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Small-scale gold mining continues in Oriental Mindoro province, despite an ordinance prohibiting the activity.
Small-scale gold mining continues in Oriental Mindoro province, despite an ordinance prohibiting the activity.
Mining in Mindoro Oriental is heavily intertwined with the military, leading to military violence against indigenous peoples and environmental defenders.
CALAPAN CITY: Anti-mining activists and environmentalists in Oriental Mindoro lauded the passage of a resolution before the Sangguniang Panlalawigan …
Mining Struggle in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines . Jerwin M. Mahaguay (Ph.D) University of Rizal System-Pililla, Philippines . [email protected].
The provincial board of Oriental Mindoro has passed a resolution that extends the province's mining moratorium for another 25 years beginning in 2027. …
Mindoro Oriental bans mining 2020-10-08 - BY IRE JOE V. C. LAURENTE CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Board) has approved and passed a 25-year moratorium on large scale mining and a ban on small scale mining for 15 years.
Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito 'Bonz' Dolor has signed the Sangguning Panlalawigan ordinance allowing extraction of armour rocks in the province.
Mining in Mindoro Oriental is heavily intertwined with the military, leading to military violence against indigenous peoples and environmental defenders. Expedito, …
Quezon City, Philippines – anti-mining advocates from Mindoro demanded the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to revoke permit it issued to Norwegian mining firm for its multi-billion nickel project in Mindoro.
The sinking of MT Empress off the waters of Oriental Mindoro three months ago resulted in a catastrophic oil spill that continues to devastate thousands of hectares of corals, seagrass and mangroves 1 of several towns in CALABARZON, MIMAROPA and Western Visayas region. The oil spill made and is still making extensive damage in the …
Last June, strafing and bombing operations in Victoria and Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, forced over 600 Mangyan to evacuate to the lowlands. ... Oriental Mindoro, and Intex Mining Corporation owned by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi in Victoria threaten environmental destruction and invite military intervention in the affected …
Intex Resources was granted environmental clearance certificate to mine nickel in barangay Pag-Asa, Sablayan in Occidental Mindoro and in barangay Villa Cerveza in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro. …
The Naujan Lake in Oriental Mindoro province and its surrounding watershed is home to unique species of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, making it …
SABLAYAN, Occidental Mindoro—An ordinance banning large-scale mineral exploitation for 25 years has come into force in Occidental Mindoro, making the entire Mindoro island off limits to mining activities. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Occidental Mindoro passed the ordinance on November 23, and Governor Josephine …
Other stakeholders include the provincial government, local government units, non-government organizations, people's organizations, indigenous people organizations, and the mining community in Mindoro. It is composed of three phases.
THE House of Representatives approved a bill on third reading on Monday which if signed into law will ban mining completely within Mindoro. House Bill No. 10611, or the proposed Mindoro Island Mining-Free Zone Act, will be in force over Mindoro Occidental and Mindoro Oriental provinces. According to the bill, all valid and existing …
Former congressman Paulino Salvador Leachon, in a public post on his social media page, said his political party Mindoro Bago Sarili, whose members were part of the previous Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP or Provincial Board) that passed and extended the 25-year mining moratorium in Oriental Mindoro, is steadfast in its anti-mining stand.
The Diocesan Social Action Center (DSAC) of the Apostolic Vicariate of Calapan in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, in partnership with Caritas PH, Caritas Spain & AECID, and the Mangyan communities, are collaboratively implementing a development program called IP LEAD (Promoting IP Leadership Towards Economic Action and …
The most commonly listed primary commodities in Mindoro Oriental mines are Copper and Gold . At the time these mines were surveyed, 2 mines in Mindoro Oriental were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine. 1 Mindoro Oriental has 1 prospect mine. 2
He said the local ordinance reflected the residents' "strong stand" against mining in the province. Gariguez, cofounder of the advocacy group Alliance Against Mining in Mindoro, joined the 11-day hunger strike of about 25 protesters, mostly Mangyans and farmers from Oriental Mindoro in 2009.
Mindoro, particularly mining and biodiversity conservation. The inputs from this study aims to support the formulation of an institutional position paper in relation to mining, which is...
Mangyan is the collective name of eight ethnolinguistic groups— Iraya, Alangan, Tadyawan, Tau-Buid, Bangon, Buhid, Hanunoo, and Ratagnon —who inhabit the highland region of Mindoro.Mindoro is the Philippine archipelago's seventh-largest island, measuring about 10,000 square kilometers. It lies at th...
The people of Mindoro province, the northern island of the Philippines, have finally pronounced their victory over international mining companies. The new law introducing …
Founded: June 13, 1950 through Republic Act 505 seeking the division of Mindoro into two provinces – Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro. Classification: Level 1. Population: 487, 414 (2015 Census) ... In 1570, the Spanish began to explore the island and named it Mina de Oro ("mine of gold") after finding some of the precious metal, ...
The concept of sustainable development permits the construction of various responsible range of futures. However, development interventions such as those found in the colonial and postcolonial Oriental Mindoro obstruct these possibilities. The non-committal stance of the Philippine government towards sustainable development, the moribund economy of …
Intex Resources pushes its Nickel mining project in spite of a lack of a free prior informed consent by local indigenous. The anti-mining struggle of the mangyans of Mindoro continues.
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This document summarizes research on illegal logging and mining in Oriental Mindoro province and their social and environmental impacts. Key findings include that illegal activities contribute to deforestation, pollution, and loss of local resources, while providing few benefits to local communities.
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: Three former and two current representatives from the three congressional districts of the island of Mindoro want …
Lisap is a barangay in the municipality of Bongabong, province of Oriental Mindoro, MIMAROPA Region, Philippines. The latest population is 6,743 (2020 Census figures).