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• Marinduque environmental disaster circus: Hidden agenda glaring now?
  on Jan 27, 2017 in DISASTER Marcopper
  As of today, I have posted 173 articles on the subject of Marcopper. Far from being an expert on this matter, most of these articles (in English and Tagalog), are based on my own research as well as first-hand information gathered from many who are i...
• Bagong banta: Pagguho ng lupa sa gitnang bahagi ng Maguila-guila Siltation Dam o 'Subsidence'
  on Jan 25, 2017 in DISASTER Marcopper
  Subsidence, sinking of the Earth’s surface in response to geologic or man-induced causes.  Is it the same as sinkholes?Despite similarities the two are not the same.  In simplest terms, land subsidence is a lowering of the ground while si...
• Leaks found in abandoned Marcopper dam
  on Jan 24, 2017 in DISASTER Marcopper
  Lower Makulapnit Dam was used as siltation dam (left) and Upper Makulapnit Dam (right) functioned as water reservoir.The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) detected leaks in one of the abandoned dams of Marcopper Mining Corp., raising anew public con...
• Flash report from Cong. Lord Allan Velasco on Makulapnit Dam leak
  on Jan 24, 2017 in DISASTER Marcopper
  A view of Upper Makulapnit Dam. Photo: LAVTeam of engineer and geologists from DENR, EMB, MGB and PENRO accompanied by Cong. Velasco on their way to the dam site. Photo: LAVEntrance to the Makulapnit Diversion Tunnel. Photo: LAVLordAllan Quinto Velas...
• Declare Marcopper as abandoned mine site
  on Jan 24, 2017 in ECO-TOURISM Marcopper
  Am reposting this article published here on September 28, 2016, following public concerns now raised anew over the integrity of Marcopper's abandoned earth dams. No maintenance, repair and rehabilitation has been undertaken for the last 20 years and...
• Two demonic earth dams now torment the people of Marinduque
  on Jan 21, 2017 in DISASTER Marcopper
  Two structures built by Marcopper have caused untold suffering to the people of Marinduque for more than two decades - The Maguilaguila Siltation Dam that burst in 1993 and has forever polluted the Mogpog River, and the Tapian Pit, a 130-ha wide and...
• Is Marcopper's Makulapnit Dam ready to burst?
  on Jan 20, 2017 in Marcopper
  Army CAFGU  operatives and the persistent fountains of toxic water inside the tunnel in dramatic show. Not a question of 'if' but 'when'.Who knows, after numerous and consistent denials* by the DENR-EMB maybe another one of Marcopper's perilous...
• Cockfighting arena in Boac hosts image of Divine Mercy. 'Onli in PH' daw
  on Jan 19, 2017 in Bishop Marcelino Antonio Maralit Jr CBCP
  Divine Mercy in a cockfighting arena? Only in PHBishop Marcelino Anthony Maralit of Boac (center) speaks in a press conference at the sidelines of the 4th World Apostolic Congress on Mercy at the National Shrine of Saint Padre Pio in Sto. Tomas, Bata...
• The top 10 most biodiverse countries; Philippines no longer ranked
  on Jan 18, 2017 in ENVIRONMENT
  Ocean Biodiversity. Photo: OceanbiodiversityTumblrTwenty years ago, the Philippines captured the imagination of the science community and the Filipinos when it was described in the book "Vanishing Treasures of the Philippine Rain Forest" described it...
• Putin's message: Fake news makers "worse than prostitutes"
  on Jan 17, 2017 in WORLD
  "Prostitution is an ugly social phenomenon," he told reporters, adding that people who stand behind "fabrications" that are now used against Trump "are worse than prostitutes."Fake news makers 'worse than prostitutes': Putin slams those behind Trump...

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