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Groups Denounce Killings of Environmental Activists
On Mining
Thursday, 04 March 2010 19:07

Groups Denounce Killings of Environmental Activists
By atm.admin - Posted on March 3rd, 2010

March 3, 2010

Press Release

GROUPS DENOUCE KILLINGS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS

MANILA, Philippines – Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), an advocacy group on environmental and human rights issues and people’s movement composed of more than eighty (80) organizations from mining-affected communities and civil society organizations nationwide, denounces the killings of environmental activists Gensun Agustin in Buguey Cagayan and Ricardo Ganad in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro.

Gensun Agustin at the ATM General Assembly in January 2010.
Gensun_Agustin(Photo by ATM)
“ATM denounces the brutal killings of environmental activists Gensun Agustin in Buguey Cagayan and Ricardo Ganad in Victoria, Oriental Mindoro. The death of the two staunch anti-mining leaders happened in less than a month apart and both murders cannot discount their strong opposition to mining and political affiliations to anti-mining local officials as the possible angles of motives to their gruesome deaths during this election period,” said ATM national coordinator Jaybee Garganera.
Last Updated on Thursday, 04 March 2010 19:13
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AMRSP Statement on Edsa Anniversary
General Campaigns
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:19
STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE 24TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EDSA PEOPLE POWER REVOLUTION
ASSOCIATION OF MAJOR RELIGIOUS SUPERIORS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Today marks the 24th anniversary of the people’s victory against tyranny and dictatorship. In February 1986, the Filipino people proved that the power of darkness need not prevail over the great rays of light. Freedom was regained, and the people’s voices and power triumphed!

The gains of EDSA gave us opportunity to look back at the things that led the people to rise up against the dominant powers at that time. We were made conscious that it was the curtailment of freedom and democracy and the oppression committed by the Marcos conjugal dictatorship that pushed the Filipinos to take on the cause to topple down the conjugal evil. The abuses brought about by the long arms of the dictator reached that point where the country could no longer bear it and so the people raised their voices in discontent and anger and swore that never again would evil prevail in our land!

The struggles and victories of EDSA were short lived. The powers that corrupted the government and the authorities of the Martial law years succeeded in creeping back into the minds of those who were entrusted with leading our land. Then, and now, the people are again facing the very same enemy that they toppled in EDSA during those great days of February 1986. The dreams that EDSA promised never materialized, for the atrocities that the people of 1986 denounced, happened again and in fact are gaining greater momentum now compared to what was happening then.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 February 2010 16:22
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We must stop the Laiban Dam Project
Other campaigns
Monday, 22 February 2010 13:31

We must stop the Laiban Dam Project

JOINT STATEMENT
February 17, 2010

We must address the real “water crisis”. Metro Manila's “water crisis” has nothing to do with a deficit in water supply, and everything to do with wasteful water management practices. Officials of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) are saying that we need more water when what we actually need is a better MWSS. The demand projections that are being touted around as the main justification for the dam project are not at all supported by the facts. At best, they are but empty figures.

According to the Freedom from Debt Coalition, we would need only 1260 million liters per day (MLD) to provide each Metro Manila resident with double the minimum volume of 50 liters per capita per day (lcpd) prescribed by the World Health Organization. This required volume of 1260 MLD is barely one-third of our already existing supply. Even in the worst case scenario of an extreme El Nino drought this year, the allocated supply from Angat Dam will not go lower than 3000 MLD. As observed by the National Water Resources Board, the domestic water supply for metro manila would still be manageable but it would be imperative on the MWSS to properly rationalize the distribution of this supply.

The records and statements of both Maynilad and Manila Water support the fact that our water supply is actually sufficient to meet the needs of the coming years. Maynilad Services, for one, is presently using only around 35% of its allocated supply to service its existing customers.
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Green groups welcome ‘writ of kalikasan’
On Mining
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 11:19

By Abigail Kwok
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 13:56:00 02/09/2010

Filed Under: Environmental Issues, Judiciary (system of justice), Laws, Mining and quarrying


MANILA, Philippines — Environmental groups on Tuesday welcomed Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno’s proposed “writ of kalikasan,” saying the move by was a “progressive measure” taken by the high court to address the “injustices” experienced by Filipinos from ecologically- destructive projects.

The Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM, Alliance to Stop Mining), an environmental group composed of mining-affected communities and civil society organizations, said the proposed writ would also help “address the injustices related to extractive industries and mining, in particular, in the country.”
Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 11:23
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Illegal Arrest and Detention of 43 Health Workers an attack against Human Rights Defenders
General Campaigns
Monday, 08 February 2010 13:49
Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), a mission partner of the Association of Major Religious Superiors in the Philippines (AMRSP) strongly condemns the illegal arrest and detention of 43 health workers conducting a health seminar in a resort in Morong, Rizal last February 6, 2010 by the Military and Police.

The illegal arrest and detention and the malicious labeling/red-tagging are clear harassment directed against human rights defenders that are often committed in the country.  Col. Aurelio Baladad justifies the arrest and detention by accusing the victims of alleged involvement to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army (CPP-NPA) and that they were allegedly making bombs.

Based from reports, the victims were having a seminar on First Responders Training sponsored by the Community Medicine Foundation, Inc. (COMMED) and Council for Health and Development (CHD) at Dr. Melecia Velmonte’s Farm, a conference and training facility in Morong, Rizal when the raid took place.  
Last Updated on Monday, 08 February 2010 13:54
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