TACLOBAN CITY — Government leaders of Eastern Samar province have appealed to mining companies operating on Homonhon Island to protect the watershed of the historic place amid the lack of drinking ...

A Homonhon priest urged the government to restore the “sacredness” of their island that has long been “desecrated” by big mining, in an impassioned appeal as the Catholic Church marks its 500th year ...

TACLOBAN CITY—Nearly all of Homonhon Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar—famously known as Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan’s landing site in 1521—has been placed under mining contracts, prompting ...

'We urge the National Historical Commission of the Philippines to take a firm stand against the continued destruction of Homonhon Island,' says the Save Homonhon Movement CEBU, Philippines – ...

A Filipino bishop has called on the government to take action against mining activities by four companies on the historical island of Homonhon which allegedly have negative impacts on communities and ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Catholic bishop called on the government to take action on the mining operations on Homonhon Island in Eastern Samar, saying the impacts of mineral extraction to people and the ...

Bishop Crispin Varquez of Borongan speaks out. In 2021 the local priest had asked Philippine authorities to stop "desecrating" the island where Magellan landed in 1521, and from where Christianity ...

A mining site on Homonhon Island. BORONGAN CITY—Bishop Crispin Varquez of the Diocese of Borongan in Samar raised alarm over what he described as “escalated” mining operations in the historic island ...

TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has established a station on historic Homonhon Island in Guiuan town, Eastern Samar province, to monitor the movements of Chinese ...