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December 5, 2010
Bishop Deplores Slow Justice in Marcopper Tragedy

MANILA, Dec. 2, 2010— A Catholic bishop is disappointed over the slow grind of justice for the victims of the 1993 Marcopper mining as no one had been held liable yet on the disaster.

MANILA, Dec. 2, 2010— A Catholic bishop is disappointed over the slow grind of justice for the victims of the 1993 Marcopper mining as no one had been held liable yet on the disaster.

Boac Bishop Reynaldo Evangelista said it has been 17 years since the country’s worst mining disaster struck and caused havoc to the environment and the Marinduque folks, and yet, nothing had been resolved.

November 28, 2010
Opposition Mounts vs San Miguel Bay Mining

CALABANGA, Camarines Sur, Nov. 24  – It may be an uphill battle but local leaders opposed to the proposed offshore magnetite exploration at the marine life-rich San Miguel Bay are standing their ground.

CALABANGA, Camarines Sur, Nov. 24  – It may be an uphill battle but local leaders opposed to the proposed offshore magnetite exploration at the marine life-rich San Miguel Bay are standing their ground.

They fear massive environmental degradation and economic dislocation of thousands of fisher folk around the bay should the mining operations push through.

The mining would be initiated by Bogo Resources and Mining Corporation (BRMC), a Filipino-Korean firm.

November 7, 2010
Bikol Green Groups Challenge LGU Climate Change Summit, Decries Security Overkill

Legazpi City (November 04 2010)  -- At a picket protest at the La Piazza Convention Center, the venue of the LGU Summit +3i, a multi-sectoral group questioned the sincerity of the sponsoring organization, the Center for Initiative and Research on Climate Change Adaptation (CIRCA) and challenged the local government units to "walk their talk."

Legazpi City (November 04 2010)  -- At a picket protest at the La Piazza Convention Center, the venue of the LGU Summit +3i, a multi-sectoral group questioned the sincerity of the sponsoring organization, the Center for Initiative and Research on Climate Change Adaptation (CIRCA) and challenged the local government units to "walk their talk."

November 1, 2010
BIR Files Charges vs PDIC Exec on G7 Bank Foreclosure

LEGAZPI CITY, Oct. 27 - The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Bikol is running after an executive of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) for the latter's refusal to submit to the agency the book of accounts and other records of a foreclosed bank in Bikol.