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Protests greet entry of mining firms in Cantilan

April 26, 2009

by by Alden Pantaleon/MindaNews

posted | Saturday, 25 April 2009 |by MINDANEWS.COM 

 

SURIGAO DEL SUR (MindaNews/25 April)  –  Hundreds of farmers, environmentalists, local government officials and religious groups from the southern towns of Madrid, Carrascal and Cantilan will stage a four-kilometer march from the National Irrigation Administration in Barangay Calagdaan to the municipal plaza of Cantilan to dramatize their opposition to the entry of two mining firms in the area.

 

Dubbed  “Alsa Martsa Para  sa Kinaiyahan” (Rise, March for the Environment),  the protest-march will culminate in a rally  at the town’s  kiosk  with Surigao del Sur Bishop Nereo P. Odchimar as keynote speaker. 

Tinty Iriberri, one of the organizers, said Cantilan Mayor Thomasa Guardo and retired Air force chief,  Lt.  Gen. William Hotchkiss, president of the Philippine Eagles Foundation, are expected to attend the rally.  


Organizers said protesters will call for the cancellation of the Mineral Product Sharing Agreements granted to Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC) and Carac-an Development Corporation (CDC). VIEW FULL ARTICLE>>>

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