TACLOBAN CITY —The parish priest of Homonhon in Guiuan town, Eastern Samar has appealed to government officials, including President Duterte, to help stop the mining operations on the island.
According to Fr. Christian Ofilan, the mining activity has desecrated the place where Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, his Spanish army, and the missionaries first set foot on Philippine soil 500 years ago.
“I would like to use my small voice to call on our government leaders, from the mayor of Guiuan to President Rodrigo Duterte, to please stop desecrating our island,” he said in his homily on Wednesday.
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