Campaign jingle against mining in Surigao: ‘Iska Pamilya, Iska Boto, Kontra mina’
By Vanessa L. Almeda , MindaNews.com
May 8 2013

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – To counter alleged vote-buying schemes by pro-mining candidates, anti-mining advocates in Surigao del Sur are knocking on voters’ conscience with a ditty that will make one sing, shake hips and clap hands.

Aptly titled “Iska Pamilya, Iska Boto Kontra Mina,” the jingle – written by homegrown talent singer-songwriter and producer Zandro C. Urbiztondo – is original, crisp and upfront.

And unlike most campaign jingles whose music and lyrics are copycats of popular songs like Gangnam Style, Macarena, among others, “Iska …” talks of the fight of Carcanmadcarlanons against mining and the destruction it brings to the province’s waters and agricultural lands. Urbiztondo, called “Popoy” by family and friends, says that mining thus affects the people’s principal source of livelihood – fishing and farming.

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