Environmental activists delivered a “Notice of Closure” to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau here on Tuesday in a protest action on the eve of International Earth Day.
Panalipdan Southern Mindanao spokesperson, Prof. Kim Gargar, said they are declaring the MGB as “inutile” for allowing foreign large-scale corporations including Glencore-Xstrata-SMI, Indophil, Apex, Oz Metals, and St. Augustine. Gargar said the MGB has facilitated the destruction of the Philippine environment and the continuing suffering for thousands of peasants and indigenous peoples in the countryside.
Prof. Kim Gargar of the environmental organization Panalipdan unfolds the content of the closure notice in front of the office of XI Regional Director of Mines and Geoscience Bureau at A. Quezon Street, Davao City.
Sheena Duazo of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and Prof. Kim Gargar of Panalipdan served the closure notice at the office of the Mines and Geoscience Region XI Director on Tuesday.
Environmental activists urge President Aquino to scrap the Mining Act of 1995. They are also pushing for the passage of the Peoples Mining Bill already filed in Congress.
