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January 9, 2012

VIDEOS:

ALDAW KORDILYERA, A People's Struggles (Cordillera Day Celebrations from 1985 to 1998)

SABIDONG TI BALITOK (TOXIC GOLD)

Produced by the Tan-aw Multimedia Collective, Health Action Information Network (HAIN), the Save the Abra River Movement (STARM), Montañosa Relief and Rehabilitation Services (MRRS), and Cordillera Peoples Alliance, Toxic Gold presents the effects and impacts of Lepanto Consolidated Mining Corporation’s bulk mining operations to the Abra River and the indigenous and peasant communities by the river. Apart from the environmental, social and agricultural impacts, the documentary presents the plight of Lepanto’s underground mine workers.

AGNO

Produced by the Cordillera Peoples Alliance and Southern Tagalog Exposure in 2002, The documentary delves on the importance of the Agno River to the people of Itogon, Benguet and Pangasinan and how the San Roque Dam Project will take away the right to land and livelihood of the people. The people’s struggle against the government flagship project rages despite the impoundment of water in the dam. (See related campaigns on large dams on Campaigns page.)

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TAXI FILIPPINO

Produced by TV Oost in Belgium, Taxi Filippino is the story of a roadtrip through the Cordillera, a mountain region in the North of the Philippines. From the summer capital Baguio to the province of Kalinga, the taxi passes by slums, schools and mining companies, mountain villages and military camps. Corruption is everywhere. More than a thousand people were the victim of political assassination under the regime of president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Hundreds of others disappeared. And still the Filipino's have the courage to go on.

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	NORTHERN LUZON MINING AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT: Northern Luzon Situation on Mining, Human Rights and Disaster Impacts (Presented by the RDC KADUAMI)
	NORTHERN LUZON MINING AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT:People's Development and the Occupy Wall Street Movement (Presented by the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera or CDPC)
	NORTHERN LUZON MINING AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT: National Industrialization as a Framework for an Alternative Mining Program in the Philippines (Presented by Bagong Alyansang Makabayan or BAYAN)
	BAYAN MUNA HOUSE RESOLUTION 2016 EXPRESSING PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE DEMISE OF WILLIAM "BILLY" FUNA-AY CLAVER, HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER, CHAMPION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS, FOUNDING CHAIR OF THE CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE, AND HONORABLE MEMBER OF THE EIGHTH CONGRESS, REPRESENTING THE LONE DISTRICT OF THE THE PROVINCE OF KALINGA-APAYAO
	TRIBUTE TO ATTY. WILLIAM 'BILLY' CLAVER: Joint Statement of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance and Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera
	TRIBUTE TO ATTY. WILLIAM 'BILLY' CLAVER: During the Book Launching of William 'Billy' F. Claver: Selected Speeches and Statements
	ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ON MINING IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION
	FIRST NORTHERN LUZON MINING AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT OPENS WITH RALLYING CALLS FOR ENV'L DEFENSE, HOUSE BILL 4315
	ANNOUNCEMENT ON SINE KARBENGAN
	CONGRESSMEN'S TALK, LAUNCH OF VIDEO ON OFFSHORE MINING AT THE NORTHERN LUZON MINING AND HR SUMMIT
	UNITY STATEMENT FROM THE ILOCOS MINING SUMMIT:DEFEND ILOCOS AGAINST MINING PLUNDER
	PRESS RELEASE: ILOCOS PEOPLE'S MINING SUMMIT
	FIRST NORTHERN LUZON MINING AND HUMAN RIGHTS SUMMIT SLATED
	RESULTS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BAMPIS (BENGUET-ABRA-MOUNTAIN-PROVINCE-ILOCOS SUR) MINING SUMMIT
	BAMPIS (BENGUET-ABRA-MOUNTAIN-PROVINCE-ILOCOS SUR) STATEMENT
	KEYNOTE ADDRESS OF MAYOR JEREMY JESUS BUENO (SANTA, ILOCOS SUR) ON THE OCCASION OF THE BAMPIS MINING SUMMIT
	MESSAGE FROM CONG. TEDDY BRAWNER BAGUILAT ON THE BAMPIS MINING SUMMIT
	CPA PRESS RELEASE: BAMPIS MINING SUMMIT TO DISCUSS, ACT ON MINING SITUATION
	MINEWORKERS, MINING-RAVAGED COMMUNITIES EXPOSE MYTH OF SAFE, RESPONSIBLE MINING
	MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY FROM CONG. TEDDY BRAWNER BAGUILAT TO CPA'S MINES UNSAFETY 2011 ACTIVITIES
	TRIBUTE TO JEAN MACLI-ING: A PIONEER IN ACTIVIST NGO DEVELOPMENT WORK
	ON GENUINE REGIONAL AUTONOMY: PRESENTATION BY THE CORDILLERA PEOPLES ALLIANCE DURING THE ACADEMIC FORUM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CORDILLERAS
	CPA STATEMENT ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT AT REGIONAL AUTONOMY
	*More Updates*

Over 400 community representatives from the Ilocos, Cagayan Valley and Cordillera regions, including some parts of Central Luzon actively participated in the successful first Northern Luzon Mining and Human Rights Summit hosted by the CPA in Baguio from Dec 12-15, 2011. Important highlights include the formation of Amianan Salakniban Network for the Environment, the reef-to-ridge action plan and Amianan Salakniban Declaration, the launching of RDC Kaduami's offshore mining video documentary,launching of the book William 'Billy' Funa-ay Claver: Selected Speeches and Statements.

Over 200 community members in Ilocos region gathered last November 26, 2011 in Vigan, Ilocos Sur for the Ilocos People's Mining Summit. CPA Chairperson Windel Bolinget was the keynote speaker in the broadly attended event, which resulted in the formation of Defend Ilocos. Other highlights include the passing of a Unity Statement and Ilocos-wide action plan on large mining.

Over 200 community leaders from Benguet, Abra, Mountain Province and Ilocos Sur participated in the BAMPIS Mining Summit in Abra last November 18-19, 2011. It resulted in the formation of the BAMPIS Mining Watch and a reef to ridge action plan to protect people's rights and the environment from mining plunder and destruction. CPA and STARM organized the event, where Hon. JJ Bueno, Mayor of Santa municipality in Ilocos Sur, delivered the keynote addres.

CPA, KMU, APIT TAKO, INNABUYOG and KATRIBU Indigenous Peoples Partylist organized parallel activities to the Philippine Mining Industry's Mines Safety activities in Baguio this week. Community members' and workers testimonies where shared in a press conference and a people's forum, while CPA and KATRIBU provided an overview of the Cordillera Mining Situation and the People's Mining Bill, or House Bill 4315.

CPA co-organized the national celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day last August 6 to 9, 2011 in Manila. Highlights include the lobbying-dialogue at the House of Representatives, mobilization at Mendiola and consultation of IPs with the GPh and NDFP, and with the GPh and MILF.

Surface James Balao

CPA Founding Member and Oclupan Clan Association President James M. Balao, 47 years old. Abducted by military intelligence and security units at Lower Tomay, La Trinidad, Benguet on September 17, 2008. Respond to our ACTION ALERT.