PROTEST. Members of the Dumagat-Remontado tribe in General Nakar town, Quezon province begin on Wednesday (Feb. 15, 2023) their nine-day walk covering 150 kilometers from General Nakar to Manila with hopes of meeting President Ferdinand R. Marcos. The tribespeople are against the construction of the Kaliwa Dam project that would benefit Metro Manila. (Photo courtesy of Stop Kaliwa Dam Network) LUCENA CITY - More than 300 indigenous peoples (IPs) belonging to the Dumagat-Remontado tribe in General Nakar town, Quezon province on Wednesday started their nine-day march to Malacanang with the hope of gaining audience with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. regarding the Kaliwa Dam project now being built in the town. Melissa Alamo, head of communications of the group Stop Kaliwa Dam Network, said the marchers started their walk from Sulok Beach in Barangay Catablingan of General Nakar and by nighttime should have reached Barangay Cawayan in Real town. The IPs are against the Kaliwa Dam being
The Masungi Geopark Project, the foundation’s initiative to restore and protect some 2,700 hectares of heavily degraded lands in Rizal, bagged the UN Sustainable Development Goals Action Award under the Inspire Category.
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More than 30 armed men have encamped at the Masungi conservation site in Rizal allegedly planning to “take over huge tracts of land in the protected area.”