Thursday, October 22, 2009

People of Sablayan Condemned Secretary Atienza's Issuance of ECC to Intex Resources


Secretary Lito Atienza a self-professed environmental advocate and talks a lot about CLIMATE CHANGE & GLOBAL WARMING, is boastful of the issuance of Environmental Compliance Certificate to Intex Resources to pursue its Mindoro Nickel Project. The people of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro is condemning his insensitivity and irresponsible action and betraying the lives of millions of people of the Island of Mindoro and will eevntually erase in the face of the earth the cultural heritage of the indigenous people, the Mangyans. Sec. Atienza betrayed the people's trust, it could not be denied that he knew what happen at the aftermath of Typhoons Jolina, Ondoy & Pepeng, where all the conscience of Sec. Atienza, gone? Mindoro Island particularly Occidental Mindoro is a geohazard and flood prone area, a major rice producing province and the last remaining rice granary after what had happened to Central Luzon. Sec. Atienza didn't realized that about 10,000 hectares of forested land will be cut and excavated, mined and desecrated and major watershed areas feared to be ruined. To, Secretary Atienza, in behalf of the people of Mindoro Island we send you a warning and a clear message, we will protect our land, this is our home, this is our life! To President GMA, spare the Island of Mindoro or we all get hungry!

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