The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 has issued an industrial sand and gravel (ISAG) permit to Geo-Transport and Construction Inc. covering 7.7616 hectares in Balamban, Cebu.

About 63 sitios in 24 barangays in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental are either categorized or rated as high to very high to landslides and flooding in a 1:10,000-scale geohazard assessment and mapping.

Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 Regional Director Loreto B. Alburo bared that some 31,466 agroforestry and native tree species were planted as of third quarter this year, as contribution of the mining firms to the implementation of the national greening program in Central Visayas.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 is holding a one-day stakeholders’ forum on the presentation of Executive Order Number. 79, and consultation on the draft revised implementing rules and regulations (IRR) on Republic Act Number 7076 or the People’s Mining Act of 1991.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 has declared the slopes within the five-kilometer ongoing widening road project as “critical” zone that extends from Barangay Camp 4 hall up to Barangay Camp 6, Talisay City, Cebu.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 identified a total of 33 sitios in 17 barangays in Talisay City, Cebu to be highly susceptible to landslides and flooding.

Some 26 sitios in 17 barangays in Naga City, Cebu are either categorized or rated as high to very high to landslides and flooding in a geohazard assessment using a 1:10,000-scale.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 has declared the 150-meter radius as “no habitation” zone after a rockfall incident which pinned down a couple to death recently in sitio Pangilatan in Barangay Cantao-an, Naga City, Cebu.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 is sending a senior geologist to conduct a field investigation after a landslide incident allegedly resulting to two deaths in Barangay Cantao-an, Naga City, Cebu.