August 25, 2007
Calls for calm
Church, NGO leaders move to prevent mining bloodshed
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—Leaders of the Catholic Church and non-government organizations have stepped into a broiling mining controversy in upland Kasibu town here involving tribal folk who have been blocking the entry of a foreign mining firm into the village.
They have raised concerns over a possible face-off between 1,000 [...]