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MGB XII office ground breaking ceremony
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 05:36
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region XII, held a ground breaking ceremony on their proposed three (3) storey building (Phase I) on April 2, 2013 after several years of renting an office in Koronadal City. The construction of three (3) storey building (Phase I) is having an initial approved capital outlay of Php 8M only. The office building will house all administrative personnel, mining tenement documents and mineral laboratory facilities.READ MORE
MGB Region XII completes geohazard mapping to 17 LGUs
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- Published on Monday, 27 May 2013 08:42
May 8, 2013 - MGB XII already completed the 17 LGUs geohazard assessment among them are the municipalities of Banga, Tampakan, T’boli, Tupi, and Lake Sebu in South Cotabato; Alabel, Malungon, Maasim, Maitum, Malapatan Kiamba, and Glan in the province of Sarangani ; and, Bagumbayan, Columbio, and Sen. Ninoy Aquino in the province of Sultan Kudarat and the cities of General Santos and Koronadal.Read More
Information Officers attend educational mine visit in Toledo City
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- Published on Tuesday, 26 March 2013 02:30
March 19, 2013-The Department of Environment & Natural Resources Region XII Information Officers from the CENROs, PENROs, Regional Public Affairs Office ,EMB XII and MGB XII and through PIA Regional Director Olivia T. Sudaria, some government agencies Information Officers who are members of the Information Coordinating Network (ICON) attended the educational mine visit in Toledo City. The ICON members include regional officers of PIA, NTC, DA, DEPED, South Cotabato Information Office, South Cotabato Provincial DAR, LGUs, pastors, radio and print media .These 37 persons of the 6th batch for CY 2013 were very thankful on the knowledged and experienced during the mine visit on March 13-16, 2013 at Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) in Toledo City. The mine visit aims to extend the understanding on what responsible mining is all about, mining best practices, actual processes and technologies on mining, environmental protection and enhancement program and corporate social responsibility. The “seeing is believing” mine visit is an initiative program of the Stakeholders and Disclosure Program of Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI). Read More
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PMSEA to hold annual safety and environment conference Mines and Geosciences Bureau, November 12, 2012
The Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA), in partnership with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), the Chamber of Mines of the Philippines, and affiliated groups will hold the 59th Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference on November 13-16, 2012 in Baguio City. The theme for this year is “Responsible Mining: Our Advocacy… Our Commitment… Read More
MGB conducts Regional Small-scale Mining Summits Mines and Geosciences Bureau, November 12, 2012
| The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Regional Offices (ROs) nationwide, in coordination with the Department of the Interior and Local Government, conducted simultaneous Regional Small-scale Mining Summits on the proposed amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. (RA) 7076, or the “Peoples Small-scale Mining Act of 1991”. Said Summits were attended by representatives from the Provincial and City Mining Regulatory Boards (P/CMRBs) of the respective regions. Said IRR is embodied under Department of Environment and Natural Resources Administrative Order (DAO) No. 34, Series of 1992. Read More |
MGB conducts orientation-workshop on statistics, PPEI/EITI Mines and Geosciences Bureau, October 29, 2012
| The Mineral Economics, Information and Publications Division (MEIPD) of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) conducted a five-day Orientation-Workshop on its functions and the Philippine Poverty Environment Initiative (PPEI) project/ Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) among regional counterparts and selected Local Government Unit (LGU) representatives. Read More |