After the attack, local agencies care less?
Three days after suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) attacked Phil Alstron Mining Corp. at Purok 4, barangay Tagmamarkay of Tubay town in Agusan del Norte, there is apparent inaction of local agencies to care on impacts of violence in the region. In a phone conversation with local officials in Agusan del Norte, none professed full information of the details of the incident despite their proximity in the area. Both Erma Suyo, provincial civil defense officer IV, and Romina Altorino, part of the secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources in Agusan del Norte, said they still have no accurate information about the mining company attacked by communist guerillas. “We were not given information from investigating authorities about the attack and we have no information about the mining company either,” said Suyo in a phone conversation on April 7. Police Inspector Roderick Aranas reported that at about 1 am dawntime on April 5, rebels swooped down at the mi