BUNAWAN, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 5 April)—Manobo Lumad groups and mine workers here vowed to protect the embattled top executive of a gold mining company “at all cost” against moves of its Aust…
BUNAWAN, Agusan del Sur —Manobo Lumad groups and mine workers here vowed to protect the embattled top executive of a gold mining company “at all cost” against moves of its Australian counterpart to remove him from office.
“I will bet my own life to support Atty. Raul Villanueva all the way,” declared Rolito “Hawodon Tagdoan” Peñaloga, chairman of Bunawan Manobo Ancestral Domain Management Council Inc. who also sits as Municipal Tribal Chieftain of Bunawan. But Hallasgo, chair of Rodrigo Clan and Settlers Indigenous Peoples Organization Inc. , denied they were after the biggest IP royalty share, which is one percent of the sales of the gold mined in the area.
Hallasgo also denied claims from Peñaloga’s group that she was appointed as one of the new board of directors of PMC under the X64 management, saying that ROCSIPO only wished to rightfully claim their ancestral land, which apparently has overlapped with the claim of the opposing Lumad group, referring to BMADMCI.
X64 is the Australian partner of PMC since 2013 with a 40% share; its Filipino partner controls the other 60%.
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