News about anti-mining protests and a massive oil spill reflects the rising concern about the rapid destruction of island ecosystems across the Philippines.
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In a release on Tuesday, the indigenous peoples opposed to the China-funded Kaliwa Dam accused the NCIP of being “spokespersons” of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.
The indigenous peoples joined by farmers, fisherfolks and environmental groups opposing the P12.2-billion dam project began their nine-day journey to the presidential palace in the town of General Nakar in Quezon province.
Even as the tunneling in the project site began last year, members of Dumagat-Remontado communities in the two provinces vowed in a briefing on Monday that they would continue to resist the project.