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==South Cotabato padlocks 300 tunnels in T’boli gold rush site== | |||
*Source: http://www.goldstardailynews.com/soccsksargen--xii.html?start=35 | |||
*Monday, 31 October 2011 00:00 | |||
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GENERAL SANTOS City--Backed by about two dozen police and military personnel, offi cials of the South Cotabato government swooped down on the gold rush village of Kematu in T'boli town on Thursday and shut down the operation of 300 illegal tunnels. No violent resistance marred the implementation of the closure order that was served on the miners. Operators, displaced mine workers and their families watched helplessly as the team went in to padlock some 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 100 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 diffi cult to padlock them all, considering South Cotabato padlocks 300 tunnels in T'boli gold rush site 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 (environmental and work safety) 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 smallscale mining area, comprising 21 hectares, came because of the overlapping Land claim of the TMBMPC and the Maguan clan in the gold-rich mountain. In 1994, then Gov. Hilario de Pedro III issued Executive Order (EO) 12 declaring the 21 hectares as "minahang bayan" or people's mining site in favor of the TMBMPC. In recent years, the Maguan clan claimed the area was part of their ancestral domain and demanded that mining operations there by the TMBMPC members should have their consent. The two parties failed to settle their dispute during the emergency meeting called last Tuesday by South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr. Meanwhile, to ensure the closure order won't be violated, at least two checkpoints or detachments manned by soldiers and policemen will be put up in the village. "These detachments will prevent the transport of ore to the town center," Siegfred Flaviano, acting chief of the Provincial Environment Management Offi ce said. PNA | |||
==COMMENTARY: The flipside of grief== | ==COMMENTARY: The flipside of grief== | ||
*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2011/10/29/commentary-the-flipside-of-grief/ | *Source: http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2011/10/29/commentary-the-flipside-of-grief/ | ||
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The flipside of grief is outrage. | The flipside of grief is outrage. | ||
Showing grief should be meant to give a human angle to the story not precipitate anger and hatred. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Edwin Espejo writes for asiancorrespondent.com) | Showing grief should be meant to give a human angle to the story not precipitate anger and hatred. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Edwin Espejo writes for asiancorrespondent.com) | ||
==Sultan Kudarat seeks ways to boost coffee production== | ==Sultan Kudarat seeks ways to boost coffee production== | ||