Zambales Participated in the Launching of “Tao Muna Hindi Mina”

The peoples of Zambales, one of the 80 provinces of the Philippines took the streets to join other nine provinces in the launching of the national campaign against mining dubbed as “Tao Muna Hindi Mina”.

The campaign is pushing for the enactment of the Alternative Minerals Management Bill and the respect for human rights in areas where there are mining operations.

Alex Hermoso of PREDA said that the mining companies and the government have been claiming that mining will help develop the Philippines, but in reality not one of the many mined areas in the country improved the lives of the people, study shows that after the mining operations, the people became poorer because their basic forms of livelihoods were destroyed.

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