Cordillera IPs, Workers Hit Gov’t Mining Safety Week Fete
Cordillera IPs, Workers Hit Gov’t Mining Safety Week Fete
BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) — Cordillera indigenous peoples and workers’ groups condemned the mine safety week celebrations of the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau-Department of Environment and Natural Resources (MGB-DENR), saying that large-scale corporate mining is unsafe.
“MGB and DENR officials are at Camp John Hay enjoying themselves while indigenous peoples in mining host communities continue to suffer the ill-effects of corporate mining,” Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) Deputy Secretary-General Santos Mero said during a recent press conference.
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