Green groups, indigenous peoples hold ‘Mines UNSafety Week’
Green groups, indigenous peoples hold ‘Mines UNSafety Week’
MANILA – Some four hundred indigenous peoples (IP) and representatives of mining-affected communities in Benguet, Ilocos and Cagayan regions meet with other IPs and green groups from Manila to conduct protest actions in Baguio City from November 13 to 14. They are marking what they describe as the opposite of Mines Safety Week, which mining industry stakeholders annually conduct around this time. The Mines and Safety Week sponsored by the country’s largest mining companies usually showcases their supposed best safety practices. On the contrary, the protesters dubbed this week as Mines UNSafety Week.
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