https://www.vice.com/en/article/escalating-violence-and-mining-encroachment-spark-protests-in-the-philippines/ 1 July, 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ridsdel >At the time of the kidnapping, he was retired. Prior to that he had been working for the mining company TVI Resource Development Philippines Inc.,[3] a subsidiary of Canada's TVI Pacific, where he was also a consultant. >Ridsdel was kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines on 21 September 2015, in a raid on Holiday Ocean View Samal Resort, on Samal Island in the southern Philippines.[4] After the gunmen disarmed the resort's security guards, they abducted four people from the resort, the Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, the resort's Norwegian marina manager Kjartan Sekkingstad, and a Filipino woman, Teresita Flor.[5] >The kidnappers later issued demands for a hefty ransom to be paid for the release of the hostages, reportedly 300 million pesos (around $6.5 million) for each of the three foreigners seized. As the deadline lapsed on 25 April 2016, they apparently beheaded Ridsdel.[6] Ridsdel's head was found in a plastic bag in Jolo.[7] A headless body, possibly Ridsdel's, was later found by villagers by a creek bed near Talipao. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched an international murder investigation.[8] The company he worked for was involved in torturing and killing indigenous Lumad people (Lumads are not Muslim btw)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVI_Pacific >In 2015 TVI was mentioned along with several other mining companies as being the likely beneficiary of a series of government-funded murders of the indigenous Lumads who live in the Mindanao region of the Philippines, an area rich in mineral resources to which these companies would like better access.[3] Although Islamist Abu Sayyaf didn't care about it, these Canadians were also criminals who helped genocide non-Muslim natives while Canadian media reported in them as they were taking an innocent vacation.
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>>1418093 https://www.vice.com/en/article/escalating-violence-and-mining-encroachment-spark-protests-in-the-philippines/ 350.org has accused mining companies including UK-based Philex, Swiss company Glencore, which has a Canadian mining arm, Japanese company Sumitomo, Australia’s Red 5 Limited, and Canadian-linked Toronto Ventures Incorporated (now known as TVI Resources Development) of “land grabs” in the Mindinao.
http://world.350.org/east-asia/people-over-profits-stoplumadkillings/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hall_(Canadian_businessman) Anonymous
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>>1418093 Your gift is too great for me.
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>>1418093 The Philippine military will kill them all soon.
flip a Lumad and you get a Flip
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>>1418093 >indigenous Lumads Aka wild Flips.
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>>1418093 >>1418100 https://philippinerevolution.nu/2020/05/07/plunderous-mining-operations-in-mindanao-continue-amid-pandemic/ >The TVI Pacific Inc. started its operations in the Philippines in 1998. The company is known as the biggest gold and silver producer and the biggest exporter of copper and zinc concentrate. It seized control over Mt. Canatuan in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte which is considered sacred by the Subanen Lumad group, and Mt. Balabag in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur. Since the 17th century, the group inhabited the said mountains as part of their ancestral domain. >The entry of TVI Pacific Inc. in Mt. Canatuan resulted in massive devastation. The company opened its first gold and silver processing plant in the mountain in 2004. In its first four years of operation, it was able to produce more than 105 ounces of gold and 1.8 million ounces of silver doré amounting to approximately $86 million. >The mining plant stopped operations in 2014 after depleting minerals in the said mountain. Soldiers of the 44th IB serve as the mining plant’s security forces and are behind the forcible eviction of Subanen Lumads and suppression of their resistance. >After its plunderous operation in Mt. Canatuan, the TVI Pacific Inc. started its operation in Mt. Balabag in 2008. The company used the issuance of Mineral Production Sharing Agreements to encroach in 4,479 hectares of land in Bayog. There are estimates that the area has 210,000 ounces of gold reserves. https://anakbayantoronto.com/2015/12/17/gta-youth-and-students-hold-defend-lumad-event/ https://philippinerevolution.nu/2023/06/21/sacred-ritual-used-to-smokescreen-plunder-of-agusans-ancestral-lands/ https://kairoscanada.org/tvos-agenda-troubles-mining-abroad https://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/download/5695/5104 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214790X22001381 Anonymous
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>>1418571 >TVI was a part owner of Kingking project and two representatives of TVI were on its board of directors. In 2002, there were two violent attacks on TVI personnel resulting in 15 people being killed. The second of these attacks happened on December 26, 2002 when, according to TVI, "an unidentified group of armed terrorists ambushed a vehicle carrying TVI employees" travelling between Canatuan and Siocon. Thirteen people were killed and 12 people were wounded. >TVI employs armed paramilitary guards known as Special Civilian Armed Auxiliaries (SCAA). These guards are trained and armed by the Philippine military, but employed by TVI. The guards man numerous checkpoints between the town of Siocon and the mine in Canatuan. Having recently visited the area, I can attest to the fact that at least the first of these checkpoints is on the public road outside of the mine's concession area. The SCAA guards control the movement of goods and people on and off the site, which is also part of the government-recognized ancestral land of the local Subanon people. Leaders of the indigenous community who oppose the mine have been singled out for victimization. The legitimate and recognized "Timuay" or leader of the Subanon of Canatuan, Timuay José Anoy, is no longer allowed to pass the checkpoints to go to his home, nor can others from Canatuan who have expressed opposition to the mine. TVI is clearly not in compliance with its 1997 Environmental Compliance Certificate that requires the company to assure that "public roads shall remain open to allow the free flow of traffic." Anonymous
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>>1418572 >Residents both from Canatuan and from the town of Siocon have faced attacks by the SCAA. Community opposition to the mine has been met with violence from security forces. There have been several shooting incidents involving company security. The most recent was in March 2004, when picketers opposing the movement of mining equipment were fired upon by company security and military. Four people, including tribal elder Timuay Macario Salacao, were wounded https://kairoscanada.org/tvos-agenda-troubles-mining-abroad https://kairoscanada.org/what-we-do/ecological-justice/land-rights-peace https://philippinereporter.com/index.php/2017/04/13/lumad-women-advocates-for-peace-invigorate-toronto/ https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/ojjiw https://www.bulatlat.com/tag/tvi-pacific/?tztc=1 Anonymous
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>>1418093 >>1418094 >>1418100 Muslims beheaded Canadian mining company consultants in Mindanao who were helping torture and kill indigenous Lumads.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ridsdel >At the time of the kidnapping, he was retired. Prior to that he had been working for the mining company TVI Resource Development Philippines Inc.,[3] a subsidiary of Canada's TVI Pacific, where he was also a consultant. >Ridsdel was kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines on 21 September 2015, in a raid on Holiday Ocean View Samal Resort, on Samal Island in the southern Philippines.[4] After the gunmen disarmed the resort's security guards, they abducted four people from the resort, the Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall, the resort's Norwegian marina manager Kjartan Sekkingstad, and a Filipino woman, Teresita Flor.[5] >The kidnappers later issued demands for a hefty ransom to be paid for the release of the hostages, reportedly 300 million pesos (around $6.5 million) for each of the three foreigners seized. As the deadline lapsed on 25 April 2016, they apparently beheaded Ridsdel.[6] Ridsdel's head was found in a plastic bag in Jolo.[7] A headless body, possibly Ridsdel's, was later found by villagers by a creek bed near Talipao. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police launched an international murder investigation.[8] The company he worked for was involved in torturing and killing indigenous Lumad people (Lumads are not Muslim btw)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVI_Pacific >In 2015 TVI was mentioned along with several other mining companies as being the likely beneficiary of a series of government-funded murders of the indigenous Lumads who live in the Mindanao region of the Philippines, an area rich in mineral resources to which these companies would like better access.[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hall_(Canadian_businessman) Anonymous
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>>1418093 Your gift is too great for me.
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>>1418425 Underrated post.
