November 24, 2005
Dear Secretary Mike Defensor,
Please stop the mining in Didipio and other places in the Philippines because people will be affected and also crops, farms will be affected, also children.
Please stop the mining. Just do it.
From:
Joseph Christian Raynaldo Ruiz
Loyola Heights, QC
Dear Secretary of DENR, (Mike Defensor and Angelo Reyes)
Please reconsider about the mining activities . If they include tearing down the farms and homes of the people in that area. The farms and or fish wil be contaminated by the mine tailings if they escape from their ponds and into the river. Besides since it’s an Australian company, they get most of the money, even if its from our land.
Think about it.
You can help sir. Think about it.
From Rebecca Georgia V. Yu
Loyola Heights, Quezon City
November 24, 2005
Dear Sec. Mike Defensor,
Do you care about our country? why do you let the foreigners mine in the Philippines?? Do you know that they get the gold and throw their waste in our river and oceans? why do you turn our forests and fields into mines? Do you know that our produce is more precious than gold? Do you think that mining will make the Philippines a better place?? Do you know that you already ruined the lives of the people of Marinduque? Do you know that miners already destroyed the lives of a young generation?? Do you know that you are making the poor poorer?
If you care about our country, as a simple request from CENTRO Montessori international and your former teacher, please do the right thing to stop Mining.
Thank You
From,
Carlos Angel D. Pascual
Grade 7 Thirteen Years old
Teachers Village West, Quezon City
November 22, 2005
Dear Mr. Defensor,
I’m Dominique Pavia. I’m in grade 3. I study in Centro Montessori. Our school heard about what’s going to happen to Didipio, NUeva Vizcaya. We felt sorry for the people who live in the beautiful places. Please kindly top the other countries from mining in the Philippine, and exploding the mountain Didipio. If they make the mountain explode, the people who live there will lose their homes.
Respectfully yours,
Dominique Pavia
CENTRO Montessori, Quezon City
November 24, 2005
Dear Secretary Defensor,
Please stop the mining because the rivers will be affected by the mine tailings. The Sea creatures will also be affected. When the people catch the fish and eat them they too will be poisoned. I hope that you will protect the people from Didipio.
Thank You
From,
Enzo Galvez
CENTRO Montessori, Quezon City
Dear Secretary Defensor,
Our environment is surrounded with mountains, streams, and forests. We make our living from the land through planting fruits and vegetables like Citrus, Pomelo, and others.
We are very happy living in Binogowan, kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. Playing with fresh rivers, air, and forests of our valley. The climate is cool and the water is plentiful.
I’m so sad to learn that a mining company is coming to destroy our place. Please help us save this valley. Stop the mining company from destroying our future. Give this as your Christmas gift to us.
Thank You Very Much
Dezeiris A. Kimayong
Grade VI
Binogowan
Elementary School
December 5, 2005
Dear Secretary Defensor,
Ang aming kapaligiran ay malinis at masaya. Maraming punongkahoy, prutas tulad ng citrus at iba pa.
Masaya kaming naninirahan dito sa Binogawan, kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya. Na kung saan sariwa ang tubig at hangin.
Pero nang malaman naming may pagmiminang magaganap nalungkot kami sapagkat napag-alaman naming na ang pagmimina ay nakakasira sa kalikasan. Ibig sabihin pagkatapos ng labinlimang taon wala na lahat ng aming pananim pagkat wala nang tubig.
Paano kami? Paano an gaming kinabukasan? Tulungan sana niyo kami na iligtas an gaming mahal na lugar at ang aming kinabukasan, sapagkat ang pagtanim lang an gaming hanapbuhay na siyang pinagkukunan namin ng pangangailangang araw-araw.
Ito po sana ang regalo nyo sa amin ngayong Pasko.
Maraming salamat po.
Nagmamakaawa
Zairah D. Mendiola
Grade V Pupil
Binogowan
Elementary School
Malabing Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya
