OceanaGold Phils., Inc., an Australian firm engaged in a multibillion mining exploration project at Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya has filed charges against Provincial Governor Luisa Lloren Cuaresma and other provincial officials at the Office of the Ombudsman for Grave Coercion, Graft and Harassment and lately an administrative case at the Office of the President for Abuse of Authority, Misconduct and Oppression.

This dissipative move of OceanaGold was weighed down as an offensive ploy to employ harassment and intimidation not only to local authorities but also to the people of Nueva Vizcaya as well. This move came amidst controversies that instigated on issues of human rights abuses, discounted compromises, environmental squalor. Details here..

In a dramatic expression of triumph to a proposed Resolution filed by Sr. Board Member Edu Balgos, a group of Peoples Organizations and a large sector of civil society groups came in strong force all the way from Kasibu and Quezon, this province, displaying posters of support and sentiments against mining in the province.

The proposed Resolution “Withdrawing Support and Favorable Endorsement of the Didipio Copper-Gold Mining Project Ran by Oceana Gold Philippines, Inc. Over the Territorial Jurisdiction of Barangay Didipio, Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya” was passed on second reading through a Motion introduced by Board Member  Merlie Talingdan and the proponent. Details here..