August 26, 2007
People power vs mining
1,000 villagers turn back Australian firm
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya—For the second time in six weeks, villagers in upland Kasibu town succeeded on Friday in repulsing a foreign mining firm which was trying to enter the area and conduct exploration activities.
About 1,000 villagers forced a company truck to back off, stopping this from moving forward as [...]