Signature campaign: Please ask your relatives to participate
By Poling Derilo
A current campaign is going on now until the end of the month for assessment. This campaign includes signature sheets to petition MWSS to scrap the project. Signatures will come from the three towns. Depending on the outcome at the end of March, the campaign will go on until about forty thousands signatures are attained. Presentations of the petition is planned to have adequate press coverage. At the same time informational presentations, talks, etc. are going on about the dam. Local organizations such as Forest Management Council as well as Task Force Sierra Madre are leading the opposition to this project. Assistance from the MIF website will of course be useful in reaching residents in different countries. They are asked to ask their relatives here to support the petition against construction of this dam.
Calling all kababayans around the world: Please let us know how you are spreading this important campaign to stop the Laiban Dam Project. Remember: Infanta, Real and General Nakar are at stake. We don't want to see a repeat of the November 29, 2004 typhoons. We cannot let this happen again.
How can you help?
1) Ask your relatives in Infanta, Real and General Nakar to sign the petition.
2) Send letters to our government officials -- the governor, congressmen, senators -- to oppose this project.
3) Form prayer groups and prayer chains to seek God's intervention.
4) Help the organizers fund their cause. Metro Infanta Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that can assist in this regard.
5) We ask the local organizations in various states and countries to work with us in making this happen. Let us show the people back home that we care about the future of our beloved towns.