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ATM Statement on the Expired Mining Contract of Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc.
Cancel FTAA #1 and Stop destructive large-scale mining in Nueva Vizcaya It was a year ago when the mining contract of OceanaGold Philippines Inc. (OGPI) expired. For all intents and purposes, OGPI should have stopped its destructive mining operations. It has failed to secure an extension or renewal of its FTAA (Financial and/or Technical Assistance Agreement #1), it does not have the support of the local governments of the village, the municipality or the province of Nueva
Green group skeptical of mining company’s human rights policy
Oceana Gold must dutifully act and not simply pay lip service about human rights. Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) is skeptical about OceanaGold’s commitment and sincerity to meaningfully respect human right in its mining operations. Our experience with their Philippine company OGPI (Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc.) has been a series of human rights abuse and lip-service to complaints of affected-communities. On June 19, OceanaGold, the parent company of OGPI, released its human right


Green groups denounce DENR plan to mine and dredge rivers as economic stimulus: Mining will not stim
QUEZON CITY - Alyansa Tigil Mina denounced the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) plan to push for more mining and river dredging to jump start economic recovery due to COVID19. ATM said that the minuscule economic contribution of mining to the Philippine economy poses a bigger threat to rural and indigenous communities and the environment. The group urged the national government to find better, greener and more sustainable solutions to contribute in stim


Palawan farmers reclaim land from mining company
BROOKE'S POINT, PALAWAN – Members of the Samahan ng Magsasaka Ayaw sa Pagmimina (SMAP) led a protest action on June 17, 2020, against the Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC) that resulted in the withdrawal of its security forces. In 2016, The Department of Environment and Natural Resources revoked the Environmental Compliance Certificate of INC. Additionally, on August 26, 2018, the company's Mineral Production Sharing Agreement with the government expired and has not been renewe
Green groups laud UN report on human rights in Philippines
Alyansa Tigil Mina lauds the UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) for releasing its report on the human rights situation in the Philippines. Working with mining-affected communities and as environmental rights defenders, we know full well the difficult situation rights defenders face in possibly the most dangerous country to be a green activist or a land rights defender. Our alliance welcome the specific mention of the UN report about the case of a mini

Increased threats to green activists in World Environment Day 2020
As we celebrate World Environment Day this June 5, 2020, Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) calls on the Philippine government to listen to the cry of the Earth. The Duterte administration must listen to the cry of the rural poor who are devastated with the impacts of the lockdown that was imposed because of COVID 19. And with shocked disbelief, we reject and condemn the passage of the Anti-Terror Bill in Congress. COVID19 is a direct outcome of the links between extraction, climate