The Promises to the Relocated 32 Families in Zambales due to Mining Expansion Remain Unfulfilled, yet the Mining Operations of Shangfil Continues

BY ben696molino, http://www.allvoices.com
May 22, 2012

More than five months after 32 families in Bgy. Bolitoc, Sta. Cruz, Zambales were forced by the Shangfil Mining and Trading Corporation to dismantle their houses and relocate to a nearby area, most of the promises of the mining company remained unfulfilled, yet the operations of the mining company continues.

On May 20, volunteers of the Concerned Citizens of Sta. Cruz (CCOS) and the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) met with the displaced families to look into their situation five months after they were forcibly removed from their community. According to the representatives of the families, the mining company is yet to provide them a contract or a written assurance that the 90 square meter lot where they built or will build their houses will be theirs. Other unfulfilled promises are: (a) concrete fencing of the relocation site; (b) one truckload of gravel and sand per family; and (c) to elevate the relocation site.

Because of the absence of a written assurance from the mining company that the lot will be theirs, most of the families are undecided what type of house to build. Thus, they will bring this matter to the local officials and the mining company.

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