DINAPIGUE | Tribung Dumagat, TAKOT na sa fish kill na dulot ng pagmimina sa Isabela

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Ang mga kemikal umano na ginagamit sa pagmimina ay siyang dahilan ng malawakang fish kill sa ilog ng Dibin.

Residents, particularly members of the Dumagat tribe, have expressed concern over mining operations in Dinapigue town which reportedly caused fish kill in the rivers thus affecting their livelihood.

Pastor Marcos Diunas of a small religious group said a small-scale gold mining operation being conducted at Barangay Dimakawal in Dinapigue has been depriving fishermen of their daily catch.

“I personally visited the Luwao community and saw with my own eyes the widespread fish kill in the Dibin River in Dinapigue as a result of mining operations in Dimakawal that releases deadly chemicals into the rivers,” Diunas said. NEWS SOURCE: http://www.manilatimes.net/mining-chemicals-cause-fish-kill-in-isabela/401364/; BY LEANDER DOMINGO, TMT on May 27, 2018

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Dinapigue, officially the Municipality of Dinapigue, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 5,005 people. SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinapigue

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