Residents of Sibuyan Island in Romblon province continued to barricade the port of a local mining firm to stop its trucks from hauling nickel ore as antimining groups asked the national government to stop mineral extraction on the island. | mvirolaINQ
In a Viber message, Police Capt. Richard Obsid, information officer of the Romblon police, said policemen were sent to the port to maintain order.
Rodne Galicha, a resident of Sibuyan and executive director of the interfaith movement Living Laudato Si, said the national government “showed disrespect” to the local government and communities by allowing APMC to operate on the island. According to Ibañez, the protesters were demanding that the mining company show a barangay clearance, a municipal business permit, a foreshore lease contract from the DENR and a permit from the Philippine Ports Authority to construct a private port.
In June last year, the municipal councils of the three Sibuyan towns issued a joint resolution “strongly opposing metallic large-scale mining” on the island.These towns appealed to President Marcos and the DENR to declare Sibuyan Island free of large-scale metallic mining. They also called on Environment Secretary Ma. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga to immediately “review, halt, revoke and reject all mining agreements, operation and applications within the territorial jurisdiction” of Sibuyan.
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