RE: This is not a happy areaOh come on, I stayed in the philippines for over a month last January. Sure in the southern parts of the islands you need to be careful as they are mostly muslims there. But in northern Luzon the people there are all quite nice. I cant see the "13 Bishops" of whatever standing in the way jobs for hundreds of locals, its not exactly a rich country.
But its nice that we have the support of the government.
"Today, we see the government aggressively promoting mining and minerals as the drivers of growth for the Philippine economy."
also
"As a result, communities along the river lost their livelihood from fishing, and agriculture production is slowly decreasing due to the polluted waters."
They over fish in general using nets that would be illegal here. And pollution is everywhere there, stopping a mine would have little impact.
They have bigger things to worry about than a productive gold mine. This project can mean alot to ones living there.
CD