Vizcaya tribes support mining firm expulsion

BAGUIO CITY: Tribal folk from Nueva Vizcaya and Ifugao picketed the gates of the open pit mining site of Oceana Gold Philippines Inc. (OGPI) in Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya calling for the company’s expulsion from the Philippines and El Salvador.

Led by SAPAKKMMI Didipio, Amianan Salakniban, Green Youth, Ifugao Peasant Movement, TIMEQ–Quirino and Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Novo-Vizcayanos para sa Kalikasan (ANNVIK), the protesters marched along Sitio Boulevard to the gates of OceanaGold chanting the mining giant’s violations to the indigenous villages and their environment.