Brown water, black sand MacArthur, Leyte’s struggle against mining, Yolanda, and climate change Text and photos by Denise M. Fontanilla I recently spent eight days in eastern Visayas, the region where typhoon Yolanda first passed through on November 8, 2013, almost ten months ago. Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM, or Alliance Against Mining) invited the civil … Continue reading [Blog] Brown water, black sand: MacArthur, Leyte’s struggle against mining, Yolanda, and climate change. By Denise M. Fontanilla