Catanduanes Forum

this is i think the very first question i want to raise and maybe ask to you my dear mining-advocate-friend. i know how eager you are to pursue coal-mining in Catanduanes. i also believe that your advocacy for that said mining is intended for the good of the people of Catanduanes not for your own good or for others good. however, with what you've said that the Catholic Church has overblown perception; is unsubstantiated with technical data; an strong arm tactics of humiliating innocent people; and encroaching on the govt's role of distributing benefits of natural resources to the Filipino people is quite disturbing and against the truth. i think this is one of the policies of CF to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. examining well the high-falluting words you used to describe how the church acts against mining is in itself a description of a very bias judgment and a false accusation. this is primarily because it is contrary to the actions of the church in Catanduanes. you just said that because the church concerns very much the welfare of the people of Catanduanes especially the poor. the church never humiliated innocent people instead it is the one who helped them to be judge fairly and justifiably. the church never fear even the untouchables in this society. the church always stands for the truth and nothing but the truth.

1. Yes any form of Mining specially commercial.
2. The whole of Catanduanes the streams and rivers and seas.
3. Massive movement and displacement of soil and rocks especially in
open pit method. Destroying the geologic foundation of the spot
being mine in tunneling method. Quarrying for gravel and sand is
camote mining to me. I believe if mining pushes through the safeguards
will be circumnavigated to make more profits. These are the
practices of crooked businessmen. Thus making the risk and hazard
for mining disaster high.
4. No and i am not interested as i am against mining in similar places.
5. More than that amount will only end up to foreign hands and
few crooks. Can't we see we are rich in resources gold and silver and steel.
These are mined but did our nation get rich and develop inspite of
long years of continous mining.
6. The livelihood in farming and fishing will be severely affected when
land and water and air becomes polluted. Most the health of the people.
7. Corruption, scams and schemes. These has been happening in lows and high which make our nation in world ranking.
8. Not greed but protection of the natural livelihood and habitat of the
people is at stake here. Our island is small and they can mine
somewhere else in China or US. So be it if we have to import all the
materials we need like Japan we can also do. Just like rice we don't have enough we're importing or we can do and bear with camote. Coal is the number
polluter and can we start helping our planet now from denying that
coal to lessened the threat of global warming. There are so many
alternatives now for power generation and people can start and act
now. No more to coal. How about power from wind, solar and biofuel?

1. yes!!!!!!
2. mostly if not all
3. i understand it as destroying mother nature. the method is not a big deal the highlight is the effect of the act of mining, in that case it doesnt really matter what method is used. only those blinded by money do not understand that mining is very harmful, well to the extent of bringing the island into seabed
4. no, but should we let our place be ruined as there place. only the beneficiary individuals accept its good effect.
5. yes, maybe more
6. well if your from the north, aram mo na people from the island are mostly farmers, palagay mo puede mag tanom nin kamote sa pit kan mina? and as mining contributes in global warming increasing storms strength and drowning your hometown would you thing you can still live in that place if its not there?
7. the giving of permit is enough corruption, simple money. alangan man dolce
8. its not being swapang sir, its giving priority to what is important. pag imina mo an isla ta we give up too much for the sake of its products. other places can be mined for coal and other but our place cannot withstand it. isipon mo su mga tao na yaon sa pagtios na ga asa sa natural resources. and the fact that the world is campaign for the stop of the abuse of the environment. if it is your backyard that will be sacrifice will you sacrifice that backyard maski na nag-asa an barangay mo sa bakuran mo? we can share other things to other places.
our land is not for mining, the local government must invest on local products, let the people manufacture from our locall products such as abaca and lasa, imbes ipabakal raw products why dont we manufacture this, instead of mining. sir, there are many ways of making our place grow economically.
toracks

1. yes
2. more than 8T h
3. don't tell me that mining will never affect the environment
4. you are suggesting places where people are crying foul coz of the effect of mining in the environment. pls. don't just focus on one side.
5. maybe
6. sa ngonyan dai pa, pro hw abt the next 20 yrs. or maybe less than that
7. though private, may kapit asin pasarumsom ( sound an accusation but there's truth in that. tama? not specifically maybe in Catanduanes ("maybe")
8. there are other ways of sharing the gifts of God. right? mining is not just opposed in Catanduanes but mining is opposed even in various places here in the Philippines. malakas lng tlga. pobre lng kmi.

The lines from the song “Question” by Cris Slade/Manfred Mann echoed on my mind.

It goes something like this:

“They answered my questions with questions... And pointed me into the night
Where the moon was a star-painted dancer... And the world was just a spectrum of light”

“They answered my questions with questions... And set me to stand on the brink
Where the sun and the moon were as brothers... And all that was left was to think”

“They answered my questions with questions... And pointed me into the night
The power that bore me had left me alone... To figure out which way was right”

Going back to the topic, why majority of CF members are against mining in Catanduanes is because of the fact that no one try to impress, explain, and guarantee to the readers how “sustainable mining” can be done in our province.

It will not bring us any better if we involve ourselves in argument by questions instead of explaining the points being contested.

This loaded questions particularly the rhetorical ones will just aggravate to the emotions of some readers who are against mining that might cause more heated exchanges in the future.

So I would rather suggest that someone explain how “sustainable mining” will be done in Catanduanes to convince every anti-mining members of CF that the previous anti-mining posts were nothing but pigments of imagination.

ejr