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 … on an 8,100-hectare (20,000-acre) site in the Diwata mountain range, also known as Diwalwal, may be worth more than $1 billion. …