Following their recent exposés on the rampant illegal mining activities in their mountain village, two local officials were shot and killed by motorcycle-riding gunmen on Monday in Bayog town in the province of Zamboanga del Sur.......
He said their water sources are polluted due to the hazardous and toxic chemicals such as cyanide, nitric acid and mercury that illegal miners use in Balabag.
“Look at our streams, the water is now yellowish and that is because of the chemicals used by these illegal miners. We have been telling the government to put a stop to these illegal activities,” Mancao told The Times.
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