#𝐈𝐚𝐦𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐍: 𝐃𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄

I, along with the undersigned, stand in solidarity with all the residents of Brooke’s Point, Palawan, who are bravely fighting the illegal mining operations of Ipilan Nickel Corporation (INC).

In February 2023, an anti-mining human barricade was put up in Brooke’s Point to protest the illegal operations of INC, which has been mining the area without the necessary Mayor’s Permit and the Certificate Precondition from the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). The barricade was subsequently dismantled as the mining company lodged baseless charges against the residents.

Despite the Cease and Desist Orders (CDOs) of the local government and the NCIP directing the mining company to stop their operations, INC blatantly defies the orders and persists in mining illegally.

Brooke’s Point, Palawan, is home to Mount Mantalingahan, which has a remarkable biodiversity of 861 plant species and 169 vertebrae species.

With the continued illegal operations of INC, the environment, and the livelihoods and human rights of the residents -- especially the women and indigenous groups -- are severely affected.

Clearly, Brooke’s Point must break free from unjust and destructive mining operations.

We have a collective responsibility to protect the ecological richness of Palawan and the welfare of its inhabitants. Along with thousands, I declare that #IamONEwithPalawan as we call for an immediate halt to the illegal operations of INC and the subsequent non-renewal of their Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA).

#IamONEwithPALAWAN #DoNotMineCozPalawanisMine

Stop Illegal Mining Operations in Palawan Now!

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𝘈𝘬𝘰, 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘥𝘢, 𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘬𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯, 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘐𝘕𝘊)

𝘕𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘰 2023, 𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘕𝘊, 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 (𝘕𝘊𝘐𝘗)
𝘚𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘸 𝘯𝘢 𝘊𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 (𝘊𝘋𝘖) 𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘊𝘐𝘗 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨 𝘶𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢, 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘨 𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘕𝘊 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘺 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘶𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘵.

𝘈𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘬 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢-𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘰 𝘯𝘨 861 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 169 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘱.

𝘚𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘺 𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘕𝘊, 𝘭𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘴 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘢𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘬𝘵𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯, 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦—𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘰. 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦’𝘴 𝘗𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢.

𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘬𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘬𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢. 𝘒𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘨, 𝘢𝘬𝘰'𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 “𝘏𝘶𝘸𝘢𝘨 𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘏𝘐𝘕, 𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘈𝘞𝘈𝘕 𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘔𝘐𝘕!”, 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘕𝘊 – 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘱𝘢𝘨-𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘔𝘗𝘚𝘈).

#𝘐𝘢𝘮𝘖𝘕𝘌𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘗𝘈𝘓𝘈𝘞𝘈𝘕 #𝘋𝘰𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘊𝘰𝘻𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦

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