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VILLAFUERTE ASSURED: DENR TO STOP ILLEGAL MINING

Environment Secretary Ma. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga has bared plans before the Congress to work with local government units (LGUs), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), and other concerned agencies on the full implementation of the  “People’s Small-Scale Mining Act” to better regulate this activity and flush out illegal miners. Yulo-Loyzaga gave this assurance to […]

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CIMATU STOPS COTABATO SMALL-SCALE MINING OPS

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Region 12 to immediately close down an illegal small-scale mining operation in Magpet town, Cotabato province. The mining site is located some 10 kilometers away from the Mt. Apo Natural Park. It has not been declared […]