A Catholic bishop hinted his diocese will appeal to the incoming government to declare the island province of Marinduque a mining-free zone.
Diocese asks next admin to declare Marinduque as ‘mining-free’ zone
Category: Marcopper
Velasco’s statement on court awarding damages to Marcopper victims
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco has lauded the decision of the Marinduque Regional Trial Court ordering Marcopper Mining Corporation to pay damages to those affected when the firm’s siltation dam burst in 1993.
Marinduque, ginawang ‘pilot province’ sa pagpapatupad ng PAFES sa Mimaropa
Lumagda sa kasunduan para sa pagpapatupad ng Province-Led Agriculture and Fishery Extension System (PAFES) ang Department of Agriculture at Marinduque provincial government, kamakailan.
Research Paper: The 1996 Marcopper Mining Disaster in Marinduque – Five Decades of Social Injustice and Neglect
Five decades have passed since Marcopper Mining Corporation operated in Marinduque. Thirty years of large-scale mining and two decades of ignoring to own up to their mistakes or “criminal negligence” during the 1996 mining disaster, the affected community members still suffer from its aftermath. From the previously pristine water of Calancan Bay, to the mountainous headwater of Mogpog, down to the historic Boac River, the ecological damage Marcopper has caused is beyond repair. People who used to catch fish, shrimps, and crabs in the rivers no longer see anything that has life in these bodies of water.
23 years after, mine tailings still a threat to Marinduque, says official
Many residents of Marinduque province still live in fear, almost 23 years after the area was hit by one of the largest mining disasters in the country