December 8, 2020 Didipio mines must not be allowed to re-open to avoid more floods. Quezon City – Green group Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) hit Malacanang today for its reported order to re-negotiate the Didipio mining contract in Nueva Vizcaya province, saying this move by the executive department was ill-advised. Jaybee Garganera, National Coordinator of ATM said that Malacanang appears to be “either insensitive or is simply blind to the situation of affected-communities in Nort

December 7, 2020 Tacloban, Leyte – Local green groups, farmers, and anti-mining activists called for the stoppage of magnetite sand mining operations in prime irrigated, agricultural lands in a protest caravan and press conference earlier today. Members of Save MacArthur, Leyte Movement (SAMACAMO) led the protest action against the extraction of black sand, especially under the context of a health crisis. The project covers 7,400 hectares across five (5) municipalities namely