Uncertain future for young Dumagat-Remontados threatened by Kaliwa Dam

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Members of indigenous Dumagat-Remontado communities pose for a photo at the Marikina Sports Complex on February 22, 2023.

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ANTIPOLO, Philippines — It has been eight days since Mimot Astoveza came down from her mountain village in General Nakar town and started the grueling walk from Quezon province to the nation’s capital.

 

But the 22-year-old indigenous Dumagat-Remontado youth said she does not feel exhausted, knowing that she and other indigenous peoples in Sierra Madre are fighting for their rights to preserve their land and culture.

 

Astoveza lives in Makid-ata — one of the four communities that will be directly affected by the P12.2 billion-Kaliwa Dam. The dam, which will be funded by a loan from China, was a flagship project of former President Rodrigo Duterte’s “Build, Build, Build” program.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/climate-and-environment/2023/02/23/2247070/uncertain-future-young-dumagat-remontados-threatened-kaliwa-dam

 

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