Vizcaya IPs assail mine firm for forcible entry into their property
>> Tuesday, June 7, 2022
QUEZON, Nueva
Vizcaya -- Indigenous Peoples (IPs) here assailed what they called forcible
entry of a mining company into their private property without their consent and
consultations with affected communities in violation of laws, rules and
regulations.
A source, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals and for security reasons, alleged that FCF Minerals Corp. started its development activities in Barangay Ronrono, particularly within Stages 3 and 5 of the mine site, when it excavated an area approximately 30 meters long and 10 meters wide that caused significant damages to agricultural crops of the IPs and other reported damages to their private property in the area.
The source said there was no formal agreement between the affected IPs and the company for the latter to enter their property.
The source said company personnel and heavy equipment were escorted by members of the Provincial Mobile Force Company and the Philippine Army.
Affected IPs and families reportedly submitted a complaint letter to FCF Minerals Development Corp. asking the company to stop its mine development activities in the area until their complaints have been settled, but this reportedly was not heeded by the mining firm.
Early this month, the source said the company also entered the same contested area with heavy equipment and excavated another portion 20 meters long and 20 meters wide in a private property with the assistance of police and military.
This reportedly made affected IPs and their families at Sitio Tayab to barricade their private property.
A source, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals and for security reasons, alleged that FCF Minerals Corp. started its development activities in Barangay Ronrono, particularly within Stages 3 and 5 of the mine site, when it excavated an area approximately 30 meters long and 10 meters wide that caused significant damages to agricultural crops of the IPs and other reported damages to their private property in the area.
The source said there was no formal agreement between the affected IPs and the company for the latter to enter their property.
The source said company personnel and heavy equipment were escorted by members of the Provincial Mobile Force Company and the Philippine Army.
Affected IPs and families reportedly submitted a complaint letter to FCF Minerals Development Corp. asking the company to stop its mine development activities in the area until their complaints have been settled, but this reportedly was not heeded by the mining firm.
Early this month, the source said the company also entered the same contested area with heavy equipment and excavated another portion 20 meters long and 20 meters wide in a private property with the assistance of police and military.
This reportedly made affected IPs and their families at Sitio Tayab to barricade their private property.
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