency’s decision to now give foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. an environmental compliance certificate (ECC), South Cotabato Gov. Arthur… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 17 2013 10:48 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/17 February)—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will file a case against the soldiers involved in the operations that resulted to the death of three civilians last October… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 3 2013 11:27 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/2 February)—At least 50 individuals, mostly women and children, have fled the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. for fear of the growing militarization in the… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on January 31 2013 6:49 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 January) – Another member of a tribal clan opposing the Tampakan copper-gold project of Sagittarius Mines, Inc. was killed in an alleged encounter with the military. Capt.… »
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 Edwin G. Espejo on January 18 2013 7:00 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 17 Jan) – The military here confirmed ongoing military operations near the boundary of South Cotabato and Cotabato provinces that could include areas near the… »
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 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 Bong S. Sarmiento on November 12 2012 2:57 pm
Last of two parts TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato (MindaNews/12 Nov) —Potentially the largest foreign direct investment in the Philippines, the $5.9 billion Tampakan mining project faces two major challenges: the ban… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on November 11 2012 8:21 pm
1st of two parts TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato (MindaNews/11 Nov) — How huge is the proposed open pit mine that will gouge out a mountain here to extract 17.9 million ounces… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on November 6 2012 12:43 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 06 November) —The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) wants to exhume the bodies of the mother and her two sons who were killed in the mines… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on November 5 2012 6:26 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/05 November)—The battalion commander of the 27th Infantry Battalion, Lt. Col. Alexis Noel Bravo, relinquished his post today following the controversial death of the family members of a… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on November 3 2012 9:53 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 03 November)–Call it posturing or pragmatism, but the recent decision of the South Cotabato provincial government to enlist the ‘expertise’ of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on November 3 2012 2:45 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 November)—Let the axe also fall on the heads of the top military commanders having jurisdiction in the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) where… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on November 1 2012 9:00 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/1 Nov) — South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy on Wednesday said he is no longer pursuing a review of the environmental impact study (EIS) of Sagittarius Mines,… »
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 24 2012 4:16 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 Lorie Ann Cascaro on October 23 2012 11:17 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 October) — Several progressive groups here vowed to help seek justice for a B’laan mother and her two sons who were killed in an alleged massacre in… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on October 23 2012 6:42 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/ 23 October) —A Roman Catholic leader has blamed foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. for the mayhem rocking its mines development site, the latest of which was the killing… »
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 Lorie Ann Cascaro on October 22 2012 5:23 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 October) – The deaths of a B’laan mother and her two sons last October 18 in an alleged encounter in a village of Kimlawis, Kiblawan, Davao del… »
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 Lorie Ann Cascaro on October 19 2012 7:28 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 19 October)—The commander of the 27th Infantry Battalion (IB) and his men involved in the operation that killed a mother and her two sons in the mines… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on October 18 2012 1:02 pm
KORONADAL CITY(MindaNews / 18 October) – A mother and her two children were killed early Thursday morning in the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. following an encounter… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on September 19 2012 7:14 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 18 September)—The SM Group was reportedly assigned a board seat at Indophil Resources NL, raising the possibility of the former’s entry into the Tampakan copper and… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on September 12 2012 7:18 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/11 September)—South Cotabato officials are unfazed by the prospects of facing court charges involving its controversial open-pit mining ban. Separately speaking over a local radio station here Tuesday,… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on July 28 2012 9:44 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 July) –A British security consulting firm was recently reported to be scouting for an international security expert specializing in securing mining sites with added qualification of… »
By Keith Bacongco on July 28 2012 9:24 am
SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN MINDANAO (MindaNews/ 27 July)– The threat to Mindanao’s environment is no longer illegal logging but large-scale mining operations, National Democratic Front-Mindanao spokesperson Jorge Madlos said.
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 Bong S. Sarmiento on July 9 2012 11:24 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/09 July)—The open-pit ban imposed by the provincial government of South Cotabato, which poses an obstacle to the Tampakan copper-gold project of Sagittarius Mines Inc., remains in effect,… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on June 22 2012 11:42 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 June) – Students at the Tampakan National High School in Tampakan, South Cotabato are up in arms. The reason: their school attendance sheets were attached to… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on June 22 2012 7:31 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews) – The peace and order situation has worsened in the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc., with a policeman and a mining consultant killed… »
