Photo credits: Erwin Mascarinas We are greatly disappointed with this development. ATM believes that OceanaGold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI) had failed to substantially comply with the requirements of a renewal for FTAA. It did not inform the local governments about its application and has not secured the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of the affected indigenous peoples. This interim renewal smells tragically as an attempt of DENR to circumvent the already vague and ant

Our Fight: Global Climate Strike DILIMAN, QUEZON CITY – Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) joins 350.org, the Global Catholic Climate Movement, and SEED Network at the University of the Philippines-Diliman campus to demand climate justice in solidarity with other movements from 150 countries. The demand for climate action and justice has turned into a global mass movement to send a message that the world must act now to mitigate the effects of climate change. The practice of "business

Defend Environmental Activists: The Philippine Climate Crisis QUEZON CITY – Two hundred people from Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice and Power 4 People Coalition assemble in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) office; highlighting the current state of human rights violations and killings of environmental defenders. According to the Global Witness Report in 2018, the Philippines rank 1st in being the most dan

September 11, 2019 KASIBU, NUEVA VIZCAYA– One hundred local members of Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) together with Alyansa ng Magsasaka para sa Kalikasan ng Kasibu, and Didipio Earth Savers Movement (DESAMA) march in front of the OceanaGold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI) gate in Didipio, ordering the immediate closure of their illegal mining operations. "Hindi na dapat bigyan ng panibagong permit ang OceanaGold. Pagkasira lang na mga bundok namin ang dinala niyan dito. Tapos iiwanan pa

Sept. 10, 2019 ATM Statement on the arrest of environmental women activists in Manila ATM strongly condemns the arrest and detention of women activists who staged a non-violent protest action inside Sofitel Hotel in Manila, earlier today. The six women conducted a “mannequin challenge” inside the lobby of Sofitel Hotel to protest against destructive mining operations in the Philippines. An international mining conference was holding its opening program when the protest was l

September 10, 2019 There is no future in mining ATM Statement on the Opening of Mining Philippines 2019 Quezon City –“Responsible mining” is a myth, and even the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines (COMP) has stopped pretending it exists. The concept didn’t find any space in the theme nor in the program for the annual international mining confab that opens today at the Sofitel Hotel Manila. What is real and factual are the destruction brought by large-scale mining. Alyansa

Women do the #MannequinChallenge – call to end destructive mining. Manila - “Kalikasan, Kabuhayan, Karapatan, Kinabukasan” – these were the words elaborately painted on the bodies of six women who stood still in middle of Sofitel’s lobby on Tuesday (September 10). The women from Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) Women and Mining Working Group expressed their protests with body paint covering their bodies and performed the #MannequinChallenge at the opening of the Mining Philippines In

BAYOMBONG, NUEVA VIZCAYA – Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) together with its local partners, the Nueva Vizcaya Quirino Waterwatch, Alyansa ng Magsasaka para sa Kalikasan ng Kasibu, and Didipio Earth Savers Movement (DESAMA) declare their rejection of the continued illegal and destructive operations of OceanaGold Philippines, Inc. (OGPI). One hundred local farmers and indigenous peoples from the village of Didipio gathered in front of the OGPI satellite office to dramatize their dema