By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today As Section 12 of EO 79 relegates to the courts what is supposed to be within the local government unit’s power to exercise authority, the Bayan leader asked, “Where will LGUs turn to if foreign and big mining corporations file cases against them?”
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “EO 79 lacks in social justice. It claims it’s good for the mining industry, but it’s very half-baked.” -- Ateneo de Davao University President Joel Tabora
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “Sakit gyud. Dugay na kaming naningkamot aron molambo, among kusog pamuo ang gigamit, ang uban kinabuhi ang gihalad, apan ang EO 79 usa ka pagyatak kanamo” (It’s painful. We labored hard for a long time, others offered their lives. The EO 79 really violates our rights)." -- Juanita Villosino, small-scale miner
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino called on Malacañang not to use EO 79 to force local government units “to water down their ordinances protecting the environment and communities from large-scale and destructive mining” in a press briefing here Saturday.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “The EO is not a policy shift but a fine-tuning of the widely opposed RA 7942 which perpetuates the highly extractive, export-oriented and foreign-controlled mining industry” -- Juland Suazo, Panalipdan spokesperson.