The gold and the curse Deadly showdown looms in a jungle where Canadian miners are painted as marauding interlopers
MARTIN REGG COHN
CANATUAN, Philippines—The death toll is daunting, but the Canadians refuse to give up their gold claim.
Fifteen people have been gunned down so far in this remote jungle strip, victims of a feud that has all the elements of a David and Goliath battle: indigenous peoples claiming legal title to their ancestral lands, pitted against a Canadian multinational bulldozing a sacred mountain.
...You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am.. Marlon Brando 'On the Waterfront'.