Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Concerned constituents in Homonhon believe in the cause we're fighting for and we had joined together and formed into an organization and we named it as HERO - Homonhon Environment Rescuers Organization, which aimed to rescue the environemnt and inhabitants in Homonhon Island from massive environmental and popular destruction. I admit that there are visible concrete projects that the mining company had tried to built, but could we try to compensate the losses and the valuation of many resources that had been affected and depleted due to the mining operations? for the water system alone, for the approximate 7,000 residents, if each of them drinks a minimum of 1/2 liter a day and the price of which in bottled water is P5.00, if we may be obliged to purchase it because the water system is no more safe for consumption, how much is the loss of Homonhon Island to drinking water alone for one day? 7,000 x P5.00 is equivalent to P35,000.00 per day, and is equivalent to P1,050,000.00/mo and is equivalent to P12,600.00/year for drinking water alone. How about the other communal uses of water in the households, shall it compensate to the "benefits" that the area got from mining operations? For how many years are we going to endure for such shortage or inavailability? five, ten twenty years? And to all other violations or curtailment to the rights of the whole populace of Homonhon caused by mining, how much is the actual losses of its people everyday, month and year. I believe there's a need to review and re-study the actual losses of the people compared to every benifit the community gets from mining operations.

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