BUTUAN CITY – Nineteen individuals were arrested on Monday in Agusan del Sur for violations of Republic Act 7942 or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995. The suspects, all residents of Davao de Oro province, were caught transporting 76 sacks of illegally mined mineral ores on board three separate...
Five miners allegedly engaged in illegal mining were found dead in a tunnel in FCF Compound, Barangay Runruno, Quezon, Nueva Vizcaya, on Tuesday, June 24. Police identified the victims as Daniel Segundo Paggana, 47; Lipihon Ayudan, 56; Florencio Indopia, 63, Alfred Bilibli, and Joval Bantiyan....
photo: CIDG Operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) arrested two Koreans and nine Filipinos after they were caught transporting 500 sacks of suspected copper ore minerals in Butuan City. CIDG director Maj. Gen. Nicolas Torre III said the foreigners and their alleged...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested 12 individuals for allegedly conducting illegal mining operations near a cemetery in Manticao town, Misamis Oriental province on Friday night, Jan. 17. Police Regional Office 10-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Joann G. Navarro identified the...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga disclosed that the government is building up a case against the operators of a suspected illegal mineral reprocessing plant in Paracale, Camarines Norte where Chinese nationals were found. Department of...
BUTUAN CITY – Police arrested five men for alleged illegal possession of explosives in a mountainous area here on Friday, August 9. Police Regional Office 13-Regional Public Information Office chief Police Major Jennifer S. Ometer identified the suspects as Jod, 26; Jon, 53; Las, 47; Del, 49, and...
