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Coal Mining: An Impending Rape?
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Catanduanes is scheduled to review the Municipal Resolution No. 20-09 by the SB of Panganiban (A Resolution Interposing Strong Objection to the Approved Small-Scale Coal Mining Permit No. 2008-018 Awarded to Mr. Policarpio M. Torres by the Department of Energy Located at Barangay San, Miguel, Panganiban, Catanduanes for Violation of the Pertinent Provisions of R.A. 7160) in its 27th Regular Session tomorrow, July 8, 2009 at 10:00 a.m., Provincial Capitol Dome.
The Small-Scale Mining Permit is seen by critics as a ploy of Monte Arroyo, er, Monte Oro Resources and Energy, Inc. (MORE) after their Coal Exploration received numerous opposition from residents who are against mining activities in the area.
Catanduanes will play host to coal mining with the granting of Coal Exploration Contract to Monte Oro. According to informations, Enrique Razon of Monte Oro Grid Resources, was allegedly the treasurer of PGMA’s Team Unity last election. He is allegedly a very close associate not only of Mike and Gloria Arroyo but also Gloria’s brother, Diosdado “Buboy” Macapagal Jr., who is connected with Monte Oro. Enrique Razon’s Monte Oro Grid Resources is also the same company who in partnership with Calaca High Power Corp. and China’s State Grid Corporation won the bid for the Transco power grid concession.
Coal is regarded as the dirtiest fossil fuel although it remains as an important energy resource for some time to come. Coal is the world’s number one source of electricity today. Unfortunately, it is also the number one energy source of carbon dioxide emissions. Carbon dioxide is responsible for about 70% of man-made global warming. Experts say coal will remain an important global energy source – with or without its reputation as world’s dirtiest fossil fuel.
There are two ways used in coal mining activity, the surface mining and the underground mining. Underground mining is more dangerous – and also more expensive – than surface mining. The primary risks occur when improperly supported walls collapse or when aquifers breach, flooding the mine. It can also be detrimental to the health of miners. The most notorious health problem is black lung, or coal workers' pneumoconiosis, a lung disease contracted from prolonged exposure to coal dust. Underground coal mining operations contributes to Global Warming as it releases methane gas that is trapped within the coal bed as the coal is being extracted. This methane gas is simply ventilated to the outside and released into the atmosphere by the large mine ventilation fans.
Surface mining – including open pit or strip mining – is less dangerous than underground mining, but has a greater impact on surface landscapes. Surface mining requires the removal of massive amounts of top soil (or overburden) in order to gain access to the coal seams, which can cause erosion, loss of habitat, and dust pollution.
A controversial method of coal mining is mountaintop removal, in which the entire top of a mountain is blasted away to expose a coal seam that runs through the mountain or the ridge. As with other surface mining, there is a significant amount of overburden placed in nearby valleys and valley streams that can have a considerable impact on the landscape and surrounding ecosystem.
Catanduanes is fortunate for being among the provinces closest to PGMA’s and her families’ heart. Forty years ago we had been host to the Aldeemac Logging Concession – which according to information’s was owned by the Alberto, Dee and Macapagal Group – who was lucky to be the first to de-virginize Catanduanes’ forest covers. Now again, we are lucky enough to earn the nod of the president to be the host of one the PGMA’s mining projects, the Catanduanes Coal Mining of the Monte Oro Resources and Energy, Inc. (MORE).
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LOVE AFFAIR B/W NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND MINING COMPANIES
HERES' THE FACT ABOUT MINING:
SOURCE: http://www.newint.org/issue299/facts.html
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DO YOU TAKE THIS COMPANY...
The love affair between national governments and mining companies is getting serious - more countries are experiencing large-scale mining than ever before.
Industrialized countries approve of the union: having depleted their own resources, they are now the biggest importers of minerals. Huge quantities are shipped around the world - or travel within countries like China to power industrial centres. The US receives the largest shipments - nearly all of its aluminium and more than 70 per cent of its nickel, chromium and tin come from abroad.
Biggest metal producers and consumers1
Where companies are spending money on exploration2 (Percentage of total spent)
Mining fever
In the global search for minerals, companies consider South America the hottest destination. Liberalization of mining in the 1990s, sale of government mines, cuts to local regulations and large areas of virgin land have made this region particularly attractive.
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FOR RICHER AND FOR POORER...
Nations where the most mining takes place are also some of the poorest. There is a correlation between the standard of living (measured by the United Nations Development Program Human Development Index - the highest score being one) and the reliance of government on mining. The little money that poor countries get from mining companies is pocketed by international banks, not local people. Fourteen Majority World countries get at least a third of their export revenues from minerals. Their external debts are 1.4 times greater than their Gross National Product (GNP).
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Up for grabs - gold mining in Kenya. Small-scale miners produce 20 per cent of Africa's gold.
Mining kills and injures more workers than any other industry. The situation is likely to be worse than statistics suggest as corporations and governments keep poor records.
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FOR AS LONG AS YOU SHALL LIVE...
The effects of mining live on long after the mine is dead. Mining poisons the air, land and water and then leaves the environment to suffer a slow death.
Watery graves
Many rivers have been pronounced 'biologically dead' due to release of mine tailings (waste from the mine containing rocks, metals and poisons) into lakes and waterways. Aquatic plant and animal life are choked with toxic sediment.7 Government investment in corporations can hasten the death of the environment. Or governments are left to attend the funeral while corporations are conspicuously absent, having done the deed and stolen the profits.
Dead waste
Most products made from minerals are dumped after one use. In a lifetime each US citizen uses 1,520 tonnes of new minerals. People in industrial countries consume 19 times as much aluminium, 18 times as many chemicals and 13 times as much iron and steel as people in less-developed countries.
The devastating effect of mining on the environment could be reduced by more recycling. US residents throw away 2.3 million tons of aluminium each year. The energy saved by recycling this waste instead of producing new aluminium could meet the annual electricity needs of Chicago.
"DETERMINATION CAN OVERCOME ALL OBSTICALS."
pasabot sa M
May naghapot tabi sa sako kun an M daa ni policarpio as in Man-uukag. Bako tabi Man-uukag yan, tibaad man M as in Marenas man na katuyuhan an boot sabihon kan M. Pasabot man sana tabi duman sa mga nagahapot...ok?!?
<<<...pag ika daa pigabutong pababa... gustong sabihon nasa itaas ka...>>>
News from Fernan Gianan
I have contacted Engr. Fernan Gianan re: the development of mining and this is his answer via offline message in YM:
"wala pang movement. di pa natuloy ang mining due to opposition from lgu, barangays. bishop to address issue on panganiban fiesta mass."
This is a good breather. Let's be vigilant!
No to Mining in Catanduanes!!!
Dave
SP Review Update@Man-uukag
Hi man-uukag, is there an update on SPs review re: mining? We would appreciate hearing about that.
Thanks
Dave
SP review
I forgot to update... but sadly nothing worthy (in my opinion) happened @ the SP. Aside from the oppositions from 3 sectors (from an ngo, from the church & the opposition of Alfred Aquino from Bagamanoc) we only witnessed more on parliamentary procedures.
SP Review
I don't know the rules, but is it possible to ask for a copy of the transcript of that SP meeting? Please, if that is possible?
Dave
minutes
I'll try to get a copy of the minutes & post it here, but i have to warn you, baka ma-disappoint lang kamo...
Minutes
Awat ng disaapointed! But we would like to know if the points JOM raised were, in the very least, attempted. Otherwise their agreeing or disagreeing to the project is uninformed and therefore the review is nothing but a show?
I'd appreciate reading it as is.
Dave
ki lang
ma kita ta ang abilidad nin sp member hehehe inano
SP Review
I'm also interested about the SP review results. Can LGU over rule the National Government over mining rights considering Catanduanes has not declared independence yet and still part of the Philippines.
I'm also interested to know if the SP was given by Monte Oro a copy of 2006-08 exploration report of Payo Caramoran coal prospect. Did Monte Oro submit the proposed Coal development plan of the prospect areas if ever they assessed the prospect as viable? Is there clear a delineation of watershed areas and prospected mining areas? Is the coal reserved quantified in MT and classified into mineable, probable, and possible reserves? What are the characteristic of coal mineralization and what mining method is economically viable? Did SP looked into the ratio of mineralized area out of the concession areas? Did SP get the services of third party subject matter expert to advise them about cost and benefits of coal mining in Catanduanes so they can be objectively guided?
Kadakor pang hingonay an dapat maliwanagan sa SP review.
No details regarding mining, accdg. to the provincial government
I have spoken personally with Engr. Surtida (Catanduanes Provincial Administrator), Mr. Del Rosario (Prov'l Planning & Dev't Officer), & Mr. Ursus De Quiros (Secretary of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan) just this morning August 3, 2009. They all confirmed to me that their respective offices did not receive any copy of MOREI 2006-08 exploration report of Payo-Caramoran coal prospect or the MOREI proposed coal development plan, in fact they have not received a single document pertaining to the MOREI coal mining application. The only document they know, according to them, is the resolution of objection from the Sangguniang Bayan of Bagamanoc. According to Mr. De Quirros, they can't even invite the presence of Policarpio M. Torres (Small-Scale Mining Permittee) in the SP hearings as they don't know his exact whereabouts in the island.
mina-ara
So nice, so good to hear....
ARA-MINA...wara na ang mina..ei ang minero.
sana ma-RIP na yang mina na yan......
tnx mu...
"i'd rather be RIGHT..............than LEFT.............alone!"
correction ceneth
pinag-confirm ko lang tabi sa kapitolyo kun nakaresibe sinda kan report segun man sa kahapotan ni sir jorge macenas pero dai ko pa po ma-confirm kun dai na madadagos an mina dahil an totoo igwa na nin permit si mr.policarpio torres para magmina sa mga nabanggit na lugar.
lokohan na ini ah ukag
ukag parang naglolokuhan na baga. baging pigapaluwas na habo ta sa (MORE) monte oro pero ki policarpio torres pwede. ploy lang tagala an. mga tuso ang mga buayang an baya. ayog ceneth taga pandan ka paanan masakitan kaan kaan magpunta ning virac magnadagos an si ara-mina.hehehe
@ eman...
huray naman baga na garo-lokohan sa gobyerno.....or i mean nanloloko.
eman dili ko man baga na madagos ang mina......ano ka man...hehe
ang gulo nila noh......
ay inda....
"i'd rather be RIGHT..............than LEFT.............alone!"
ah uki....mu
babaw ng kaligayahan noh...hehe
SB Bagamanoc objection to mining is sooo good to hear.
(kala ko nangaturog kc taho dun)..hehe
no documents received/no permittee existence????
Am just praying hard na magkasararo gabos kontra MINA.
"i'd rather be RIGHT..............than LEFT.............alone!"
LGU vs National Gov't
From what i know the provincial government is facing a blank wall on this although they've hired a consultant to look on this matter (pls read my blog mining report). We have a conflict between the mining law & the local gov't code, the previous giving exclusive jurisdiction to the DOE and the latter giving some powers to LGU as a result of devolution.
Answers to Questions
Can Man-uukag or any member on the island get an SP member to answer these valid questions JOM is asking? And may we know of their response? Please?
Dave
answer to questions
I'll try to contact some SP members to answer the questions
COAL MINING : OBSOLETE
I saw a report on BBC World News TV at the weekend. It covered mining in Australia.
The report told of a new nickel mine that was opened. New houses were built, along with shops, offices and sport and leisure facilities. A whole community was built around the promise of the mine's expected 25 year future.
But ... the price of nickel went down. The owners of the mine made a commercial decision and after only 8 months, closed the mine. This left the community that had been created bereft of the life-blood upon which it depended.
The world is still dependent on coal for fueling power stations. But it is the dirtiest of fossil fuels. Given the choice it is a fuel the world would not want. World leaders are trying very hard to find ways of reducing CO2 and its effect on climate change; effects that could impact on this island. Sea levels may rise and storms may become more severe. We don't really know. The point is, the world needs less coal and not more of it. This suggests to me that the price of coal is not destined to rise in the long term. If that happens imagine what Catanduanes might be left with when the miners pull out?
Carbon capture technology on a commercial scale will not be available for many years. This is where power stations capture the carbon given off by the burning of fossil fuel. The carbon is then buried back in the ground. I say we should leave it in the ground in the first place.
Coal is an obsolete fuel. It is a fuel of the past, not a fuel of the future; and it is to the future that Catandungans should be looking.
Sweet Bikolana
MINING: Foundation for Environmental Security & Sustainability
The Foundation for Environmental Security & Sustainability (FESS) has a piece on their website that addresses mining in the Philippines. It is worth a read:
http://www.fess-global.org/RP.cfm
Sweet Bikolana
I would like to share my
I would like to share my point of views about mining. Before we start the brainstorming, it will be to the best interest of CF family if participants use their real name instead of cyber aliases. Forum discussions could sometimes become passionate with a few participants mostly using cyber aliases loses focus on the issues being discussed, and resort to lurid character assassinations or become out of bounds.
I trust the suggestion is acceptable to all concerned.
ALIASES/PSEUDO
Using pseudo is accepted by civilized society. In the battle of brains and reasons, what matters most are the facts and valid rationale being presented by the opposing parties. This is not a personality contest, but people’s quest to demystify the true effects of Mining to our lives as Katandunganon. Let other people enjoy their rights using their aliases. If you are comfortable using your real name, fine. No one dared questioning you.
tHANKS.
"Bayan kong sinilangan, pinamumugaran ng mga suwapang".
anti alias law
may batas tayo com.act 142 approved on nov. 7 1936 ( as amended ra 6085, approved august 4 1969 ) regulating the use of aliases
1 except as pseudonym solely for literary,cinema,television,radio, or other entertainment purposes and in athletic event where the use of pseudonym is normally accepted practice , no person shall use any name different from the one with which he was registered at birth in the local civil registrar or with which he was baptized for the first time or in case of alien , with which he was registered in the BID. or such name which he was authorized by the court xxxxxxxx
ako as langob dae kona binago dahil bisto na ako sa komunidad na ini.pero kong ikan dyan mataram na bagohon ko ini ki lang,ibutang ang tunay na pangaran.sa kong opinion magiging tunay talagang mag bararkada kong ibutang ang tunay na ngaran.
ang level daa ni friendship iyo ini.
inot hi, and hello
masunod bistohan na nin ngaran asin ugali
last bastosan level ini hararom na daa ang friendship maski mudahon kana daa sa level na ini dae na daa nin kulog ta ang intindihan nin duwa dae sinda ma uyagan.maski naggamit na nin profane words. iso man sana
medyo unfair man kaya talaga na maataki ka nin sadong tawo under the cloak of anonymity or your alias. our constitution guarantee that the accuse has the right to face the accuser and the witnesses that they have.dapat mag pa bisto.
bagi daw na diniskoter tana to ha sa ibong na forum ano daw george hehehe
Batas...
com.act as in commomwealth act po yun? republic act na po tayo ngayon, besides 1936 wala pa po internet n'un. huwag mag-alala sir langob bistado din po ako na man-uukag sa virac.
batas
yo commonwealth tabi amended na yon nin RA 6085 so far wala pang bagbabago sa batas na ito. yo ra kaya sa surat ko sadit ki lang. wala problema man uukag maski dae kita mag ka bistohan ang satoya man sana mag share nin opinion bako pero mas magayon magkabisto kita tanganin maging magbarkada kita hehehe kong lalaki ka di mag inom inom kita.ni gin gusto ko mandaw maging reporter padi mahan tukdoan mo man ako.ginamit mo yo PH ki hermano taga pandan ka huna ko pero yo gamiton mo yo dzgb mahan taga caramoran ka .tayan mga sikat sa dzgb bakong taga caramoran.sado dyan parehas kong graduate nin aquinaz nin law mahan ikaw na yan man uukag hehehe. yo surat ko tabing yon bakong particular na para saimo manuukag.actually igwa na nin pag urolay manongod sa issue yan sa catanduanes net kami saka sila george macenas ang na tao nin opinion manongod dyan parehas ang pig tao ming opinion dyaniso mansana. inano
Afraid or ashamed?
The blog that i post here is a matter of “take it or leave it”. I have nothing to prove neither to myself nor to anybody. I respect everyone’s opinion the same that i deserve that my opinion be respected. I am comfortable that i be known as man-uukag. So be cool guys. Should we just appreciate that we have something to talk about in this forum? Good day to everyone & likewise to you Sir Jorge.
AFRAID OR ASHAMED: Freedom of Expression
I broadly agree with that sentiment man-uukag, but I would like to develop it a little and see if you agree.
Members will respect everyone's right to express an opinion; however they will not necessarily respect that opinion.
For example a member who posts a message that constitutes incitement to hate, or distributes obscene material should not be respected.
Ultimately it will be for the administrators to arbitrate should the boundaries (and there are limits) to freedom of expression be breached
Sweet Bikolana
On breach of rules
Rest assured the administrators of this site are on their toes. Please feel to be responsibly free else we may resort to deletion and worse banning. As of now, we have just deleted some but nice to note we have not banned any member yet, and we are happy about that.
Let's go on with our sharing! I'm enjoying it!
Dave
Freedom of Expression & On Breach of Rule
Sweet Bikolana & Dave, I agree.
Use of Real Names
Tama ka dyan Mr Jorge O. Macenas. Di kailangan ang cyber alyas. Ako ginamit ko ang tunay na pangalan kasi ala akong dapat itago at katakutan. Isa pa para makilala rin ako ng aking mga kaibigan kamaganak, ng forum mismo, at ng mga Catandunganons.
Mr Jorge and Jade, I don't
Mr Jorge and Jade,
I don't think the interests of the CF will be served by insisting on real names; quite the reverse in fact. Some of the issues that have been discussed here and will be discussed in the future are quite contentious. Honest opinions may be suppressed if the authors cannot maintain a degree of anonymity. I think it may take the life out of CF.
If things do get out of hand, then the web masters administrating the site should step in to give guidance.
Sweet Bikolana
sweet bikolana
You have a point there..On the other hand Philippines is a democractic country. You are free to articulate your opinion.
It is therefore one's decision if they want to reveal their real names..
Ipakita an magayon na hawong
I hope the suggestion about using real names will not subvert the mining issue.
Its difficult to understand the premise that people can be more honest if they remain anonymous. Does this premise implies the people using real names can be less honest?
Sweet Bikolana, I respect your honest opinion. My suggestion about using real name is based on lessons learned from previous forum discussions.
What is wrong in putting a face and a name in expressing opinion about issues. Why hide under the cloak of animomity if you truly believe in your conviction? Afraid and Ashamed? I hope I'm wrong.
MINING: REAL NAMES
The rules of CF do not insist on the use of real names. The signing-in process asks for the 'preferred username'. This is usual on most internet sites and is good security discipline. Often the use of real names is to be discouraged. 'Sweet Bikolana' is my chosen username; 'Jorge O. Macenas' is the name you chose to use, that is up to you. I have my own reasons for my username, as every other member of CF will have for theirs. As a long term member, have you challenged this rule before?
If the administrators of this site decide that posts will only be deemed credible and valid with the author's identity, I would have to review my membership (or at least the content of my writing). I make no such deduction. Whether my decision to sign posts with my username are based on fear or shame or some other reason is for me alone. In this free democratic country, I do not feel I have to oblige you by compromising my real name.
More pertinent than the name of the author, may be the interest that person has in the subject they are discussing, should they wish to declare it.
It does not surprise me to learn that you have experienced problems in other discussion groups.
Sweet Bikolana
Keep yourself Sweet and cool
Keep yourself Sweet and cool as ever.
It was a suggestion not an imposition. So please dont get too excited and be upset about it.
You may ask around about the problems of previous Catanduanes web discussion. I do hope you will understand the reason why I suggested to use real name. Make sure you have full comprehension of vernacular dialect from both north and south of Catanduanes to be able to understand what happened in the past.
We should now redirect the discussion to the mining issue, can we please?
Cheers!
cheers!
cheers ako jan!!!
cheers...
gapar cheers... ikan kamu jan yelo...
ice bah..
toracks
i would like to share..
I strongly agree to you Mr. Jorge.
COAL MINING: AN IMPENDING RAPE?
Evil? A necessary evil I would say. But there are degrees and there must be plenty of examples around the world where mining companies have had profits and share holders in mind, before the rights and concerns of the country and people in which they operate. A close watch needs to be kept on mining activities and before any documents are signed, the question of 'who really benefits?' should be asked and a satisfactory answer given.
On coal, I agree that it must be the dirtiest fuel from which to make energy. In the week when the leaders of the G8 (USA, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Japan. Russia & China) have met in Italy to discuss preventing further climate change, it seems we should not be thinking about digging more coal out of the ground. It will only further pollute our atmosphere with CO2 (the principal greenhouse gas and cause of global warming/climate change).
Wouldn't it be nice if Catanduanes took a stand and made a pledge to strive for carbon neutrality. There are plans to produce clean electricity from hydro here. Catandungans should keep pressing for this to happen sooner than later. The electricity supply could be augmented by the addition of wind farms and promoting electricity generation on schools and government buildings through wind and solar power.
As a trial I would suggest powering the lighting, stage and kiosks in Plaza Rizal by wind and solar energy. If this were a success it could be the springboard for the expansion of these systems to other areas.
So before we dig up more carbon, lets see if we can make a name for ourselves, not for dirty fuel production and heavy industry, but for clean and responsible renewable energy. It would be quite a coup.
Sweet Bikolana
Coal Mining@Manuukag
There is no contest on the evil of mining! I'm interested in what happened to the July 8 SP Meeting. Do you have information, please?
I will greatly appreciate if you can follow up on this item.
Salamat.
Dave
evil of mining
mining dave is not perse evil.parang yon ang tuno mo.or if you are saying on the evil effect of mining.your writing suggest that mining is evil . how about the good side of mining i hope that we will be objective. may good din ang mining.
evil of mining
You are right! mining is not evil per se... reason why i said "the evil of mining" and not mining is evil and buko man yon yan tuno ko.
yep there are good sides of mining in the same way that there is evil in mining as well.
Dave
mining is indifferent...
dagdag lang po sir...
mining is neither right or wrong... in ethics it is called indifferent.
an indifferent act becomes an evil one depending on the manner the act is done.
like drinking alcohol is indifferent, pero if the manner of drinking leads to a better social life and communion in a particular group in becomes good, but if the drinking session leads to violence it becomes evil.
mining in catanduanes, in particular, is evil because it produces an evil effect so enormous that it covers up the good effect. the evil effect is much herculean to the good effect produced added is the one who recieves the good and evil effect.
so mining in catanduanes is simply evil...
toracks
Why?
If mining is an evil or partly evil, why do you patronize its end product?
Why use electricity from mined oil, coal, nuclear, geothermal?
Why use cell phone with mined components of steel casing, metal conductor.
Why use vehicle for transport using mined oil, metallic minerals.
Why use nylon nets in fishing?
Why use plow head made of iron?
Why use steel blade in abaca stripping?
Why be a partner/ customer of evil?
Why such paranoia about mining?
Please help clarify the contradictions!
"COAL" MINING sana at" Catanduanes"
Dili kita mag general nin MINING .......COAL,CATANDUANESbuda EPEKTO-BENIPISYO yan pagguron-huronan.
Salamat
"Aanhon mo pa yan Gabon..kon Natunok ka na nin Hararom".
EVIL!
indeed, mining in itself is not evil... we must be aware that it has good things done to our life. we must take note that the church never condemns the person or the one doing the act but the action itself especially those evil actions. it's not mining that we are condemning but the evil effects of mining....
"PANGAGAHASA SA KALIKASAN"
Ang masalimuot na karanasan ng mga bayang sinalanta ng pagmimina ay sapat at konkreto nang katibayan para ang mamamayan ng Catanduanes ay manindigan laban sa napipintong “Coal Mining” sa ating isla.
Base sa karanasan, kadalasan ang mga lugar kung saan ginagawa ang “pangagahasa-sa-kalikasan” ay naiiwang lugmok sa kahirapan at polusyon, samantalang ang mga kapitalista ay nagpapakasasa sa yamang hindi naman sa kanila.
Ang industriya ng pagminina sa Pilipinas ay nananatiling export-oriented at import-dependent kung saan tumutugon ito sa dikta ng internasyunal na merkado at hindi sa pangangailangan ng mga Pilipino. Ito marahil ang dahilan kung bakit hindi lubos na napapakinabangan ng mga lokal na mamayan ang kanilang yaman, bagkus ang mga kapitalista at dayuhang negosyante ang nagpapakabundat dito.
Hindi naman usapin dito kung tayo ay gumagamit ng mga produkto ng pagmimina. Ang usapin dito ay kung ang maliit na isla ng Catanduanes ay angkop ba para sa nabanggit na operasyon? May kahandaan ba ang lokal na pamunuan para mabantayan ang responsableng pagmimina? Para ba ito sa pangkalahatang kagalingan, o dili kaya’y para lang sa mga kapitalista at pulitiko?
"Bayang kong sinilangan, pimamumugaran ng mga suwapang".
kung sa pananaw mo
Sir jorge,
kung sa pananaw mo makatabang ang mining sa mga pugto mo,magurang mo,mga ka pinsanan mo, kababaryo mo buda mga katawuhan sa satuyang mahar na isla...di ibali mo na lugod pati ang logging ta parehas man sana sa tabas nin sinurat mo, piga patronize ta man ang produkto!
On why?
Because of Global Warming. This particular mine is a major contributor to the world’s greatest environmental threat of the 21st Century.