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Environmentalists increasingly anxious over the effects of mining in Davao Gulf

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

A top official of the island garden city of Samal cracked a joke about the fish of Davao Gulf before a recent mining conference here to raise a point on the need to protect the environment amidst the flurry of activities in mining.

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Part of Diwalwal?s 8,100 hectare mining reserve up for bidding

By GERMELINA A. LACORTE | Davao Today

Government has declared the 8,100 hectares, which included the gold rush site of Diwalwal, as a mineral reserve, taking over full control of its operation. Government has divided the area into three zones, the 729 hectare gold rush site operated by the small miners, another zone open for large scale investors and the tribal section, where indigenous peoples who formerly owned the land are allowed to operate.

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MILF calls for an independent body to look into civilian casualties

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | Davao Today

"The government will not implement what it has committed. So when it was not signed, our two commanders concluded that the government of the Philippines did not really want the peaceful process. So, they decided by themselves without the sanction of the high leaders of the MILF. That's when the problem came."

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