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Article

16 Nov 2009

Author:
Ramon Efren R. Lazaro, Business Mirror [Philippines]

Mining-affected area in Nueva Vizcaya visited by CHR [Philippines]

The Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) is hailing the order of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to further investigate the alleged illegal demolition and dispersal operations …related to the operation of the Didipio Copper-Gold Mining Project [owned by OceanaGold]...[CHR Chairperson Leila] De Lima…[said] that “the rights of the indigenous inhabitants and residents of barangay Didipio…cannot be impaired on the whim and caprices of the government, let alone a private enterprise such as OceanaGold”…