“Mt. Canatuan is sacred!”
July 30th, 2008 Posted in IP Rights
Timuay Fernando Mudai of the Pigsalabukan Bangsa Subanon (PBS), expresses his disgust before his fellow Mindanaoan Lumads over the desecration of Mt. Canatuan in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, where in a Canadian-backed TVI Resource Development Inc. is currently mining for gold and copper. Mt. Canatuan is a sacred mountain of the Subanons. Over 100 Mindanao lumads are currently in Camp Alano, Toril, Davao City for the State of the Indigenous Peoples Address (SIPA). SIPA, which will end tomorrow, July 31, is a gathering of Mindanao lumads to expose the real state of IPs in Mindanao.