DAVAO CITY – The counsel of a multisectoral group in Mati City, Davao Oriental is seeking to dismiss the charges against three of its members who were arrested over the weekend amid the protest against a large-scale mining operation in Barangay Macambol last week. Lawyer Glocelito Jayma told...
DAVAO CITY – A multisectoral group in Mati City in Davao Oriental vowed to continue their protest against a large-scale mining operation amid the arrest of their members in Barangay Macambol over the weekend. On June 26, members of the Davao Oriental Pujada Landscape Eco-Tourism Association,...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Borongan City has passed Resolution No. 59, Series of 2025, opposing destructive mining activities. It called on government agencies to safeguard the city’s environment, resources, and communities. The resolution aligns with Mayor Dayan Agda’s...
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...
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....
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has filed a case against the Department of Finance (DOF), the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) over the imposition of taxes on its fuel imports. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June...
Yap-led Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co. reported that its net income surged 40 times to ₱659 million in the first five months of 2025 from the ₱16 million earned in the same period last year, as it ramped up production amid rising gold prices. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange...
The country’s leading mining groups welcomed the bicameral conference committee’s decision to remove the highly contentious ore export ban from the reconciled version of the bill seeking to reform the mining fiscal regime. In separate statements on Wednesday, June 11, the Chamber of Mines of...
Consunji-led Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) has secured an amended Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), paving the way for the expansion of its Semirara Coal Mine Complex. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
A business delegation composed of at least 20 Australian mining companies will come to the Philippines in the second half of 2025 to explore opportunities amid renewed interest among foreign investors in the extractive sector. "There will always be plenty of business missions [from Australia]. We...
ILOILO CITY – A petition has sought a 50-year mining ban in Antique, the home province of new Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Raphael “Popo” Mercado Lotilla. Amlig Antique Alliance urged the prohibition to protect the province’s ecological and cultural...
Two Oriental Mindoro congressmen have pushed measures to stop the entry of companies that may be contracted to conduct large-scale mining in Mindoro. Rep. Arnan C. Panaligan of the first district said he will refile House Bill 3891 that he introduced in 2022 declaring the entire Mindoro Island as...
