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Church group holds alternative anti-mining Christmas protest at the DENR

Monday, December 26, 2011

Church group holds alternative anti-mining Christmas protest at the DENR 



Members and allies of the Promotion of Church People’s Response (PCPR) and the Stewards of Creation held a different kind of early-morning, anti-mining program in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) offices in Quezon City.

Instead of the usual placards, they carried the traditional, star-shaped christmas lanterns on which they painted slogans calling for the scrapping of the Mining Act of 1995 and an end to ecological and environmental destruction caused by irresponsible mining. They also sang versions of popular Christmas songs with lyrics that denounced the current economic and political set-up of the country and the corruption prevalent in society..... MORE

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1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

nationalization of the mining sector talaga. kahit kung minsan ay hindi siguro maiiwasan ang problema, ito ang pinakamainam, mas maganda ng hindi hamak na nasa kamay ng pilipino/tagailog ang pagmimina dahil maliban sa ang buong kita ay sa atin ay magiging responsable tayo/operators dahil tayo rin mismo ang malalagay sa panganib na dulot ng toxic materials na ginagamit at inilalabas sa industriyang ito.........maliban pa sa maiiwasan ang paglabag sa karapatang pangtao

"“Irresponsible mining brings imbalance where socio-economic costs weighs at a critical level far from what the economy benefits from its profit margins. We believe that the way to peace in the mining sector would be to nationalize the industry where there is democratic participation and shared responsibility among national and local governments, corporations, and communities ensuring an economically-viable, ecologically-sound mining policy,” it said."

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