Defending a mining firm despite its alleged violations of the law is tantamount to infraction of indigenous people's rights, the Palawan-based group says in their complaint.
MANILA, Philippines – Indigenous people from Brooke’s Point, Palawan, have a filed a complaint with the Ombudsman against former Mines and Geosciences Bureau Mimaropa regional director Glenn Marcelo Noble for allegedly favoring a company’s “illegal” mining activities.
Julhadi Carim Titte and Renila Dular, leaders of the Pala’wan Indigenous Cultural Communities, filed a criminal complaint against Noble for alleged abuse of power favoring mining firm Ipilan Nickel Corporation . Noble is now MGB regional director of Eastern Visayas. The group decried Noble’s defense of the mining firm despite violations of the law and said this was tantamount to infraction of indigenous people’s rights.
In their complaint, the group said INC had been operating beyond the validity of their mining production sharing agreement and without a Certificate Precondition. They also cited lack of renewed business permit and
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