MINDORO CAMPAIGN TO SAVE AND PROTECT OUR ISLAND PROVINCE
AGAINST LARGE-SCALE MINING PROJECTS

Schedule of Activities for the First 4 Days of Hunger Strike

NOVEMBER 16, MONDAY: (CALAPAN, ORIENTAL MINDORO)

• 3:00 PM – Assembly at Capitol Square, Calapan City, send off rally for the Hunger Strikers
• 4:00 PM – Prayer Rally and Protest March from Capitol to Sto. Nino Cathedral
• 5:00 PM – Holy Mass and Prayers for the DENR Campaign

NOVEMBER 17, TUESDAY: (FROM CALAPAN TO DENR OFFICE, QUEZON CITY)

• 5:00 AM – Mindoro delegation’s departure from Calapan to Batangas
• 6:00 AM – Arrival in Batangas, travel to Manila
• 9:00 AM – Fr. Robert Reyes to pitch the Kubol ng Pag-asa at the DENR
• 9:30 AM – Arrival at Malcolm Hall, College of Law, UP Diliman
• 10:30 AM – Courtesy Call: QC Mayor Belmonte
• 11:00 AM – Setting up of Camp in front of DENR Office/Press Con
• 12:00 Noon – Start of the Hunger Strike


• 1:00 PM – Celebration of the Holy Eucharist (Mindoro Clergy)
• 2:00 PM – Reading of Pastoral Letter of Bishop Cajandig, Holy Rosary
• 3:00 PM – Delegation to proceed to Congress
• 4:00 PM – Privileged Speech of Cong. Osabel on Mindoro Mining

NOVEMBER 18, WEDNESDAY: (DENR OFFICE, VISAYAS AVE., DILIMAN, QC)

• Continuation of the Hunger Strike
• Arrival of main contingent from the Local Government Units (Oriental and Occidental Mindoro)
• 10:00 AM – Press Conference in front of the DENR (Mindoro LGUs and Bishops)
• 11:00 AM – Start of Program, Reading Solidarity Statements, Seminarians’ Presentations
• 2:00 PM – Holy Mass (Bishop Palang, Bishop Cajandig, Bishop Utleg and Bishop Pabillo)

NOVEMBER 19, THURSDAY: (DENR OFFICE, VISAYAS AVE., DILIMAN, QC)

• Continuation of the Hunger Strike
• UCCP and other Protestant Churches’ Delegation


Nota Bene:
Activities that follow are still to be finalized with the support groups from Manila: Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) and Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center (LRC-KsK), PMP and other networks.


For details and inquiries, please contact:

Fr. Edu A. Gariguez
Mobile Phone: 09198005595
Email: edugariguez@gmail.com
Blogsite: http://earthjedi.blogspot.com