Rescuers recovered the bodies of three remaining small-scale miners trapped in a tunnel in Sitio Balcony, Barangay Runruno, Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya province during retrieval operations on Wednesday evening. Fire Officer 2 (FO2) John Roman C. Cachero, chief of the Public Information Unit (PIU) of...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Authorities continue operations to recover the bodies of miners trapped in a tunnel in Barangay Runruno, Quezon town, Nueva Vizcaya province on Tuesday, June 24. Two miners were rescued alive on Tuesday by civilian volunteers who managed to enter the tunnel. Alfred...
QUEZON, Nueva Vizcaya -- Two of the five miners who reportedly died after they were trapped in a tunnel here were rescued alive on Tuesday during the retrieval operations by rescuers from the local police station, the Bureau of Fire Protection Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office and...
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....
ITOGON, Benguet – Three miners died after a landslide buried their makeshift hut in Camp 5, Sitio Acupan, Barangay Virac, this town, on Sunday night, June 22. Authorities withheld the identities of the victims pending notification of their families. The landslide, which occurred around 6:29...
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...
CAMP Major Saturnino L. Dumlao, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya – Thirteen individuals were arrested for alleged illegal mining in Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, police said on Thursday. DOWNTOWN Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. (Wikipedia) Police identified the suspects as George, Wane, 32; Noli, 24; Jeremy, 25;...
The government of Eastern Samar said that it looks forward to more than P100 million in excise tax collections from mining companies. Eden Ivy Rose Balagasay, the province’s legal officer, said that the province has been coordinating with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to determine exactly...
KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato – Two miners died and another was injured after they were trapped inside a mining tunnel which collapsed in the gold-rush area of T’boli, South Cotabato on Monday, April 3. Police identified the fatalities as Vincent Allega, 24, and Erwin Sawan, 27, while the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is backing Malacañang's directive for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to look into legalizing the predominantly unlicensed activities of small-scale miners. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (left) and...
JOHN Lantungan, president of the Luneta Miner's Association Inc. in Itogon, Benguet, points to the area where a concrete retaining wall must be built. ITOGON, Benguet – Residents of this town, mostly pocket miners, have asked the government for help in repairing and constructing concrete...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Miners in Angola have unearthed a rare pure pink diamond that is believed to be the largest found in 300 years, the Australian site operator announced Wednesday. This undated handout picture released by Lucapa Diamond Company Limited on July 27, 2022 shows a 170 carat pink...
