SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 12 May) – Landslide allegedly brought about by earthquake-induced cracks on an old tailings storage facility, struck a gold mining village in Mainit, Surigao del Norte at around 5 p.m on Saturday, burying
MAINIT, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 13 December) – The mayor of Mainit town and fisherfolk living around Lake Mainit want to know if mining operations upstream caused the massive fishkill of thousands of tilapia and carp in the last three
Around 400 Mamanwas set up barricades outside the offices of Greenstone Resources Corporation in Barangay Cawilan, Tubod town in Surigao del Norte. As they entered their third day at the picket line on Thursday (19 March 2015), the Mamanwas claim
TUBOD, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 19 March) – For alleged non-payment of royalty share to the Mamanwas, tribesfolk have set up barricade against a mining firm operating in this municipality. Since last Monday, around 400 Mamanwas made shanty encampments
A boy takes advantage of the last days of summer by taking a bath at the hot springs in Barangay Mapaso, Mainit town in Surigao del Norte. MindaNews photo by Roel Catoto
