26/01/2026
𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 | Police forcibly dismantled the barricade on the morning of January 24 after serving a 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 issued by 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐚 𝐉𝐫., ending five months of resistance that had blocked 𝐖𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 from entering the mining areas in 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐃𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐱 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞, 𝐍𝐮𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐕𝐢𝐳𝐜𝐚𝐲𝐚.
At least 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 were arrested during the operation, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Lawyers said personnel of 𝐖𝐨𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜. also 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
/Charles Edmon Perez
