Stomach pain, skin diseases, rotting toenails, drying up deep wells, people being forced to buy water down the mountain just to have something to drink, people being forced to sell their lots or just leave – these are just some of the common complaints in communities severely affected by gold mining in Didipio, Nueva Viscaya.
“Our soil is now no longer as fertile. The yield has gone down because the soil is not as nutritious and it lacks water,” a student supporter of Sapakkmi (Samahang Pang-karapatan ng mga Katututbo, Magsasaka at Manggagawa, Inc) said during an earlier conference organized by Katribu in Quezon City with the support of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights.
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