Church in Kalinga backs Balatoc tribe’s stance vs mining expansion

BAGUIO CITY — The Social Action Center of the Apostolic Vicariate of Tabuk (AVT-SAC) has thrown its support behind the Balatoc Indigenous Cultural Community in Pasil, Kalinga, and downstream farming communities opposing the expansion of large-scale mining projects in their ancestral domain.

In a statement, AVT-SAC Director Fr.

Jeorge D.

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