Anti-large dam activist gunned down
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
Another activist was killed by an unidentified gunman, May 9 at
around 6:15 p.m. at Palma Kibawe village in Bukidnon, Northern Mindanao,
according to human rights group Karapatan.
Cabal was an active leader of Task Force Save Pulangi (TFSP), which
is campaigning against the construction of a hydroelectric dam in
Pulangi River that threatens the integrity of the ecosystem and would
displace peasant and indigenous people’s communities along the said
river.
“We strongly condemn the killing of Mr. Cabal, an environmental
activist who consistently fought for the rights of the community over
their water resources,” Clemente Bautista, national coordinator of
environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment, said
in a statement.
Records from the Task Force-Justice for Environmental Defenders
revealed that there have been 13 cases of killings of environmental
activists under the Aquino administration. Nine of such cases happened
in Mindanao, including the murder of tribal leader Jimmy Liguyon and
Italian priest Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio..... MORE
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