After forcibly evicting the residents from their houses and bulldozed their farmlands in 2009, Oceana Gold is now destroying the water sources of communities adjacent to the mining site with their toxic mine tailings.
The military denied the claim of progressive groups that it is supporting the Alamara, allegedly an anti-communist group of the indigenous peoples.
A week before the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, President Benigno S. Aquino III conducted an inspection Tuesday of the venues as well as the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminals which will be used by the delegates when they arrive for the summit.
A workers group has demanded the Social Security System (SSS) to implement austerity program and make more efficient its collection system to help meet the P2,000 monthly increase in monthly pension for its 1.9 million pensioners.
A local group believes the Philippine government is going overboard in preparing to host for the Asia Pacific Economic Conference this month.