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This report moved me to tears! How good must the people there feel, to see that such a big ship and its crew come to support their local struggle against a mighty company! Thanks to all of you!

I totally disagree with your protest at the rapu-rapu site of Lafayette. You protested again after the company has fixed the problems of last year. Why? The company invited you to look at the mine, but you do not decribe if you have seen anything harmful now. Thats not very constructive. There are 900 people at work in the mine, many of them former fishermen. Actually, one large problem of the filipines is that they have to overfish their marine resources because there is no other work by which people there can earn their living.

So there is a censorship that blocks comments you don´t like. Very democratic!

Reply from Heike, Web- Editor:

Hello Carsten,
there is no censorship from our side except for violent, rasist or other insulting expressions. If a comment does not appear on the site for a while it is most probably due to time differences or technical reasons concerning the Internet access.

Cheers, Heike

Jutta,

My sentiments exactly, I often shed a tear when I read these blogs. When I saw the huger banner unfurled saying 'illegal timber' in the soy field, I could feel my throat constricting. To know that people care and do things to help, to know they're not alone and that there are other like-minded people feeling the same makes me feel better. Go Greenpeace x x x x

I'm suprised you left the area of the oil slick, was there nothing more the Esperanza could do, or are you planning to go back later?

How i wish i was there to witness it all.

Eboy M. Donato
Greenpeace volunteer - Manila

This is for carsten. You are wondering why Greenpeace and the "locals" are protesting agianst the mining operation in Rapu-Rapu even after Lafayette has fixed the problems of last year? What have they FIXED anyway? Have they FIXED EVERYTHING so that we should forget their misgivings that were tolerated by the agency mandated to police their mining activities? Yes, there may be 900 hundred workers in the mine. Maybe it would be worthy also to note if how many were displaced in favor of the 900. After the mining operation, what would happen then?

aw nata may itatao kang trabaho?
swertihan sana ngani ang pagdakop mi ki sira?
aw nata pano kaan naaramn ni padi na habo kang Dyos sa mining?kinauron sya?
kung talagang not meant na magoperate uning minahan digdi sa kauro enot enoti pa sana dai na ini dapat tgpayagan ni God na mag andar bako?
aw dai mo aram su mga developments na tgibo kang kumpanya digdi?
bad 4 u..kulang ka ki inpormasyon..
dumigdi ka para masabutan mo..
maski dae ako nktapos kang pag skwela ko nakasabot man ako kang tgpparangawangawa nindo..
nata i2????? dae ako pd sa manila!@!!!!
ang ndisplace lang su mga dai kaipuhan duman sa kumpanya..
severe skin problems to local fishermen----???
really?
Nobody dares to go swimming any more, the beaches are empty-------really agen?
nata kmi cge ming swimming digdi???
nagkakaon pa kmi kang mga sira n nddakop..
seafuds masiramon pa ngani..
burobanggi cge ming swimming nata dai kmi naaano?
namimili cguro ang 2big? cguro ung mga liars lang ang naaapektuhan?
ano kaya?
we wud like 2 see this comment posted.

to lmco,

why use a dialect only a few could understand? are you afraid that someone might refute the points you raised?

rapu-rapu has a fragile island ecosystem. the mining operations in the area could and would eventually damage it. you should be thankful that some benevolent people are showing their concern for your place.

as for those who oppose the mining in rapu-rapu, kudos to all of you.