Marcopper Mining News Today

MARINDUQUE State College (MSC) College of Environmental Studies Dean Dr. Evangeline Mandia presented recently a paper titled Revisiting the Impacts to Livelihood and Human Health of the Marcopper Mine Disaster in Marinduque, The Philippines – 20 Years After during the 3rd International Conference on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices held at the Universitas Ahmad Dahlan (UAD) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on July 5 to 7, 2023.

The Department of Finance is now finalizing the actual valuation of the Basay mining project in Negros Oriental as the government ramps up the sale of its mining assets.

Former Supreme Court Justice now Marinduque Governor Presbitero J. Velasco Jr. has cited an upcoming project designed to ultimately bring an end to Marinduqueños’ decades-old problem of inadequate potable water supply. Velasco was referring to a recently concluded bidding and award between the Marinduque Water District and the Pasig City-based…

A Catholic bishop hinted his diocese will appeal to the incoming government to declare the island province of Marinduque a mining-free zone. Bishop

Justice finally prevailed after decades of waiting for the victims of the Marcopper mining tragedy. We celebrate with the people of Marinduque, with the

“More than two decades in the making, the landmark case is a cautionary tale on how the Mining Act of 1995 and related policies have been lacking teeth and biased toward big businesses and their political sponsors.”

The government is making progress in its efforts to privatize idle government-owned mining assets, saying the Basay mining project in Negros Oriental is now ready for public auction,