Green group slams mining fiscal bill’s royalty cap on Indigenous peoples
Under the proposed law, the ICC/IP shall be paid not more than 2% of the gross output of minerals produced from the ancestral domain
Under the proposed law, the ICC/IP shall be paid not more than 2% of the gross output of minerals produced from the ancestral domain
Earlier this month, the Department of Health said that TVI had not yet submitted the required HIA for its planned third coal plant
Global Witness pointed out that “more environmental defenders have been killed in the country than anywhere else in the region over the past 11 years.”
Data from Kalikasan PNE indicates even graver figures, with 21 defenders killed and 11 abductions of 19 defenders reported.
Fisherfolk groups called for immediate aid and livelihood assistance for those affected by the oil spill after a vessel carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial oil capsized in Bataan during the onslaught of Typhoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) “With the...