... were being mined by both firms, and “the mining tenement of OGPI is right at the very center” of the watershed area. OGPI has been contracted by the national government to operate the Didipio gold and ...
... or OGPI. The Nagtipunan municipal government led by Vice Mayor Amel Fiesta expressed support for the Bugkalot-Ilongot tribe’s claim of ancestral domain ownership over the area being mined OceanaGold. OceanoGold’s ...
... destroy it. By employing that kind of fertilizer, the soil is ruined, it becomes hard. On the contrary, by utilizing organic compost the land is being repaired and the soil fertilized,” she said.
In ...
... defender, Edy Tábora, warned that if the resolution was contrary to what was requested, it was because a political sentence was being dictated by the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Rolando ...
Wayka
Arsenic and mercury were found in the bodies of people in the districts near the Coata river basin, in the Puno region, which is being contaminated by mining tailings. Local leaders claim that ...
... you @USAmbSV for being an important partner for sustainable development in El Salvador. I am confident that we’ll do great things for @ANDASV and El Salvador.”
In an opinion piece, journalist and Executive ...
Aaron Macaraeg Bulatlat
The Philippines ranked second in the 2019 Global Witness report for being the deadliest for environmental defenders with. In 2018, the country topped the list with 30 defenders ...
... activists are now being sued in court exactly for their action to make visible the discrimination that LGBTI people are facing,” said Swedish GUE/NGL member Malin Björk.
Timeline 22 October: the winner ...
... related to land struggles, including Carlos Escaleras, whom the national park is named after. Mr. George believes he is being targeted because of his efforts to accompany the victims and their families. ...
... of measure should be applied. Despite a writ being filed with the President of the Supreme Court of Justice asking for these measures to be considered for the ‘Guapinol 8’, there was no success.
Trócaire ...
... treaties”.
Medicine
Similarly, Chile and Ecuador have facilitated compulsory licences that seek to prevent patents on medicines and equipment being monopolized by a single company. However, some investment ...
... of Honduras. This is Centeno in a recent video testimony prior to his forced disappearance.
ALBERTH SNIDER CENTENO: [translated] We have witnessed how the Garífuna people are being killed, how we’re ...
... Platform, also reported being intimidated and threatened with detention twice by military and security agents of a supermarket.
In addition, leaders of La Lempira, including Raúl Ramírez of the Unified ...
... military troops being deployed instead to enforce the world’s longest and harshest COVID-19 lockdown sans real public health solutions.
Duterte’s ‘yes men’ in Congress railroaded the Antiterrorism Law, ...
... homes almost always involve people putting their bodies on the line. People need to mobilize to stand guard over a mine site fence, to keep watch over a forest at risk of being cut down, or to demonstrate ...
... arbitration claim is progressing.
Pan American has consistently resisted pressure to provide any estimate regarding the timing of a restart at Escobal, which will follow the four-stage consultation being ...
... during the outbreak, the government is being threatened with arbitration by businesses in the European Union and Canada that want access to its energy markets.
Several other legal experts have warned that ...
... in the ground to be stored as groundwater and then emerge in springs, rivers or the sea.“
What this paragraph describes is the natural process of interactions between nature and living beings, a relationship ...
... live in hiding for fear of being captured by the army who do not need a judge to issue an arrest warrant. The Guatemalan Nickel Company also benefits from the Siege status especially since the company ...
... achievements of the work that Marcelo initiated in the municipality.
For us as environmental fighters, Marcelo represents the seed of the inspiration that keep us working for the well-being of the environment ...