Philippine Gold-Rush Town Braces for Battle Over Mining Rights
January 25th, 2007… like himself for 20 years to keep control of a 100- meter mountain tunnel in the southern Philippines. Now he’s girding for battle … only source of livelihood,” said Tito, 49, the chief of Diwalwal, a gold-rush village of 40,000 people on Mindanao island. “Miners may …