Members of various groups led by Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) troop to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) head office in Quezon City demanding the cancelation of mining contracts that ravage communities and the environment.
DENR Secretary Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga has been slow in acting on their appeal for a halt in mining in Sibuyan Islands (the Galapagos of Asia) and in Nueva Vizcaya by Oceanagold.