Press statement on recent earthquakes in Mindanao MGB must suspend all mining operations in Mindanao Assessment of stability of mine facilities demanded Quezon City – Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) is calling on the MGB to suspend all mining operations in Mindanao and immediately conduct assessments to determine the stability of mine areas, given the recent series of earthquakes that hit Mindanao region in the past weeks. With the recent Magnitude 6.6 quake in Cotabato affecting ar

DENR-MGB is lawyering for the mining industry and creating confusion Quezon City – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is dispensing fake news. Our alliance denounces in the strongest possible terms the attempt of the MGB, particularly its Regional Director for Region 12, EngineerFelizardo Gacad Jr to promote destructive mining in South Cotabato. In an article at Manila Standard, Dir. Gacad was quoted as stating that

KASIBU, NUEVA VIZCAYA – Nationwide members and partners of Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) visit Barangay Didipio in solidarity with the barricade of DESAMA to call the immediate removal of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI) operations in the area. A day after the expiration of the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) of OGPI in 2019, farmers and indigenous peoples of DESAMA set up a people barricade in Brgy. Didipio on June 21, 2019, to prevent the illegal operations

ATM Press Release Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya – Provincial Governor Carlos Padilla, local communities, indigenous people, and church organizations sustained strong opposition on the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) renewal of Oceanagold Philippines Inc (OGPI) in a dialogue held today at Saint Mary's University. The Bishops-LGU-Community dialogue activity was co-hosted by Bishop Jose Elmer Mangalinao of the Diocese of Bayombong and the Provincial Government of

“Salat sa pagkain; pagmimina salot sa’tin” – The loud call of rural and indigenous women from Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) Women and Mining Working Group as they staged a noise barrage at the Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. The women bang empty pots and spoons symbolizing the adverse impact of large-scale mining on food security. “Ang aming mga kaldero ay wala ng laman tulad ng sa libu-libong pamilya ngayon sa ating bayan,” [Our pots are empty, the same as those of thousands of Filipin