Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte has thrown his support behind the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' (DENR) plan to legalize more Minahang Bayan (MB) areas.
Photo from Mines and Geosciences Bureau
The MBs are zones wherein small-scale mining (SSM)...
BAGUIO CITY – If he can have his way, Sorsogon Governor and now Senatorial candidate Chiz Escudero wants the local government to have a say in the mining industry to ensure the environment would not be damaged.
Escudero, an independent senatorial candidate who was in this famous mountain...
The government has declared two Minahang Bayan (MB) areas in Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) covering a combined mining area of 50 hectares.
In two separate announcements, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in CAR said that the Provincial Mining and Regulatory Board of Abra (PMRB-Abra)...
Regulated use of explosives in small-scale mining areas may be allowed in the amended version of the Republic Act (RA) 7076 or the People's Small-Scale Mining Act, a top official at Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said.
This alarmed an environmental group, which said the MGB does not even...
