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Ship carrying magnetite stokes fears on Cagayan mining

By atm.admin - Posted on January 3rd, 2010




By Melvin Gascon
Inquirer Northern Luzon
First Posted 19:18:00 01/02/2010

 

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20100102-245172/Ship-carrying-magnetite-stokes-fears-on-Cagayan-mining

 

BAYOMBONG,
Nueva Vizcaya – The North Korean ship loaded with magnetite sand and which
listed off the coast of Claveria, Cagayan, on Friday has bolstered suspicion
that illegal mining continued in the province’s beaches, a member of a local
environment group said.

Thousands of sacks of black sand with magnetite have been stocked on the beach of Minanga Village in Buguey, Cagayan Province. These were then hauled to and processed in Gozaga town when Vice Mayor Antiporda took office during the second suspension of Mayor Taruc that ended in November 2009. According to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, the minerals extracted are for sampling purposes. Photo by EcoWaste Coalition.




Doctor
Lazaro Ramos, former Cagayan board member, said the vessel, MV Nam Yang 8,
which was loaded with about 2,800 metric tons of iron sand, or magnetite, bound
for China, disproved government officials’ claims that black sand mining
operations had stopped.

“How
do they explain this now? This proves what [environment groups] and residents
have been complaining about for the longest time: That illegal mining continues
under our officials’ noses,” Ramos said in a telephone interview from
Ballesteros town in Cagayan.

Ramos
is part of a group, led by the Catholic Church, which has been opposing the
extraction of magnetite sand from the riverbed of the Cagayan River in
Camalaniugan and Lallo towns and the province’s northern coastline.

The
groups raised fears that communities would be flooded should magnetite mining
continue to eat up coastal areas.

Chief
Superintendent Roberto Damian, Cagayan Valley police director, said MV Nam Yang
8 was abandoned by its crew on Friday after its engine conked out and it began
tilting 11 kilometers off Barangay (village) Taggat Norte in Claveria.

The
ship left the port of Aparri on December 31 carrying magnetite, a mineral used
to produce steel, magnets and paints.

Ramos
quoted several sources as saying the ship was last seen before New Year’s Day
docked off the Cagayan River delta and being loaded with black sand.

“These
reports have been going on but authorities simply dismiss them,” he said.

Government
officials gave conflicting accounts on the source of the shipment, but insisted
no extraction of magnetite was ongoing anywhere in Cagayan.

Mario
Ancheta, Cagayan Valley director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, said the
ship’s magnetite load was part of old stock extracted by Jisan Mining Corp., a
Korean firm with a small-scale mining permit from the Cagayan government.

Ancheta
said Nam Yang 8’s shipment was covered by an export permit issued by Cagayan
Governor Alvaro Antonio and affirmed by former environment secretary Lito
Atienza.

Ancheta
led a team that issued a report in October confirming the extraction activities
of MV Min Fu Jian Hou off the coast of Barangay Minanga Weste in Buguey town. He
said the extraction was for “sampling purposes” only.

“They
just had to be shipped so they were given a [permit],” he said.

Antonio
dismissed allegations that Nam Yang 8’s shipment was proof of ongoing mining
operations in the province.

“There
is no mining going on in Cagayan and I am not aware of any shipment of
magnetite sand that is coming out of Cagayan,” he said.

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Submitted by edwin cabrera (not verified) on Sat, 08/21/2010 - 16:11.

ILABAN TI DAGA KEN BIAG NGA AG-AGUMEN TI GANGANNAET A PANAGMINAS!
Adda ti arignat' dakkel a bagyo iti sango tayo ita. Daytoy a bagyo, mangdaddadael iti kabiagan, salun-at, aglawlaw ken mismo a biag tayo. Isu ti bagyo nga iyaay ti ganggannaet a panagminas iti Aparri ken intero nga Amianan a Daya a Cagayan.

Pannusa ti Dios wenno kinamalas? Saan. Daytoy a bagyo ket indiktar ti ganggannaet nga imperyalismo, idurduron ti bukatot a gobyerno, ken ipatpatungpal dagiti kakumplot da a lokal a kapitalista.

Kapigsaan a dungparen na ti biag ken kabiagan ti rinibu a pamilya tayo a naruay a mannalon. Datayo a pinnulon a tawen a nagpadur-as, nagtrabaho ken agbibiag manipud iti daga a binukatan ken nagbannogan ti kangrunaan a maparigatan, ta ti ganggannaet a panagminas ket pananggamrud iti daga a pagbibiagan.

Agminas da kadi para iti panagdur-as tayo? Saan. Panggep dagiti ganggannaet a pespesen ti binilyon a ganansya manipud iti panagminas ditoy pagilian tayo. Solusyon daytoy para iti nakaro a krisis a sagsagabaen da gapu iti pannakalugi iti produksyon ken tagilakuan. Bukwalen da ti dagdaga, sabidungan ti aglawlaw, iti nagan ti kuarta.

Daytoy a panagakup ti ganansya dagiti ganggannaet ket palpalubusan ken idurduron ti mismo a gobyerno. Iti uneg ti Linteg ti Panagminas a nayetnag idi 1995, inlukat ti inutil a gobyerno ti agarup 90% ti teritoryo ti Pilipinas. Impalubos da ti aginggana 50 tawen a panagminas iti agingga 81,000 ektarya a daga ken 324 ektarya ti kadanuman kada korporasyon, adda man wenno awan ti kasosyoda. Idi 2004, dimmanonen idi 421,723 ektarya ti sakup ti pribado ken ganggannaet a korporasyon iti panagminas ditoy Pilipinas.

Anian a panagaywan ti gobyerno iti interes dagiti ganggannaet! Inted na ti karbengan kadagiti bukatot a korporasyon a mangyawid ti 100% ti ganansya da, innem a tawen a tax holiday, ken awan buis iti panagnegosyo. Dumanon iti 985 milyon ti inlibre da a buis dagiti ganggannaet manipud 1978 agingga 1981. Inted da pay ti karbengan nga ilako wenno iyakar iti sinnoman nga asu-aso da ti permit iti panagminas. Sigun kadayta a linteg, mabalin nga ilemmeng ti detalye kanaig dagiti kumpanya da.

Anian a panangirurumen ti gobyerno kadatayo a mannalon ken umili! Babaen iti Linteg ti Panagminas, adda karbengan dagiti korporasyon iti daga ken danum; adda pay karbengan da a patalawen da tayo manipud iti pagtaengan ken pagbibiagan (easement rights) ken karbengan a rumuar-sumrek iti pribado a daga.

Nayetnag dayta a linteg idi panawen ti bulok a gobyerno ni Arroyo. Ita, itultuloy dayta ti baro a rehimen Aquino. Kunada, mangted kanot' rang-ay ti kabiagan ti ganggannaet a panagminas. Ngem 15 tawen manipud nayaramid ti Linteg ti Panagminas, awan latta ti panagdur-as a nalak-am ti umili. Dumanon laeng iti 2% ti nainayon a kita iti pagilian (gross national product). Ta saan a sungsungbatan ti panagminas dagiti kangrunaan a kasapulan ti masa ken pagilian.

Idurduron ken pagaayatan dagiti opisyal ti gubyerno daytoy a linteg, ta kaaduan kadakuada ket konsesyonaryo met laeng iti panagminas. Ditoy Cagayan, kadakkelan a konsesyonaryo iti panagminas ti pamilya Enrile. Iti uneg ti Cagayan Export Zone Authority, agdagup 54,000 ektarya iti intero a probinsya ti agumen da babaen kadagiti naduma-duma a proyekto, karaman ti panagminas. Ket tapno maaramid dagitoy a panggep, ar-aramaten ti gobyerno ti reaksyunaryo nga AFP tapno rebbeken ti aniaman a panaglaban tayo. Anian a kinagamrud. Anian a kinabuklis!

Nalawag ngarud, lalo nga ipapaidam ti ganggannaet a panagminas ti daga manipud kadatayo a mannalon. Pakpakaroen daytoy a panagminas ti kinaawan ti daga tayo a mannalon, a siguden nga ag-agumen ti dadduma pay a manangagum a proyekto kas ti CEZA, rukod-rukod iti daga, CARP ken dadduma pay.

Napigsa daytoy a bagyo, ngem kabaelan tayo a sarangeten. Adayo nga ad-adu ken napigpigsa ti umili ngem dagiti sumagmamano nga agtuturay ken kapitalista. Saan a rumbeng nga agulimek, agparintumeng wenno makitungtong nga agpakaasi laeng. Ta kaipapanan na dagita ti sigurado a pannakatay. Panaglaban laeng ti kakaysuna a nainkalintegan nga aramiden.

Tapno adda pigsa a mangirupir kadagiti dawat tayo, rumbeng a naurnos ti intar tayo. Allukuyen ti adu a mannalon nga agkameng iti DAGAMI, DANGGAYAN, ken dadduma pay a militante nga organisasyon wenno timpuyog dagiti mannalon. Dagitoy a mabukel nga organisasyon ti mangyuna kadagiti aksyon tayo tapno magun-od ti dawat tay’ a mannalon, kas ti rali, kumprontasyon, dayalog, petisyon, panagadal, ken dadduma pay. No saan a kas grupo ti panagtignay tayo, saan a napigsa ti boses tayo. Nalaka da tay’ laeng a waraen, allilawen ken butbutngen.

Saan tayo a paallilaw kadagiti organisasyon nga agpampammarang a para kadatayo a mannalon ngem kakumplot met ti gobyerno. Karaman ditoy ti PADER, ARARO, NELFI, Akbayan, Triple A, ken Timpuyog dagiti Mannalon nga Ilocano iti Baggao. Dagitoy a grupo agor-organisa met laeng iti mannalon, ngem tapno laeng alaen da ti pundo ken babassit a benepisyo. Saan da nga ilaban ti karbengan tayo iti daga, ta saan da a lapdan dagiti manangagum a proyekto ken linteg ti gobyerno ken dagiti imperyalista. Imbes a papigsaen ti intar tayo tapno sumango kadagiti agar-ari a sumagmamano, suroan da tayo nga agibaag ti ipus ken makipagkaykaysa iti manangparigat a gobyerno.

Nainkalintegan la unay dagiti kiddaw tayo a mannalon. Ket napigpigsa ti nagkaykaysa a boses tayo no tumipon wenno sumuporta kadatayo dagiti naduma-duma a grupo ken personahe. Napateg ngaasitgan, palawagan ken allukoyen tayo ida tapno tumulong kadatayo a mannalon. Allukuyen tayo dagiti tao ti simbaan, estudyante ken titser, tapno tumulong da iti panangiwaragawag kadagiti dawat tayo. Napateg met ti tulong dagiti taw-an ti midya, kas dagiti reporter ti Bombo Radyo, tapno napartak ti pannakaisaknap ti kasasaad, dawat ken laban tayo a mannalon.

Kabayatan ken uray kalpasan ti kampanya tayo laban iti panagminas, nasken nga agtultuloy tayo iti panagadal ken panagamiris. Regular tayo nga agirusat ken agatendar kadagiti seminar, pagaadal, talakayan ken kapadana nga aktibidad. Iti panagadal, naun-uneg tayo a maammuan no ania ti agdama a kasasaad ti pada tayo a mannalon iti dadduma pay nga lugar, sibubukel a pagilian ken lubong. Kasta met ti kasasaad ti dadduma pay nga umili. Lumawag kadatayo dagiti napalabas ken agdama a programa ti gobyerno, apay ken kasano tayo a labanan dagitoy.

No nauneg ti panagadal tayo iti gimong ken nailian-demokratiko a tignayan ti umili, natibtibker ti organisasyon tayo ket saan tayo a nalaka a maallilaw, agdudua wenno mawara. Mabaelan tayo a mangilaban ti karbengan tayo iti daga ken dadduma pay a kalintegan.

Ilaban tayo ti biag ken karbengan iti daga. Labanan tayo ti ganggannaet a panagminas ken dadduma pay a manangparigat a linteg ken programa ti gobyerno!

Alyansa Dagiti Mannalon Ti Cagayan (KAGIMONGAN) * Nagkaykaysa A Mannalon Ti Amulung-Alcala (NAMNAMA) * Panagkaykaysa Dagiti Mannalon Ti Surong Baggao (PADAM-SB) * Alyansa ng mga Magsasakang Kababaihan (AMIHAN)- Baggao * Farmers’ League Of Gonzaga (FLG) * Save Wangag River Movement (SAWAREM) * Batangan-Calayan Laban Ti Minas (BACALEM) * Save Palauig River Movement (SAPRIAM) * Dagup Igorot Association (DIA) * Protect Santa Ana Against Landgrabbing (PSALM) * Save Baua River Movement (SALBAREM)

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