Philippines: Tampakan Mining Project Cause Of Conflicts In B’laan Tribe - Communities Want SMI Out

Philippines: Tampakan Mining Project Cause Of Conflicts In B’laan Tribe - Communities Want SMI Out   Peace and order situation in Malungon, Sarangani Province faces new threat as B’laan communities in different sitios and barangays contend over the Tampakan Mining Project of Sagittarius Mines Inc. which continues to undertake its activities in the tribe’s homestead despite being denied of an Environment Compliance Certificate (ECC) by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...

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