Marinduque Province

Manila—Communities in Marinduque are still suffering from the impacts of the Marcopper Mining Corporation—contaminated drinking water, toxic freshwater and marine life. Different groups altogether filed legal cases of mining affected communities in the Philippines but justice is yet to be served.

"The Boac disaster is a grim reminder of the irreversible damages large scale mining has on the environment, on communities' livelihoods, and the lives of the people. Unfortunately, today, we are experiencing yet two other disasters - the lack of justice the people of Marinduque is suffering from the impunity that Marcopper and Placerdome is enjoying; and the refusal of our government to learn lessons from this devastating experience," says Judy A. Pasimio, executive director of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC-KsK).