... Batres -president of the Environment Commission- proposed a roadmap. With this guideline, in a period of 33 weeks, the Water Law could be discussed and, by August of this year, people would have a water ...
... a stretch of dusty road adorned with banners declaring resistance to mining.
Local residents living in the “dry corridor,” as this area is known, are concerned that gold mining would aggravate water ...
... a clash between a crowd of protesters who blocked the road to the mine and company security guards. According to Edy Tábora, one of the lawyers for the imprisoned activists, during the confrontation, a ...
... of facilities and roads, tunnels, and removal of rocks from the surface. Increased demand for water may be attributed to commercial production, which began in 2013, and the expansion of operations to underground ...
... Environmental Justice Atlas said in its statement that, similar to the company’s portrayal of its work abroad, the conference will mostly steer the mining industry’s focus, and that of the nearly 26,000 ...
... ago, near the southern border of Mexico with Guatemala in Chicomuselo, Chiapas, Mariano Abarca was shot dead in broad daylight outside of his family restaurant. It was November 27, 2009 and Mariano had ...
... killings at the hands of police. The controversial new anti-terror law doesn’t allay fears, either. The law, which barrelled through Congress this year, gives police and military broader powers to go after ...
... the road in order to stop the passage of machinery to the site. Despite of the blockade, several complaints indicated that the operations of the company have continued by using alternative ways of extract ...
... causing ten wells, two creeks, and a spring to dry.
As early as 2014, an environmental investigation mission in Didipio found damages to forests, air pollution from dusty roads and stockpiles, and massive ...
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), ...