Itogon, Benguet: Residents of Barangay Didipio in Kasibu town, Nueva Vizcaya continue to barricade the mining site of an Australian mining firm, and have called on President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to stop the ongoing drilling operations they claimed were detrimental to their life and the environment.

The local folks, belonging to Didipio Earth Savers Multi-Purpose Association (Desama) and Samahang Pangkarapatan ng Katutubong Mangagawa at Magsasaka, Inc. (Sapakmmi), launched their barricade since Wednesday in Sitio Camgat in the said village.

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