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Albay governor orders investigation of fish kill

Posted by Bicol Today on October 31, 2007

Environmentalists, clergy continue to oppose Lafayette mines
By Manny T. Ugalde and Rhaydz B. Barcia, Correspondents-Manila Times

LEGAZPI CITY: Albay Governor Jose Sarte Salceda on Tuesday called for a thoroughinvestigation into the fishkill that hit five coastal villages of Rapu-rapu allegedly triggered by mine tailings that overflowed from a mining operation in the said island town.

Salceda said his office had asked the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to undertake a thorough investigation of the reported fish kill incidents that happened on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

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Two years after Lafayette mine tailing spills in Rapu-rapu

Posted by Bicol Today on October 10, 2007

Arroyo’s flagship mining project in the red with A$94 million loss, promised projects unfulfilled

One toilet, declining fish catch for residents, and financial woes.

Two years after it caused its first mine tailings spill in the island of Rapu-Rapu in Albay on October 11 2005, the Arroyo administration’s flagship mining project is now in the red and has left its promises of prosperity for Rapu-Rapu’s residents unfulfilled, green watchdog group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) today summed up. Read the rest of this entry »

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