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MASSACRE SITE. Erita Capion, sister-in-law of Juvy Capion, presents to the Benedictine nuns the details of the “Tampakan Massacre” Sunday during a forum at St. Scholastica College in Manila. Juvy Capion and her two young sons were “massacred” by the 27th Infantry Battalion last October. (davaotoday.com photo by Alex D. Lopez)

Swiss-owned mining firm to face int’l HR tribunal for rights violations

Swiss mining giant Glencore will go on trial before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) in Geneva this month for “troubling human rights violations in the Philippines.”

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Envi planners discuss ‘green sustainable communities’ but misses out on coal

Some 100 “environment planners” all over the country held a two-day conference here since Friday to discuss ways to create “green and sustainable communities” vis-à-vis urban development in Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Council racing to stop mining in Davao

Council racing to stop mining in Davao

City Councilor Danny Dayanghirang said the Council needs to firm up a resolution in the next two weeks before it's too late to oppose the entry of two mining companies in Paquibato district, this city. Otherwise, "(M)aybe we will wake up and see the companies excavating the mountains," he said.

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Read more about the article Eye in the Sky vs. illegal logging
LOGS, EVERYWHERE. Thousands of logs are stored in Baganga town’s port area where the lumber company Baganga Plywood Corporation is also located. Edgar Ladjao, a local of Davao Oriental, said logging has not stopped in the province despite the total log ban ordered by President Noynoy Aquino in February 2011. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Eye in the Sky vs. illegal logging

Can drones or the eye in the sky help save our dwindling forests?

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