2012-02-05
UN revises appeal; seeks higher amount to help Sendong survivors

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/04 Feb) — Even as donors’ aid comes in “trickles,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) raised to $39 million (around P1.7 billion) its appeal for financial ass... (more)

2012-02-05
Sacrifice food security for mining?

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 February) — The government’s target to be self-sufficient in rice production by 2013 is “not achievable with mining,” an environmental scientist specializing on economic development said as he clai... (more)

2012-02-05
Surigao small- scale miners face new roadblock; Mamanwas say their consent not sought

SURIGAO CITY  (MindaNews/04 Feb) — Members of the Mamanwa tribe said they may not allow the creation of a “Minahan ng Bayan” or People’s Small-Scale Mining Area within their ancestral domain, claiming the planners did not ... (more)