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Wednesday, 12 July
03:49
Waterspout spotted in Baybay City, Philippines "IndyWatch Feed World"
Video and photos were taken of the Ipo-ipo or waterspout in the ocean of Barangay Kilim in Baybay City, Leyte. According to residents, it happened at 4:37 pm on Monday, July 10, 2023. The weather was hot before the waterspout was seen. Some residents stopped and got scared but fortunately the whirlwind only lasted for 10 minutes. After the Ipo-ipo dissipated, a heavy downpour followed. No one has been reported injured as a result. (Google translation)
Tuesday, 11 July
17:07
Indigenous Peoples Continue 100-year Fight Against Large-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines "IndyWatch Feed 1stpeople"
Indigenous Peoples Continue 100-year Fight Against Large-Scale Gold Mining in the Philippines
For more than a century, the Kankanaey and Ibaloy Peoples of Itogon, Benguet province in the Cordillera region of Northern Luzon in the Philippines have been waging a struggle against the injustices of large-scale corporate mining. As they continue to fight to reclaim their land, lifeways, and resources, they vow to keep fighting as long as it takesgenerations, if necessaryuntil they are successful.
Benguet Corporation (formerly known as Benguet Consolidated, Inc.) is one of the oldest, top-producing gold mining companies in the world. Founded in 1903 by three Americans, Benguet...