Philippines: Romblon’s Indigenous Community Cries Foul On Mining Project

Philippines: Romblon’s Indigenous Community Cries Foul On Mining Project   The indigenous Ati community in Romblon’s Odiongan town has rejected a mining company’s claim that it had consented to a mining exploration in the community’s ancestral domain.   Ati chieftain Pabling Vallejo said his community is against the exploration project during a forum on Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) and mining conducted by Romblon Ecumenical Forum Against Mining (REFAM).   Ivanhoe Philippines, a...

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