... millions out of work.
The Philippines is one of the world's biggest suppliers of nickel ore and is also rich in copper and gold, but Duterte said less than five percent of the country's mineral reserves ...
MONGABAY
Leilani Chavez
President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a ban on issuing licenses for new mining operations in the Philippines, marking an about-face from a previous anti-mining stance that saw ...
Mining Watch
A petition calling on the Canadian Government to act in response to increasing extrajudicial killings of civilians and human rights defenders in the Philippines will be tabled by the Member ...
... as a leader of the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of revolutionary group Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).
Gloria is the chairperson of KATRIBUMMU, a Lumad (indigenous people in Mindanao) ...
Yellow Pad
Business WorldBusiness World The communities of Didipio, Nueva Visacaya have been up in arms against the operation of Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI). OGPI has been operating a copper-gold ...
Natashya Gutierrez and Anya Zoledziowski - VICE
Not only do Canadian mines in the Philippines degrade the environment and displace Indigenous communities, activists say, eco-defenders are targeted by ...
Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines
Ten Violations that Should Prompt Its Removal
Catherine Coumans, John Cavanagh, Rico La Vina, Robin Broad
DOWNLOAD REPORT HEREOceanaGold Corporation (OceanaGold), ...
ON WORLD INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY, THE GLOBAL NETWORK YES TO LIFE NO TO MINING JOINS THE GLOBAL PROTEST AGAINST OCEANA GOLD WITH ITS MEMBER ORGANISATION KALIKASAN FROM THE PHILIPPINES
Indigenous peoples ...
John Cavanagh, Robin Broad : RAPPLER
OceanaGold was stunningly defeated in El Salvador last March. Can it be defeated in the Philippines by 2019?
In March 2017, the small nation of El Salvador took ...
... tell that the company was at the centre of international controversy over two of its mine projects in 2016 and early 2017. Ignoring significant problems in El Salvador and the Philippines, however, will ...
LEARN FROM EL SALVADOR WHO KICKED OCEANAGOLD OUT
Press Release
Amianan Salakniban, the broadest network of environmental organizations and advocates in North Luzon, Philippines, expresses their support ...
We think of gold as a sign of prosperity, but the farmers and communities most affected by mining just want their rivers and land back.
by John Cavanagh, Robin Broad
First published in: http://www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/john-cavanagh-and-robin-broad/the-real-cost-of-gold-in-the-philippines ...
... In Spanish and English with simultaneous interpretation. Register to participate here. Confirm and share on Facebook here.
All week starting April 21( PHiLIPPINES) Social media soidarity campaign led ...
... to come. What nature worked on and harnessed to develop in millennia will be gone in 25 years (the lifetime of a “Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement” for mining projects in the Philippines). ...
PHILSTAR
Gaea Katreena Cabico
An environmental activist group voiced its support for proposed measures declaring areas “no mining zones” and banning the open pit method of mining in the Philippines, ...
... the moratorium on making new mining agreements in the Philippines purportedly to stimulate its ailing economy during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Last week, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the ...
... to attendees of the April 19 virtual launch of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines – Toronto chapter (ICHRP-Toronto).
According to Claver, the Filipino mining company Lepanto ...
... almost any country in the Global South, from Papua New Guinea to Ghana, Ecuador to the Philippines, and you will find a Canadian-run mine that has caused environmental devastation or been the scene of ...
... were also impacted.
The first round of permanent layoff came more than a year after FTAA between OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI), OceanaGold’s local subsidiary, and the Philippine government expired. ...