TCO PROTESTS AGAINSTS DRILLING
Concerned citizens successfully halted Indodrill’s operations in Tabbac, Bulalacao, Mankayan, Benguet, after a month of voicing out their views about the effects if drilling would continue in the community.
Starting on the second week of January, citizens living near the drilling site began to take actions, for they are worried about the effect of drilling in their life, especially water supply. After voicing with Mayor Materno Luspian and some Indodrill officials, citizens formed the Tabbac Community Organization (TCO), and lead the community into protest against drilling. They made placards near the site, most of it saying “Water is Life”-” Ti danum ket Biyag”.
A week after the anniversary of Mankayan Foundation Day, heavy equipments were lifted out of the drilling site.
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