tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492620561651206507.post2897451613546690249..comments2023-10-07T19:47:17.166+08:00Comments on SAVE RAPU-RAPU. SAVE OUR FUTURE.: Bishop blames fish kill in Rapu-rapu on mining companyrapu-rapuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13077885624188310154noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492620561651206507.post-48867396990257431112007-12-12T12:42:00.000+08:002007-12-12T12:42:00.000+08:001. while dr. mendoza did deny linking lafayette to...1. while dr. mendoza did deny linking lafayette to the food poisoning incidents in rapu-rapu for that is no longer within his technical competence, still the mere fact that the food poisoning incidents happened around the same time as the fish kill gives enough reason, at the very least, to conduct thorough investigation on their link to the mining operations in the island.<BR/><BR/>2. who are mr. narito's 'independent-minded (as some versions of this story put it) residents' who chided the bishop for judging prematurely bfar even before bfar has released its official report? maybe his own pro-lafayette posse or maybe it is indication of narito's pro-lafayette bias. how can we not think so when bfar's ridiculous theories have been bandied about by its representatives in radio interviews. it was bfar's people themselves who posed that 'fish drowning for lack of oxygen' theory. last i heard, they blamed dynamite fishing. it seems to me, bfar blames everything but the obvious: lafayette's mining operations on the island. between these bfar radio statements and his anonymous residents' opinion which is more factual? did mr. narito think it his anonymous residents' opinion more newsworthy than bfar's ridiculous radio statements? consider too that bfar's radio statements have not yet been mentioned in any newspaper of local & national circulation.<BR/><BR/>3. agabin's posturings of commitment to truth and transparency should be judged by the way lafayette security personnel & their subsidized barangay security personnel harass researchers and residents even when they conduct research outside company property. our 'counter-invitation to dominguez, agabin, calleja and other lafayette minions, which also extends to pres. arroyo and sec. atienza: visit the people, talk with them, learn of their sufferings first-hand, if you really are serious about caring for the people of rapu-rapu. otherwise, stop your hypocritical stand of allegedly being concerned about their welfare. of course, the best thing to do is to close the mine in rapu-rapu. it is obviously not the solution to rapu-rapu's poverty probolem, it has turned out to be one of its major causes.rapu-rapuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077885624188310154noreply@blogger.com