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Dec 01, 2017· Farmers and fishermen from Manicani island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar take their battle to Manila, as they call for the DENR to disallow the renewal of mining activities in their hometown.
This was also a direct reference to the Hinatuan Mining Corporation whose open pit mining operations since 1989 in the island of Manicani in Guian, Eastern Samar have become a classic example of the devastating effects of mining. What is striking is that HMC has been suspended since 2001 and its MPSA lapsed last October 2017.
Aug 11, 2016· MANILA, Philippines The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended two more mining companies in Eastern Samar, in line with the ongoing mining audit by the agency. The ...
Philippine antimining activist Francisco Canayoung was murdered after opposing chromite mining in Salcedo, Eastern Samar, which drastically destroys the health of local communities and the environment.
Jan 06, 2013· Magraogdaog nga mga Tawo ni Eastern Samar GOV. CONRADO "Aklan" NICART
MINERAL PROFILE PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR 3 II. LAND AREA AND MINERAL POTENTIAL Total land area of Eastern Samar is 466,611 hectares. The total area covered by the approved mining rights is only % or 9, hectares of the total land area of Eastern Samar and only around 21% or 2, hectares are covered
May 31, 2016· Notwithstanding the protests from an antimining group, the Hinatuan Mining Company continued its operation this week to remove mining wastes from Manicani Island in Guiuan town of Eastern Samar ...
IV. NATURAL RESOURCES . Limestones are largely abundant in Samar . A. Land Resources. The province of Samar is the largest of the three provinces in the Island of Samar with a total land area of of 559,100 hectares or 5,591 square kilometers.
The Legislative District of Eastern Samar is the representation of the Province of Eastern Samar in the Philippine House of Representatives. Eastern Samar was represented as the third district of Samar until Republic Act No. 4221 was ratified in November 1965, after which the representative of the third district of Samar automatically served as Eastern Samar''s representative.
The mining company, Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), has been lobbying for an extension of its soontoexpire mining permit, asking for another 25 years of operation.
Aug 11, 2016· MANILA, Philippines The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended two more mining companies in Eastern Samar, in line with the ongoing mining .
Residents of Philippines mining town protest reopening of coal mine ... At least 30 people from Manicani Island in Eastern Samar province want ... The residents oppose a mining company''s bid for ...
The bishop of Borongan in Eastern Samar hailed the decision of Environment Secretary Gina Lopez to cancel the mining operations in the province, saying he hoped that it would be permanent.
Sep 15, 2012· Eastern Visayas is one of the regions of the Philippines and is designated as Region VIII. It consists of six provinces, namely, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar (Western Samar) and Southern Leyte. These provinces occupy the easternmost islands of Visayas: Leyte, Samar and Biliran. The regional center is Tacloban City, one of two cities of Leyte.
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to issue suspension orders to two mining companies operating in Homonhon Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar ...
Jan 17, 2013· MANILA, Philippines The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill declaring Eastern Samar as a "miningfree zone." House Bill 6679, which is authored by Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone prohibits all mining operations in the province.
TACLOBAN CITY A vessel that was washed inland in Quinapondan, Eastern Samar during the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda has resulted for the destruction of mangroves. Margarita de la Cruz, a known environmentalist and former professor of the University of the PhilippinesTacloban Campus, said that the vessel is owned by a mining company that operates in [.]
BORONGAN CITY–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Eastern Samar approved a resolution expressing support and interposing no objection to the resolutions passed by four barangays in Manicani island, and the Sangguniang Bayan of Guiuan, supporting the renewal of the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) of Hinatuan Mining Corporation (HMC).
Challenging times ead for PH mining companies. By: ... [in Eastern Samar] will not be suspended as the social and environmental standards being employed (there) are of the same standards used in ...
Jun 17, 2016· The governor of Eastern Samar, one of the country''s poorest provinces, has asked three mining companies to cease operations that are being blamed for peace and order problems.
Pax Libera aspires to become the foremost mining company in the Philippines. Currently, it has existing operating and contracting rights over thousands of hectares of mineral properties located in the provinces of TawiTawi, Isabela, Zambales, Surigao, Dinagat Islands, and Eastern Samar.
Chromite mining in Salcedo and killing of activist Francisco Canayoung, Philippines. Description: Extensive smallscale legal and illegal chromite mining in Salcedo, Eastern Samar, has provoked rampant human rights abuses, while substantially destroying the local environment [1]. Conflicts between mining companies and local antimining ...
Apr 13, 2011· GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. Eastern Visayas encompasses the two large islands of Leyte and Samar, the province of Biliran and several minor region is the eastern boundary of the Philippines. The San Bernardino Strait separates Eastern Visayas from Luzon in the southeast while the Surigao Strait separates the province of Leyte from the northeastern part of Mindanao.
DENR to suspend 2 mining companies in Eastern Samar. Aug 11, 2016 3:01 PM. Environment Secretary Gina Lopez says even with the ongoing audit she has not yet seen a model of responsible mining .
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