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AN OPEN LETTER TO AQUINO AND XSTRATA ON TAMPAKAN -02 |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 11:50 |
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OPEN LETTER TO AQUINO AND FORRESTAL ON TAMPAKAN
Dear President Aquino and Xstrata-SMI President Peter Forrestal, I hope this letter gets to you because many Filipinos can no longer stand the insults and abuses being meted on the B’laans of Tampakan, South Cotabato. If you do not do anything about this, there will be a terrible war never before seen in Central Mindanao in defense of the ongoing slow genocide of the B’laans, all for the gold in the hands of foreigners, and the trickle they will give to the government. Are mining forces intentionally inducing conflict as an excuse to kill or drive away protesting B’laans from their ancestral domain, where the gold sits. This letter will be copy-furnished to PMS Malacanang, DENR Secretary Paje, MGB Director Jasareno, CHR, NCIP, and the media.
This article is based on the Church-NGO-led Fact Finding Mission conducted on April 26, 2012, attended by Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. (PMPI), Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), NASSA, Radio Veritas, Commission on Human Rights (CHR), PhilRights, Task Force Detainee (TFD), Legal Rights Center, Social Action Centers of Marbel, Digos and Columbio, and the Passionist Fathers, with inputs from an earlier mission on March 29, 2011, attended by Social Action Center Marbel, 27th Infantry Batallion (IB), CHR, National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP), DXCP, and Sto. Nino Parish, Tampakan.
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International mining mission reports of rampant contractualization, depressed wages in mining areas |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 02 May 2012 11:46 |
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The International Solidarity Mission on Mining reported today of rampant contractualization, depressed wages and workers’ rights violations in mining areas particularly in the Cordillera and Caraga regions in the Philippines.
Following a 4-day mission in mining areas in Cordillera and Caraga regions, the ISMM said that mining companies do not only extract natural resources of the country but also gravely exploits Filipino laborers with very low wages and rampant contractualization in mining companies.
Corporate greed, particularly in Lepanto Mining Consolidated Corporation in Mankayan Benguet “exploits workers, militarizes communities, plunders resources, destroys the environment and livelihood of the people of Mankayan and nearby provinces.”
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CPA: Fight for Our Land, Life and Rights! |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 30 April 2012 11:21 |
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On the occasion of Cordillera Day 2012, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance issued the following statement to express its demands.
Below is an article published by CPA:
Ilaban ti Daga, Biag ken Karbengan!
Fight for Our Land, Life and Rights!
We mark Cordillera Day 2012 with a rallying call to fight for our ancestral lands, our lives and human rights through a week of protest activities and celebrations of indigenous peoples’ struggles in Apayao, Abra, Benguet, Kalinga, Ifugao, the Mountain Province and Baguio City. On this 28th Cordillera Day, let our protests echo with renewed vigor and commitment to defend our ancestral lands against development aggression. Let us strengthen and sustain our protests in the communities, town centers and urban areas. Let us build on our humble victories, remember the legacy of our heroes and martyrs, and prepare ourselves for challenges ahead.
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Canada’s 2012 Budget: Imposing Austerity on the World’s Most Resource-rich Country |
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Monday, 02 April 2012 11:08 |
Canada’s 2012 Budget: Imposing Austerity on the World’s Most Resource-rich Country
Canada, called the world’s most resource-rich country, is now being subjected to austerity measures like those imposed on third world countries in earlier decades. It is all done in the name of reducing a federal debt that got out of control in the 1970s, when Canada quit borrowing from its own central bank.
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Resist newsletter -August 2011
3rd IAMR Press Release
URGENT APPEAL OF THE DISPLACED WORKERS OF TRIUMPH INTERNATIONAL PHILIPPINES
