With the potential heavy and incessant rains that come along with Typhoon “Domeng”, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has recently urged local government officials to undertake the necessary preemptive evacuation efforts particularly in low-lying and landslide-prone areas in Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor.

Nearly 90 participants mostly municipal engineers and municipal planning and development coordinators in the Province of Bohol attended a two-day seminar-workshop on strengthening geohazards awareness, map appreciation and site investigation held recently in Tagbilaran City.

Some 332 barangays in Central Visayas covering 17 towns are up for a detailed geohazard assessment and mapping in a scale of 1:10,000 with a total budget of P4.318 million this year. Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 Regional Director Loreto B. Alburo said this is a priority program under President Aquino’s administration to ensure... Read More

Considering the heavy rains that come along with Typhoon “Zoraida”, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has called on local government officials to undertake the necessary preemptive evacuation efforts in low-lying and landslide-prone areas in Bohol, Cebu , and Negros Oriental as yet another... Read More

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through its Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 has reiterated an advisory to all local chief executives in the four provinces of Central Visayas on the results of the geohazards assessment and mapping.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 has recommended to the local government units (LGUs) of Talisay City the continuous monitoring where an alleged “explosion” was heard of twice by some residents in the morning of November 4, 2013 in Barangay Manipis, Talisay City .

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has strongly reminded the local government units (LGUs) to be more vigilant and to take precautionary measures where there is a sinkhole collapse brought about by the Oct. 15 magnitude 7.2 quake.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 has warned anew the possibility of landslides and flooding as a result of the coming typhoon which brings more rains, particularly those Oct. 15 quake-hit areas in Bohol, according to MGB 7 Regional Director Loreto B. Alburo.

There is a way to identify the geologic hazards present in an area where subdivision, housing, and other infrastructure development projects will be constructed for safety purposes.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 will send a senior geologist today to conduct a site assessment on the reported and recently formed sinkhole in Sitio Kapayas, Barangay Canjulao in Lapulapu City .