REFORMED: For former anti-mining activist Joy Gonzaga, the mining operation in Canatuan Mountain in Siocon town in Zamboanga del Norte province has provided jobs to many indigenous people and development to their communities. (Mindanao Examiner)ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 08 Sept) For the past decade, Joy Gonzaga and her husband Lesjolando, tilled five hectares of land up in the Canatuan Mountain in the remote town of Siocon in Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines. They planted cassava and vegetables and harvesting coconuts alongside the Subanon tribesmen who own the Canatuan ancestral domain.
Today, Joy, a 40-year mother of three manages a small business and was able to buy a parcel of land in R.T. Lim town in Zamboanga del Sur and built a new house for them. Thanks, she says, for the money she received from the Canadian mining firm, TVI Resource Development Inc.(Read more)
(Mindanao Examiner Video)
3 comments:
To do business in Philippines have negative image like selling bibingka, balut, or so. Businesmen think little of themselves. The truth is that he is the boss of himself, he is control of his own time, and he creates his own job. Plus, he got opportunity to earn tons of money with passion and drive.
Joy
Mabuti naman at nagising na ang mga kababayan natin sa bundok, practical na ngayon ang buhay. Walang maitutulong sa inyo ang iglesia at mga nan-government organisations at susulsulan lamang kayo niyan na magrally at magprotesta laban sa pagmimina dahil tumatanggap ng malaking pera at suporta ang mga yan sa dayuhang organisations. tiyak na yan mga pari at sino-sino pang ayaw sa minahan ay maraming salapi at baka mga sasakyan pa dahil sa laki ng pera tinatanggap mula sa mga dayuhang nan-govt organisations. mabuti sana kung nabibigyan nila ng hanap-buhay ang mga katulad ni Joy.
Ben Dipolog
Sige lang kamo kasatsat, mga wa'y batasan, unsa'y gihimo ng TVI, beh?
Puro lang mo'y kuwalta, ug kuwalta, tanan! Balik mo sa bundok, didto mo!
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