Indigenous Peoples Protest Against Macroasia Sneaky Moves To Mine Palawan Virgin Forest

In spite of massive opposition and peaceful demonstrations organized by indigenous peoples and farmers since 2008 to protest the entry of MacroAsia corporation in their territory the company claims to have obtained the free and prior informed consent (FPIC) of the local indigenous communities, being represented by the so called “Brooke’s Point Tribal Leaders Federation”.

What MacroAsia Corporations (MAC) is presently doing is to disseminate untrue information through newspapers articles and paid adds on the social consensus that the company allegedly claims to have obtained in all targeted barangay of Brooke’s Point Municipality to be affected by its planned mining operations.

[link to intercontinentalcry.org]