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==Tribal folks oppose relocation from South Cotabato mining area== | |||
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=415413 | |||
*March 26, 2012, 8:48 pm | |||
:by (PNA) | |||
FFC/AVE/RSS | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, March 26 (PNA) -- Tribal communities opposing the large-scale copper and gold mining project of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) in the mountains of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur provinces have set up barricades and roadblocks anew in the area in a latest show of opposition to the project. | |||
The roadblocks were set up by residents belonging to the B’laan tribe in major roads covering Barangay Danlag in Tampakan, South Cotabato to portions of Kiblawan town in Davao del Sur. | |||
The tribal communities in Sitios Bongsbang and Alyong in Barangay Danlag in Tampakan and Nakultana and Lapla in Bongmal District of Barangay Kimlawis in Kiblawan said they set up the barricades to oppose SMI’s relocation plan for them. | |||
“The community was shocked by the relocation notice. I don’t want my family relocated,” local leader Juli Samling told reporters in the vernacular. | |||
Samling said they put up the roadblocks after SMI posted tarpaulins outlining the terms for its proposed relocation project, without allegedly explaining to them what it was all about. | |||
The company’s tarpaulins announced that March 22 should have been the cut-off date for those that would want inclusion to the relocation plans. | |||
Fr. Guillarme Joy Peliño, Social Action Center director of the Diocese of Marbel, said the barricades initiated by the tribal members showed their discontent to the mining project. | |||
“They have spoken and their voices should be respected by the company,” said the priest, who denied the local Catholic Church egged the tribal communities into setting the barricades. | |||
John B. Arnaldo, SMI corporate communication manager, said they have conducted initial dialogues with the tribal and barangay council leaders of the “project affected persons” (PAPs) who may be resettled if the Tampakan copper-gold project is approved. | |||
Arnaldo said the consultation process is in accordance with the Philippine government’s regulatory requirements, relevant international IFC standards and the policies of SMI and its managing shareholder, Xstrata Copper. | |||
As part of the resettlement consultation process, SMI has posted the cut-off date for the benefit of the communities to serve as reference of assets as of March 22. | |||
“This process has been widely appreciated by the respective tribal and barangay council leaders of affected communities, and for them to communicate this to their community members,” he said. | |||
==Increase in TB cases may mean improved reporting system - DOH-12== | ==Increase in TB cases may mean improved reporting system - DOH-12== | ||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1611332659940 | *Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R12&article=1611332659940 | ||
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This year’s World TB Day carries the slogan, “Stop TB in my lifetime.” | This year’s World TB Day carries the slogan, “Stop TB in my lifetime.” | ||
==2-hour rotational brownout in Mindanao to last until April== | ==2-hour rotational brownout in Mindanao to last until April== | ||