23 August 2006
After helping mitigate the devastation wrought by the Petron oil spill in Guimaras Island, Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza today led a flotilla in protest against the gold and
silver mining operations of Lafayette in the Philippines. The Australian mine was reopened in July despite government
investigations, which revealed ongoing leakages of highly toxic chemicals into the pristine waters of the Albay Gulf.
