Indigenous Peoples Cry For Help vs. Miners In Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

Indigenous Peoples Cry For Help vs. Miners In Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines   Frustrated and helpless about government utter failure to protect their ancestral domains in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Subanen leaders have reached out to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to seek advice on how to protect their remaining swathe of lands from incursions by both local and international mining companies.   Three Subanens leaders, who all requested anonymity, charged that the operations of these...

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