KORONADAL CITY,Philippines - Widespread protests marked the commemoration of Earth Day in various parts of Mindanao as different groups called for a stop to operations of mining and fuel power plants in the southern region.
The protests, organized by member organizations of SoCSKSARGEN Climate Action Now (CAN), said the continued operation of mining and coal-fire power plants are threatening people’s lives, livelihood and the environment.
Some 1,700 protesters marched around the town center of Tampakan in South Cotabato to demand the pull-out of XSTRATA-Sagitarius Mines Incorporated in the province.
“We have to protect the lifelines of the communities in Tampakan and other areas otherwise our dignity as human beings will be lost eventually,” said Fr. Gillarme Joy Pelino, Vicar of Tampakan Parish, who joined the rally.
Gillarme added: “The people’s struggle against XSTRATA-SMI’s copper-cold project will continue to groundswell and we see more communities and organizations joining our ranks in the months to come.”
“More than 40,000 hectares of rice fields in South Cotabato and Davao del Sur provinces will be affected the XSTRATA-SMI’s mining project. We, the irrigators, have decided to join the campaign because we fear that we will end up with no food to provide for our children,” Ireneo Felizilda, President of Tampakan Irrigators Association, said.
The irrigators and other grassroots organizations joined the church initiated Save SOCSARGEN Movement, a local alliance that vowed to oppose the mining project and other extractive industries and to campaign for climate justice.
Indigenous peoples groups also joined the protests. Daguil Capion, a B’laan tribe leader residing inside the mine development area, said: “The mining project has already divided our people. They’re not even respecting our right to a genuine consent by withholding important information.”
The protesters also signed a declaration against the Tampakan Copper Gold Project of XSTRATA-SMI and for a new mining law written.
Fr. Romeo Catedral, Social Action Center director of the Diocese of Marbel, lauded the local church initiative saying that “the Diocese of Marbel has always been consistent with its stand against XSTRATA-SMI’s mining project”.
“We say that the government has not been responsive to the issue of global warming and climate change. It continues to allow large-scale mining and other extractive activities which will only lead to the irreversible loss of biodiversity and worse, destroy the future of the communities,” Catedral said,adding that they are pushing instead for the passage of the Alternative Mining Bill to replace the present mining law.
The protesters also held a caravan in Koronadal City where they held a rally in front of the regional office of the Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau.
In Maasim town in Saranggani province, at least 300 protesters picketed in front of the proposed Alcantara owned 200MW coal plant site in Sitio Tampuan to dramatize their vehement opposition to the project.
Led by Maasim Peoples Coalition on Climate Change, the group marched with their placards from a nearby beach resort towards the plant site before holding a program where leaders took turns in lambasting the project.
“The construction of the Coal Fired Power Plant is an act of the demon and never will it follow the will of God to make the people live in the fullness of His creation” said Pastor Roel Ubatay, a minister of a small B’laan protestant community, during the picket.
Maasim fisher folks also slam the project saying that it threatens the coastal waters of the town that serve as their only source of living.
Fisher folk leader Mariano Panugas said “it can never be true that we will enjoy the same resources from the seas after the construction of the coal fired power plant. Fish will die or will go farther where our small boats can’t go”.
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
Protests mark Earth Day commemoration in Mindanao
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Thousands join anti coal-plant protest on Earth Day
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines - Thousands of environmental rights activists turned Earth Day celebration into protest, denouncing the proposed use of coal-fired power plants in the southern Philippine town of Maasim.
“This protest-rally is a proof of the people’s vehement opposition to the planned coal-fired power plant in the Municipality of Maasim” said Fr. Roming Catedral, director of the Social Action Center of the Diocese of Marbel and main organizer of the protest.
Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez, of the Diocese of Marbel town, also spoke in the rally and encouraged the crowd to continue opposing the project.
In a manifesto signed by various groups, the protesters expressed their strong opposition to the project and called on concerned government agencies and the proponent company – Conal Holdings Corporation (CHC), to abandon the plan.
“We reiterate our reasons and arguments based on facts and experiences that the project will not bring sustainable development to the people of SOSKSARGEN (South Cotabato, Sarangani provinces and General Santos City) but rather aggravate environmental degradation and will eventually pose problems to human health”, the manifesto said.
It said: “Southern Mindanao Power Plant (SM200) will not serve the people of SOCSKSARGEN” but will only enrich the business interest of the dominant local elite and that of Sagittarius Mines Incorporated (SMI), holder of the multibillion Tampakan Gold and Copper project based in Tampakan, South Cotabato."
The protesters said they will continue to oppose the project until the government realizes the effects of coal-powered plant to the environment.
“Conal Holdings Corporation (CHC) owns Kamanga Coal Fired Power Plant (now called Southern Mindanao Powerplant). Alson, Inc. owns the Filipino majority shares in SMI. Both companies (Conal Holdings Corporation and Alsons, Inc.) belong to the Alcantara group of companies. It is not illogical to assume that Kamanga Coal Fired Power Plant will serve the needs of SMI. CHC’s plan is to eventually produce 900MW. SMI, when it starts its operation would need about 400MW,” Catedral said.
Coal plant operators assured they are complying with environment safety measures.
But the protesters argued that there is no such thing as clean coal operations. They said the technology that CONAL plans to use in its proposed CFPP called Circulating Fluidized Bed combustion Technology (CFBCT) will not yield zero carbon emissions.
They said the plant could release more carbon dioxide emissions since CFBCT will allow the use of low grade coal or a mixture of low grade and high grade coal or other fuel such as biomass.”
“Coal is the dirtiest source of energy. Coal plants emit billions of tonnes of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere each year that accounts to 72% of CO2 emissions from power generation and 41% of total global emissions of CO2 from fossil fuels. Coal burning also emits chemicals including Sulphur dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and other Particulate Matters (PM) that are hazardous to health” said Jean Marie Ferraris, of the Davao City-based Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC-KsK/FoE Phils).
The group warned also of wanton environmental destruction that would result from coal mining to supply the power plant needs.
“Coal extraction to be used in the plant necessitates topsoil and vegetation removal in many areas, where surface mining will require the removal of 500-800 feet or more of elevation by blowing up these mountains using millions of pounds of explosives,” Catedral said.
“In our case, Conal has already entered into a supply deal with Sultan Mining and Energy Development Corp (SMEDC). SMEDC through its subsidiary MG Mining and Energy Corp. (MGMEC) and Sultan Energy Philipines Coroporation (SEPC) now holds a Coal Operating Contracts (COC) and is about to mine around 7,000 hectares of agricultural and forest lands in Brgy. Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. The area is actually part of a Protected Watershed Declaration,” Catedral added.
The potential for water pollution, according to the groups manifesto, is also alarming. “Coal is washed and treated before it is loaded on trains, the excess water left over of which, called coal slurry or sludge are stored in open coal impoundments. Coal sludge is a mix of water, coal dust, clay and toxic chemicals such as arsenic mercury, lead, copper, and chromium. Impoundments are held in place by mining debris, making them very unstable – waiting for another disaster”
The operation of coal fired power plants and the coal mines that provide it with fuel also run counter to government’s own avowed efforts to combat climate change the protesters asserted. “Climate change is everybody’s concern and should be addressed now. It is the greatest environmental threat of today where thousands have already died because of its impacts,” Ferraris emphasized.
The protesters urged the government to invest and rechannel resources to the development of the country’s enormous renewable energy sources including solar and wind.
"We also urge the government to come up with a sustainable energy framework based on the principles of economic, environmental and social justice” Ferraris stressed.
The same protest action will also be held today in Koronadal City to manifest their continued opposition to Minining in South Cotabao especially the Copper-Gold Project in Tampakan and coal mining in Brgy. Ned Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.
Among the signatories of the manifesto include the Social Action Center, Diocese of Marbel, HESED Foundation – Oblates of Notre Dame, Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC-KsK/FoE-Phils), SOCSKSARGENDS AGENDA, Sta. Cruz Parish Against Pollution (SCPAP), Hublag Kontra Mina (HUKOM), Columbio Multi-Sectoral Ecology Movement (CMEM), Local Parishes, Panalipdan Youth and PAMALAKAYA. (Erwin Quinones)
“This protest-rally is a proof of the people’s vehement opposition to the planned coal-fired power plant in the Municipality of Maasim” said Fr. Roming Catedral, director of the Social Action Center of the Diocese of Marbel and main organizer of the protest.
Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez, of the Diocese of Marbel town, also spoke in the rally and encouraged the crowd to continue opposing the project.
In a manifesto signed by various groups, the protesters expressed their strong opposition to the project and called on concerned government agencies and the proponent company – Conal Holdings Corporation (CHC), to abandon the plan.
“We reiterate our reasons and arguments based on facts and experiences that the project will not bring sustainable development to the people of SOSKSARGEN (South Cotabato, Sarangani provinces and General Santos City) but rather aggravate environmental degradation and will eventually pose problems to human health”, the manifesto said.
It said: “Southern Mindanao Power Plant (SM200) will not serve the people of SOCSKSARGEN” but will only enrich the business interest of the dominant local elite and that of Sagittarius Mines Incorporated (SMI), holder of the multibillion Tampakan Gold and Copper project based in Tampakan, South Cotabato."
The protesters said they will continue to oppose the project until the government realizes the effects of coal-powered plant to the environment.
“Conal Holdings Corporation (CHC) owns Kamanga Coal Fired Power Plant (now called Southern Mindanao Powerplant). Alson, Inc. owns the Filipino majority shares in SMI. Both companies (Conal Holdings Corporation and Alsons, Inc.) belong to the Alcantara group of companies. It is not illogical to assume that Kamanga Coal Fired Power Plant will serve the needs of SMI. CHC’s plan is to eventually produce 900MW. SMI, when it starts its operation would need about 400MW,” Catedral said.
Coal plant operators assured they are complying with environment safety measures.
But the protesters argued that there is no such thing as clean coal operations. They said the technology that CONAL plans to use in its proposed CFPP called Circulating Fluidized Bed combustion Technology (CFBCT) will not yield zero carbon emissions.
They said the plant could release more carbon dioxide emissions since CFBCT will allow the use of low grade coal or a mixture of low grade and high grade coal or other fuel such as biomass.”
“Coal is the dirtiest source of energy. Coal plants emit billions of tonnes of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere each year that accounts to 72% of CO2 emissions from power generation and 41% of total global emissions of CO2 from fossil fuels. Coal burning also emits chemicals including Sulphur dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and other Particulate Matters (PM) that are hazardous to health” said Jean Marie Ferraris, of the Davao City-based Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC-KsK/FoE Phils).
The group warned also of wanton environmental destruction that would result from coal mining to supply the power plant needs.
“Coal extraction to be used in the plant necessitates topsoil and vegetation removal in many areas, where surface mining will require the removal of 500-800 feet or more of elevation by blowing up these mountains using millions of pounds of explosives,” Catedral said.
“In our case, Conal has already entered into a supply deal with Sultan Mining and Energy Development Corp (SMEDC). SMEDC through its subsidiary MG Mining and Energy Corp. (MGMEC) and Sultan Energy Philipines Coroporation (SEPC) now holds a Coal Operating Contracts (COC) and is about to mine around 7,000 hectares of agricultural and forest lands in Brgy. Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. The area is actually part of a Protected Watershed Declaration,” Catedral added.
The potential for water pollution, according to the groups manifesto, is also alarming. “Coal is washed and treated before it is loaded on trains, the excess water left over of which, called coal slurry or sludge are stored in open coal impoundments. Coal sludge is a mix of water, coal dust, clay and toxic chemicals such as arsenic mercury, lead, copper, and chromium. Impoundments are held in place by mining debris, making them very unstable – waiting for another disaster”
The operation of coal fired power plants and the coal mines that provide it with fuel also run counter to government’s own avowed efforts to combat climate change the protesters asserted. “Climate change is everybody’s concern and should be addressed now. It is the greatest environmental threat of today where thousands have already died because of its impacts,” Ferraris emphasized.
The protesters urged the government to invest and rechannel resources to the development of the country’s enormous renewable energy sources including solar and wind.
"We also urge the government to come up with a sustainable energy framework based on the principles of economic, environmental and social justice” Ferraris stressed.
The same protest action will also be held today in Koronadal City to manifest their continued opposition to Minining in South Cotabao especially the Copper-Gold Project in Tampakan and coal mining in Brgy. Ned Lake Sebu, South Cotabato.
Among the signatories of the manifesto include the Social Action Center, Diocese of Marbel, HESED Foundation – Oblates of Notre Dame, Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC-KsK/FoE-Phils), SOCSKSARGENDS AGENDA, Sta. Cruz Parish Against Pollution (SCPAP), Hublag Kontra Mina (HUKOM), Columbio Multi-Sectoral Ecology Movement (CMEM), Local Parishes, Panalipdan Youth and PAMALAKAYA. (Erwin Quinones)
Friday, April 17, 2009
Activists hold rally in Davao City, assail unabated destruction of environment
Militants in Davao City in Mindanao hold protest Friday, April 17, 2009 against the alleged "anti-people" and "anti-environment" policies of the government as prelude to the Earth Day celebration on April 22. The militants blame government policies as responsible for the exploitation and degradation of the natural resources in the country. (AKP Images / Keith Bacongco)
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Mindanao farmers call on the Supreme Court to protect their environmental rights from corporate agribusiness plantations during a conference on environmental justice amidst the uphill battle to ban aerial spraying of pesticides and environmental degradation brought about by toxic agriculture.
The Supreme Court held a simultaneous Luzon-Visayas-Mindanao conference on environmental justice with Davao City as venue for the Mindanao leg, at the Ateneo de Davao University.
Called the the Peoples' March for Environmental Justice, the farmers coming from the provinces of Bukidnon, Compostela Valley, Cotabato and Davao see this as a welcome opportunity to promote their agenda on environment justice.
Emphasizing the precautionary principle as the fundamental yardstick to uphold environmental justice, the farmers appealed to the Supreme Court (SC) to shift the burden of evidence to polluters. In the case of aerial spraying, these are the banana plantations which employ this method.
Representatives of the SC, together with civil society representatives and City Councilor Leo Avila III, went down from the Ateneo conference building to dialogue with the farmers.
To attract public attention, a woman farmer garbed in white and blindfolded with a cloth marked “Dili mi peste! (We are not pests) to symbolize 'lady justice', raised her improvised justice scale holding paper-mache of planet Earth on one end, and paper bills on the other.
“For farmers like me, environmental justice means upholding our basic human right to have clean air, safe food and drinking water and our over-all right to live life the fullest, over and above the interest of these agri-business plantations that are using harmful chemicals ,” said Cecil Moran, spokesperson of the Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (MAAS).
“To the justices, please remember that we are the living witnesses and victims of irresponsible business and social injustice of corporate plantations. Our basic rights guaranteed in the Philippine Constitution and the International Bill of Rights have been jeopardized for decades now. We are still waiting for the dawn of freedom from poison brought about by pesticides,” Moran added.
“Environmental rights should not have pre-conditions. Corporations guilty of producing and using these chemicals should be held liable to court for violations of our rights,” said Lia Jasmin Esquillo, executive director of the Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (IDIS).
“Invoking the public welfare clause of the Philippine Constitution, these toxic chemicals have actually no right to tresspass or encroach our national territory because they are designed to kill and therefore threaten life and our national sovereignty,” Esquillo explained.
She further said that in this context, “the SC has the the responsibility to protect public welfare over the economic interest of these corporations.”
“The High Court must not dwell on how to manage these chemicals because managing already implies acceptance of usage of these poisons. Court actions should rather be towards the prevention and elimination of harm,” Esquillo suggested. (Angging Aban)
The Supreme Court held a simultaneous Luzon-Visayas-Mindanao conference on environmental justice with Davao City as venue for the Mindanao leg, at the Ateneo de Davao University.
Called the the Peoples' March for Environmental Justice, the farmers coming from the provinces of Bukidnon, Compostela Valley, Cotabato and Davao see this as a welcome opportunity to promote their agenda on environment justice.
Emphasizing the precautionary principle as the fundamental yardstick to uphold environmental justice, the farmers appealed to the Supreme Court (SC) to shift the burden of evidence to polluters. In the case of aerial spraying, these are the banana plantations which employ this method.
Representatives of the SC, together with civil society representatives and City Councilor Leo Avila III, went down from the Ateneo conference building to dialogue with the farmers.
To attract public attention, a woman farmer garbed in white and blindfolded with a cloth marked “Dili mi peste! (We are not pests) to symbolize 'lady justice', raised her improvised justice scale holding paper-mache of planet Earth on one end, and paper bills on the other.
“For farmers like me, environmental justice means upholding our basic human right to have clean air, safe food and drinking water and our over-all right to live life the fullest, over and above the interest of these agri-business plantations that are using harmful chemicals ,” said Cecil Moran, spokesperson of the Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (MAAS).
“To the justices, please remember that we are the living witnesses and victims of irresponsible business and social injustice of corporate plantations. Our basic rights guaranteed in the Philippine Constitution and the International Bill of Rights have been jeopardized for decades now. We are still waiting for the dawn of freedom from poison brought about by pesticides,” Moran added.
“Environmental rights should not have pre-conditions. Corporations guilty of producing and using these chemicals should be held liable to court for violations of our rights,” said Lia Jasmin Esquillo, executive director of the Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (IDIS).
“Invoking the public welfare clause of the Philippine Constitution, these toxic chemicals have actually no right to tresspass or encroach our national territory because they are designed to kill and therefore threaten life and our national sovereignty,” Esquillo explained.
She further said that in this context, “the SC has the the responsibility to protect public welfare over the economic interest of these corporations.”
“The High Court must not dwell on how to manage these chemicals because managing already implies acceptance of usage of these poisons. Court actions should rather be towards the prevention and elimination of harm,” Esquillo suggested. (Angging Aban)
Monday, April 21, 2008
World Earth Day: Sulu Joins Coastal Clean-Up Campaign
Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan, 2nd from left, and US military commander Col. Bill Coultrup, left, pick up pieces of garbage in the coastal village of Mauboh in Sulu province in southern Philippines, Monday, April 21, 2008.
Elzadia Washington, of the United States Agency for International Development, accompanied by US Embassy staff, arrived in Sulu to join more than a hundred Muslim villagers and soldiers in the clean-up campaign during the World Earth Day celebration. Elzadia Washington picks up pieces of garbage in the coastal village of Mauboh. And Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan gestures as he shows to Elzadia Washington the beautiful beaches in the town of Patikul. (Sulu Media Desk Photo)
SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 1, 008) – Muslim villagers joined US and Filipino troops in a coastal clean-up campaign during the World Earth Day celebration Monday in the southern province of Sulu.
Elzadia Washington, of the United States Agency for International Development, who visited Sulu province, also joined the clean-up drive in the village of Mauboh in Patikul town. Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan led the locals in the campaign.
“We are happy that people are active in caring for their environment and we will sustain this effort to ensure Sulu remains a beautiful place in this part of the country,” Tan told reporters.
Filipino marines and US troops headed by Col. Bill Coultrup joined in picking up pieces of garbage left by tides on the beach. “Along this, we are all reminded of our responsibilities, which extend beyond our own backyards. This clean-up campaign demonstrates oneness among stakeholders in caring for the waters not just in Sulu, but in fact everywhere in the world,” Marine commander Brig. Gen. Juancho Sabban said.
“Every day should be coastal clean-up. And cleaning the coast through picking up garbage is the least that we can do. By giving Mother Earth a totally healthy environment, we are also acting upon our moral duty for the people we both serve and hold dear,” he said.
Washington said she is happy by the active participation of the province in the World Earth Day celebration. “Protecting the environment is important and crucial towards the progress of the nation. If environment is not protected, concerns in security may arise,” she said.
She also toured different places in Sulu and went with Tan to the Mount Datu where Washington viewed the whole of Jolo and nearby towns. Washington was all praised to the beauty of Sulu, from its pristine beaches to unspoiled jungle and friendly people. “The people are great and friendly and the place is magnificent,” she said.
Elzadia Washington, of the United States Agency for International Development, who visited Sulu province, also joined the clean-up drive in the village of Mauboh in Patikul town. Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan led the locals in the campaign.
“We are happy that people are active in caring for their environment and we will sustain this effort to ensure Sulu remains a beautiful place in this part of the country,” Tan told reporters.
Filipino marines and US troops headed by Col. Bill Coultrup joined in picking up pieces of garbage left by tides on the beach. “Along this, we are all reminded of our responsibilities, which extend beyond our own backyards. This clean-up campaign demonstrates oneness among stakeholders in caring for the waters not just in Sulu, but in fact everywhere in the world,” Marine commander Brig. Gen. Juancho Sabban said.
“Every day should be coastal clean-up. And cleaning the coast through picking up garbage is the least that we can do. By giving Mother Earth a totally healthy environment, we are also acting upon our moral duty for the people we both serve and hold dear,” he said.
Washington said she is happy by the active participation of the province in the World Earth Day celebration. “Protecting the environment is important and crucial towards the progress of the nation. If environment is not protected, concerns in security may arise,” she said.
She also toured different places in Sulu and went with Tan to the Mount Datu where Washington viewed the whole of Jolo and nearby towns. Washington was all praised to the beauty of Sulu, from its pristine beaches to unspoiled jungle and friendly people. “The people are great and friendly and the place is magnificent,” she said.
Tan said the Mount Datu one of many eco-tourism sites in Sulu and a favourite among nature lovers and trekkers. While the Sulu Sea is one of the richest fishing grounds in the Philippines. “We have very beautiful places in Sulu and we are working hard to promote these places,” he said.
The Tubbataha Reef is the best known site in the Sulu Sea for its 81,000 acres of corals. It is also considered the world's best dive spot for underwater adventure. The pearls from the Sulu Archipelago are among the finest in the world, Tan said. (With reports from Nickee Butlangan and Arthur Abasalo)
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Sulu, Sasama Sa World Earth Day Clean-Up
Aliw na aliw ang mga batang ito sa kanilang mga ipinapakitang gilas sa Mauboh beach sa bayan ng Patikul sa Sulu province. Pangungunahan ni Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan ang isang massive clean-up campaign sa ibat-ibang luga sa lalawigan sa Lunes, Abril 21, 2008 sa selebrasyon ng World Earth Day. (Mindanao Examiner Photo/Nickee Butlangan)
SULU (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 19, 2008) – Isang malaking coastal clean-up ang isasagawa ng lalawigan ng Sulu bilang pakiki-isa sa selebrasyon ng World Earth Day.
Pangungunahan ni Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan ang clean-up drive sa ilang mga beaches sa lalawigan, partikulat sa bayan ng Patikul, na isang potensyal na tourist destination sa katimugan.
Sinabi ni Tan na magsisimula sa Lunes ang clean-up campaign at katuwang rin ng Sulu ang Alliance for Mindanao Off-grid Renewable Energy Program (AMORE) ng US Agency for International Development (UAAID).
Kasama rin sa proyekto ni Tan ang mga sundalong Pinoy at Kano na ngayon ay abala sa ibat-ibang humanitarian mission sa Sulu. ‘Itong clean-up drive natin ay hindi lang dahil sa World Earth Day celebration, ngunit ito ang panimula ng sustaible ecology project ng Sulu upang makatulong naman tayo sa maling problema dulot ng climate change sanhi ng polusyon.”
‘Sisiguraduhin namin na bawat barangay ng lahat ng bayan sa Sulu ay may kaukulang pagaambag sa pananatili ng ating kalikasan at kapaligiran. Ang Sulu ay nanatiling malinis, lalo na ang aming karagatan,” wika pa ni Tan.
Ang tema ngayon taon ay tinawag na "Bayanihan para sa Kalikasan" at ayon kay Tetchie Cruz-Capellan, ng AMORE, ay Malaking hakbang ang isasagawang clean-up sa Sulu upang mapanatiling malinis ang lalawigan.
"This is a very huge concern for us since thousands of our beneficiaries in Sulu depend largely on the Sulu Sea for livelihood. Millions of people depend on the Sulu Sea for food. The sea provides opportunities for all people," sabi pa ni Capellan. (Nickee Butlangan)
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