Residents of coastal communities in Cavite, Alyansa Tigil Mina, and Partido Lakas ng Masa held a protest in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Quezon City, demanding the government to halt seabed quarrying related to reclamation projects in Manila Bay.
The local government of Brooke s Point, Palawan and its residents have called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to issue a cease and desist order against Ipilan Nickel Mining Corporation for continuing its mining operations despite failing to renew its permit for 2023.
Brooke’s Point residents on Saturday put up a barricade, demanding that Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC) stop its mining operations in the southern Palawan town.
Bishop Socrates Mesiona of Puerto Princesa is backing up an ongoing protest against an open-pit nickel mining project in Palawan province’s southern town