Palawan Mining Rush and the Grief of Sumbiling.mp4

In this interview, Diosdado Corio, the leader of the indigenous community of Sumbiling and Marylin Samparan, a Palawan from barangay Taratak (Municipality of Bataraza) express their complaints on the presence of Rio Tuba Nickel Mining Corporation (RTNMC) on their ancestral territory. They also complain about the inefficiency of government agencies such as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD). Particularly, they claim that the officers of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) rather than supporting the rights of their indigenous constituents are in fact siding with the mining companies.

For more information: survivalinternational.org/tribes/palawan

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Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Palawan
• Bataraza Municipality
• Sumbiling
• Mining
• Loss of livelihood
• Indigenous Peoples

[jaymaravilla0702]

prohibited to be copied...e bakit nasa youtube? ang gulo mo naman kung sino ka man na nagpost nito! isipin mo nga Youtube ito...internet ito...tapos di pwedeng kopyahin...

[jaymaravilla0702]

manong simple lang yan...itanong mo sa sarili mo...ang NGO ba nakakatulong ba sa inyo? may mga pinapaaral ba sila na mga kagaya nyo (SDMP Scholars)? binibigyan ba kayo ng mga tractor, buto pang tanim...ospital na kapag kailangan ay nadyan agad? itanong mo yan manong...alam mo ang tunay na sagot

[jaymaravilla0702]

are you using cellphones, computers, spoon, fork, batteries? well, all these products came from and obtained from mining...practice what you preach di ba? so you don't like mining, then dont use products that came from mining minerals! Put your money where your mouth is! Ayaw nyo sa nickel mining pero gumagamit kayo ng computers to post this video...computers whose parts are made of minerals that were obtained from mining! Ang paplastic nyo!

[PinunongKanluran]

RIO TUBA wala na nag lahat iyo after 25 years. Saan kau pupunta? ang may pera aalis ang maiiwang maliliit ay mag kakasakit at mamatay. Isa ka nalang anino ng masayang khapon RIO TUBA at sa hinaharap kinakatakutang kota. Nagpasasa ka dati at nagpagayuma sa katanyagan at pera habang ikaw ay ginagahasa. Kawawa ka! magsilbi ka sanang ARAl sa iba at hindi na maulit sa iba.

[alvin112665]

ok .may nakinabang or umunlad ang buhay,,tulad ng sinasabi mo.pero mas wasto kung makikita mo na maliit na porsyento ng mamamayan lamang ang sinasabi mong nakinabang.at sana din makita mo ang lahat ng mga masamang epekto sa lahat ng mamamayan ng palawan at sa kalikasan.ang mga masasamang epekto ng pagmimina ay daranasin din ng mga susunod na henerasyon.ngayon timbangin mo kung ano ang wasto?ang ilang gumanda ang buhay na sinasabi mo.o yung masamang ibubunga ng pagmimina na daranasin ng mayorya

[almonte013]

please know the real facts... dig deeper and take both sides... please take into cosideration lahat ng taong nakatira not for a few people you can use just to support your outcry.. lumalabas kasi na hearsay lang e... please take into cosideration the feeling of those people who where changed by the RTNMC...both native palaweno and luck-driven people ay gumanda ang buhay sa tulong nila dahil natulungan at NAGSIPAG/nagsikap hindi tumunganga lang...please naman po..listen to the other voices, to us

[alvin112665]

sabwatan ng lokal na naghaharing uri at dayuhang kapitalista kaya umiiral ito..mag organisa tayo at kumilos para din sa kinabukasan natin...maraming paraan para pigilan ang mapanirang pagmiminang ito...labanan natin ito sa lahat ng antas at anyo ng paglaban..may mga kasama sa bagong hukbong bayan na nakatalaga sa inyong lugar at sila ang maaasahan ninyong kasama sa pakikibaka laban sa pagmimina....

[C4secure]

This man is employed on Environmental Legal Assistance Center (ELAC) he used his tribal group for non sense act, he only benefited by any income from Foreign Funded Non Government Organization, which is unethical because "as a Tribal head he must be responsible for his tribal group but unfortunately he used his power as tribal chieftain to gain money for his own good only.