04
Sep
PR 03 September 2012
Some 74 barangays in Cebu covering one city and a municipality are up for a four-week geohazard assessment and mapping using a scale of 1:10,000 from September 10 to October 5.
22
Aug
PR 17 August 2012
Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 Regional Director Loreto B. Alburo bared the creation of a multipartite monitoring team (MMT) for industrial sand and gravel (ISAG) projects along the four rivers inToledo City.
07
Aug
PR 07 August 2012
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 has warned anew on the possibility of landslides and flooding as a result of the southwest monsoon which brings Ondoy-like rains. This, as MGB-7 identified nearly portions of 80 barangays withinCebuprovince to be highly vulnerable to episodes of ground failure or subsidence and flood.
31
Jul
PR EO 79
Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Regional Director Loreto B. Alburo recently presented the specific provisions of the Executive Order (EO) 79 or the new mining policy. This, in a forum jointly organized by Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC), University of Cebu (UC)-College of Law, Philippine Earth Justice Center, Inc., (PEJCI) and Sangguniang Panlungsod of the... Read More
11
Jul
MGB 7 Official Statement on EO 79
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 expresses support on the signing of the Executive Order (EO) 79 as it tries to balance important concerns on mining development in reinforcing environmental protection measures, promoting responsible mining, providing a more equitable revenue-sharing scheme, and providing coordinative mechanisms among stakeholders including local government units (LGUs).
28
Jun
PR 29 June 2012
The Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) in Toledo City was selected Best National Greening Program (NGP) Implementor for operating mines and quarries in Central Visayas by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 7 and Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7.
25
Jun
PR 23 June 2012
Nearly 60 participants from the academe, national government agencies, non-government organizations, local government units, religious groups, and other stakeholders participated the facilitated mine and plant tour at Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC), formerly Atlas Mining, inToledoCity.
25
Jun
PR 22 June 2012
Some 18.483 million pesos of livelihood projects, infrastructure assistance, and educational and medical programs were spent by Carmen Copper Corporation (CCC) for 2011 for a number of mining communities in Toledo City, Cebu under the social development and management program (SDMP).
12
Jun
PR 11 June 2012
More than forty existing mining rights holders attended a Stakeholders’ Meeting on the Geohazards Mapping Program last June 7 organized by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7. MGB-7 Regional Director Loreto B. Alburo said the forum presented the details and upcoming activities towards disaster risk management and climate change adaptation strategies as a priority... Read More
05
Jun
PR 05 June 2012
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 7 has warned anew on the possibility of landslides and flooding as a result of the coming “wet” season which brings more rains and a low pressure area (LPA).