Manicani Archives

Eco groups press for passage of expanded bill on protected areas

Jan 28, 2016 2:35 PM

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL MANICANI Island is a small fishing community in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, where Typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan) made its first landfall in 2013 and took away thousands of lives in a span of four hours. A trove of chromite and nickel ores, the 11.7 square-kilometer island of 3,000 people has attracted […]

E-NIPAS Bill, Manicani, NIPAS Act

DENR, the Church and the nickel ore stockpile in Manicani

Aug 20, 2015 11:43 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS HAS the government relinquished its duty of regulating the mining industry to the Catholic Church? That’s the question I asked Environment Secretary Ramon Paje when he said that Hinatuan Mining Corporation (HMC) has to get the approval of the church to their request to remove the 1.1 million […]

Manicani, Ramon Paje

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Manicani: A tough little island

Nov 19, 2014 11:31 PM

By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS Photos by ACE ESMERALDA and ELLEN TORDESILLAS MANICANI today hardly bears signs of the havoc wrought by supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) a year ago. Color is back on this 11.7-square-kilometer island of 3,000 people in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, which was a harrowing picture of destruction only 12 months […]

Manicani, typhoon Yolanda