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==South Cotabato padlocks 300 tunnels in gold rush site== | |||
*Source: http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/s.-asia/philippines/171002-south-cotabato-padlocks-300-tunnels-in-gold-rush-site.html | |||
*Sunday, 30 October 2011 04:20 | |||
:ByThe Philippine star | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines: Local officials in South Cotabato padlocked 300 illegal tunnels in the gold rush village of Kematu in T’boli town, yesterday. | |||
No violent resistance marred the implementation of the closure order that was served on the miners. The local officials were escorted by two teams of policemen and soldiers. Operators, displaced mine workers and their families watched helplessly as the team padlock the tunnels. | |||
“An estimated 4,000 workers and their dependents will be affected by the closure of the gold tunnels,” said Bong Daquil, operations manager of one of the long-time small-scale miners belonging to the T’boli Minahang Bayan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (TMBMPC). | |||
“For our family alone, we employ at least a hundred workers,” Daquil, a local policeman, said as he watched men nailing wood on the entrance of one of the bigger tunnels shared by several members of the cooperative. | |||
Lourdes Jumilla, secretariat head of the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) who led the team in implementing the closure order, said they only padlocked several gold mine tunnels “but all the operations in the small-scale mining area are shut down.” | |||
“There are 300 tunnels and it would be very difficult to padlock them all, considering they’re up in the mountains and scattered,” she said. But it is not totally over for the small-scale miners. | |||
“They’ll be allowed to operate again if they can comply with the requirements…they’ll then be given permits so they can resume operations,” Jumilla said noting the closure order was meant to force the small-scale miners to operate legally. | |||
The closure of the small-scale mining area, comprising 21 hectares, came because of the overlapping land claim of the TMBMPC and the Maguan clan in the gold-rich mountain. | |||
==Police on full alert in GenSan for All Saints and All Souls days; 400 cops deployed in CDO== | ==Police on full alert in GenSan for All Saints and All Souls days; 400 cops deployed in CDO== | ||
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Osias said they have already deployed their K9 units and Explosives and Ordnance Division personnel to complement the police officers at “places where people usually congregate during this season like the malls, cemeteries, bus stations, seaports and airport.” | Osias said they have already deployed their K9 units and Explosives and Ordnance Division personnel to complement the police officers at “places where people usually congregate during this season like the malls, cemeteries, bus stations, seaports and airport.” | ||
“We have not received reports of any threat within the region but we are prepared for any eventuality. We can respond anywhere within the city limits within 10 minutes,” he said. (Allen V. Estabillo and Cong Corrales/MindaNews) | “We have not received reports of any threat within the region but we are prepared for any eventuality. We can respond anywhere within the city limits within 10 minutes,” he said. (Allen V. Estabillo and Cong Corrales/MindaNews) | ||
==25 indigent patients in Gensan to avail open heart surgery== | ==25 indigent patients in Gensan to avail open heart surgery== | ||