Watch this Video on what irresponsible mining did to the tropical island-paradise, Marinduque; Huge protest on the proposed settlement tomorrow on mine spill anniversary

Announcement from the Municipal Government of Boac:

Konsehal Myke R. Magalang MAKIALAM AT LUMAHOK po tayong lahat sa isang mobilisasyon bukas, Marso 24, 2014, na pinangungunahan ng Pamahalang Bayan ng Boac upang tutulan ang di-makatarungang mga termino ng Nevada Case proposed settlement agreement. 

8:00 ng umaga - pagtitipon sa Kabilang Ilog Bridge malapit sa Boac reclaimed area para sa simbolikong paggunita sa pagkamatay ng Ilog Boac at pagpapaanod ng mga bulaklak; 

9:00 ng umaga - programa sa Boac Covered Court.

Araw ito ng pagluluksa kaya itim ang lahat ng damit na isusuot!

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As the town of Boac and Marinduque province commemorate on March 24, 2014, the 18th Anniversary of the Marcopper mining disaster documentary films on the impact of irresponsible mining to health and the island's ecology will be shown in Marinduque

on Cable TV Channel 3 on the following dates : 

March 22 - 10:00 am to 8:00 pm

March 23, 24 ; 27 until April 2014.

Out of sight, out of mined from Oxfam Australia on Vimeo.

Boac River Mine Spill of March 24, 1996 photos below.

From a presentation by the Marinduque Council for Environmental Concerns (MaCEC), prepared by Myke Magalang

 

A past commemoration of the Boac River mine spill
"NAIS NAMIN ANG HANAPBUHAY
NGUNIT DI NAMIN HANGAD ANG MAGKAMATAY" (Placard)