Local officials, NCIP commissioner back royalty claims of Manobos who barricaded mine site

By Danilo Adorador III PUYAT, Carmen, Surigao del Sur – Officials had endorsed the ancestral domain claim and demand for royalty by a group of Manobos that recently staged a barricade against a mining company in Claver, Surigao del Norte, documents obtained by MindaNews show…

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PGMC pays P16-M royalty share for lumads in Surigao

By Alvin T. Guanzon BUTUAN CITY — Mining firm Platinum Group Metals Corporation paid a total of P16 million royalty share to the indigenous people in Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. The royalty fees represent partial payment of PGMC to indigenous people communities wh…

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Mamanwas receive potable water from mining firm, rotary clubs

 By Eugenio Lira, Jr. An indigenous community of 40 Mamanwa families from the impoverished barangay of Mabuhay, Sison, has received on Saturday a P450-thousand potable water system from the joint undertaking of Wallaby Corporation, Rotary Club of Metro Surigao and Rotary…

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Two NCIP officials in Caraga Region suspended without pay for one year

 Following suspension order of the Office of the Ombudsman, National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) Chairperson Zenaida Brigida Pawid ordered the two NCIP officials of Caraga Region to vacate office, relieved their responsibilities as NCIP officers and turned over …

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Solon urge the CHR to investigate the plight of Mamanwas in Surigao City

“The Commission on Human Rights should investigate the plight of about 37 Mamanwa families now in Surigao City, “said ANAD Rep. Jun Alcover as he called on CHR Chair Etta Rosales to ferret out the truth and impose appropriate sanction on those responsible in the ‘forced eva…

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Troops dismiss allegations of forced evacuation of Mamanwa families

The 30th Infantry “Python” Battalion Commanding Officer LTC Erwin Rommel Lamzon has dismissed the allegations made through text messages that there was a forced evacuation of Mamanwa tribe of Kitcharao in Agusan del Norte from Sitio Bacud, Brgy. Luna in Surigao City. “There…

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Task force created for displaced Kitcharao tribal folk

The City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) created recently a multi-agency task force purposely to facilitate the peaceful transfer of the Mamanwa families temporarily settled in Brgy. Luna, Surigao City back to their original abode in Sitio Zapanta Valley, Brgy. Bangayan, Kit…

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House probes Mamanwa’s 1% royalty share in Surigao City

The committee on Cultural Communities of the House of Representatives recently conducted a public hearing in Surigao City to determine the amount of royalty paid by the mining companies to the Mamanwa communities. Committee chair Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat stressed that t…

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2 Caraga solons seek probe on alleged connivance over ancestral domain row in Surigao Norte town

Surigao del Norte Congressmen Guillermo Romarate Jr. (2nd-District) and Francisco Matugas (1st-District) have filed a proposed House resolution seeking an inquiry on a complaint of alleged connivance of three mining firms and officials of the National Commission on the Indi…

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Official Statement from Taganito Mining Corp: Re Equipment Burning near Sitio Daging, Urbiztondo, Claver

On July 21, 2010, a group of armed men took two security guards hostage and, after freeing the security guards later in the day, proceeded to burn a number of heavy equipment belonging to a Surigao-based contractor, which equipment was under contract with our company. From …

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Heavy equipment ng Taganito Mining sa Claver, Surigao del Norte, sinunog

SINUNOG ng mga pinaghihinalaang miyembro ng indigenous people sa mga Mamanwa ang heavy equipments ng Taganito Mining Corporation sa Brgy. Urbiztondo, Claver, Surigao del Norte. Ito ang kinumpirma ni Col. Ruben delos Santos, ang PNP Provincial Director. Tinukoy nito, 5:00 ng …

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Lumads seek probe on mining, logging in protected watershed

Tribal chieftains and their followers in Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga Region) Tuesday requested the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to facilitate their request for a congressional inquiry on alleged logging and mining operations in 43,601 hectares of ancest…

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Caraga lumads demand ouster of NCIP head

Members and officials of the Caraga Regional Tribal Consultative Assembly (CRTCA) will hold "peaceful" lightning protest rallies at the regional office of the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) until Friday next week to demand, among others, the ouste…

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Taganito Mining Corp mihatag ug hi-lux cars, mga motor ug 5 milyones sa mga Mamanwa sa Claver

Dako ang pasalamat sa mga Mamanwa sa Brgy. Urbiztundo ug Taganito sa lungsod sa Claver pinaagi sa ilang kapunungang Asosasyon sa Madazaw na Panagkaisa nan mga Tribong Mamanwa sa Taganito ug Urbiztondo o AMPANTRIMTU ngadto sa Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) diin sa makausa…

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Mamanwa tribe now on their 2nd week of "human barricade" vs mining firms in Taganito

Some 400 members of the Mamanwa tribe are now on their second week of staging a “human barricade” along the highway of Taganito in Claver, Surigao del Norte, demanding their right to one percent royalty from the gross output of the operations of four mining firms there. Mam…

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