Advocates urge NHCP to save Homonhon Island from mining
'We urge the National Historical Commission of the Philippines to take a firm stand against the continued destruction of Homonhon Island,' says the Save Homonhon Movement
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'We urge the National Historical Commission of the Philippines to take a firm stand against the continued destruction of Homonhon Island,' says the Save Homonhon Movement
Bishop Crispin Varquez of the Diocese of Borongan quotes the second encyclical of Pope Francis, 'Laudato Si': 'The ecological crisis is also a summons to profound interior conversion.'
Residents say mining is killing Homonhon Island where Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan landed in 1521
In a statement, Bishop Crispin Varquez of Borongan said the diocese is “very much disturbed” by escalating mining activities on Homonhon Island in Guiuan town.