Here is a news report detailing the deaths caused by illegal mining where Paje, the protector of illegal mining operations all over the country is actually castigating people for not heeding warnings about Typhoon Pablo. Tsk tsk! Illegal mining, logging blamed for high death toll in Compostela Valley By Jeannette I. Andrade Philippine Daily ...
Read MoreApr 25, 2013 - 12:33 PM. A suspected guerilla fighter of the New People s Army was killed in a firefight in the typhoon devastated town of New Bataan Compostela Valley on …
Read MoreAll were caused by illegal small-scale mining. Hillsides are quarried for gravel, and rivers panned for gold. With no care for safety or conservation, boulders are loosened, tunnels dug, and trees ...
Read MoreLess than a month ago with my guides, we passed by the town of New Bataan in Compostela Valley Province, Philippines. First comment was the town was experiencing progress. Roads are being concreted and travel was easy. The province was known for limited infrastructure and undeniably small scale illegal mining scattered throughout the province.
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Read MoreHistoric Mining Records (USGS) Compostela Valley has 13 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Compostela Valley mines are Copper, Gold, and Silver . Compostela Valley has 4 prospect mines. 2 9 mines were in production at the time the data was entered into USGS records.
Read Moremining to local economy with more emphasis on the multiplier effects probably because secondary data is difficult to secure because of confidentiality. Hence, the present investigation focuses on the qualitative assessment on the status of mining industry in the context of Pantukan, Compostela Valley Province.
Read MoreAccording to Paje, out of the 31 identified hotspots of the activity, 80 percent are in the Davao and Caraga regions, including Compostela Valley, which …
Read MoreThere are thousands of illegal mining operations in Compostela Valley that p rovides 40% of the economic output of the province (Preda 2012) and New Bataan h osts a number of these illegal miners.
Read MoreHijo-Masara river during Typhoon Pablo. There are small mining sites – mostly illegal mining activities – in this area. But miners in ComVal use "tunneling system" where they dig holes to extract rocks and soil with gold. And most likely, this form of mining won't create flash floods (but they do create landslides).
Read MoreJanuary 6, 2012. MANILA, Philippines — The death toll from the landslide that struck a mining community in Pantukan, Compostela Valley on Thursday rose to 27 after authorities resumed search and rescue operations on Friday, News5's Romel Lopez reported. Earlier, authorities said only 22 bodies have been recovered.
Read MoreA Chinese national allegedly involved in illegal mining in Pantukan, Compostela Valley, and an overstaying South Korean have been deported by the Bureau of Immigration office in …
Read Morezone in Mawab town, Compostela Valley province, on December 9. Illegal gold mining and decades of logging contributed to the high death toll in the Philippines' worst natural disaster this year ...
Read MoreMining, logging 'contributed' to Philippine disaster. Miners pan for gold at a river near the typhoon disaster zone in Mawab town, Compostela Valley province, on December 9. Illegal gold mining ...
Read MoreTHE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has submitted to the Cabinet Assistance System (CAS) a proposal to hasten the transfer of gold processing plants near Mt. Diwalwal in Compostela Valley. The transfer will facilitate the cleanup of the Naboc river, which supplies irrigation to Compostela Valley but which has been degraded by years […]
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Read MoreThe other main livelihood in the Mindanao is gold mining. One in five people in Compostela Valley province rely on mining, according to the Agence France-Presse. But much of it is illegal because the terrain is so prone to landslides and flashfloods – which the mining …
Read MoreComVal code puts more teeth in drive vs illegal mining The Compostela Valley Provincial Board last week approved an Environmental Ordinance that aims to regulate mining operations and requiring mining companies---large or small scale---to first secure endorsement by the provincial government before applying with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources …
Read MoreMount Diwata, also locally unofficially nicknamed Diwalwal, is a remote 1,261-metre (4,137 ft) high range of volcanic mountain and biodiversity area in Davao Region on eastern part of Mindanao island of Philippines. Rich in gold and copper ores and mines, it is spread across the 3 municipalities: (a) Monkayo in the province of Compostela Valley; as well as (b) Cateel and (c) Boston in the ...
Read MoreAccording to Filipino officials, rampant illegal logging and mining were likely a part of the cause for the high casualty count from Category 5 Typhoon Bopha (Pablo), especially in the Compostela ...
Read MoreThese are informal small scale miners similar to the problems in Pantukan and Diwalwal (gold rush) in Compostela Valley. We have a gold-rush area in Balabag and since I assumed office I realized that there is really a problem brought about by illegal mining there," says Albert Johann Jacildo, the MGB regional director.
Read MoreMGB Regional Director Roger De Dios said they have to look into these illegal mining activities as these could trigger landslides just like what happened in Compostela Valley province.
Read More1 dead, 40 missing, 11 rescued in Pantukan landslide. PANTUKAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/22 April) – A 15-year old boy was killed, 40 others are still missing while 11 have been rescued in a landslide that struck a small-scale mining area in …
Read MoreThe landslide at Barangay Masara, Municipality of Maco, in Compostela Valley (ComVal) was a tragic one. As of posting time, 20 people have been declared dead, homes buried in mud, and hundreds have been evacuated in different schools and shelters in other Barangay. Those who lived in the area are mostly working for the mining…
Read MoreMALAYBALAY CITY – About P1 million a day or approximately P360 million per year worth of trade goes around in Brgy. Dao in San Fernando, Bukidnon over the small scale gold panning- mining operations there, a report from the provincial government's Bukidnon Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) showed. Yet, since it is illegal, the…
Read MoreRe:Creation of the Compostela Valley Provincial Mining Regulatory Board Pursuant to R.A. 7076 and R.A. 7942 and Their Implementing Rules and Regulation. DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2002-619 Diwalwal Technical Working Group. DENR SPECIAL ORDER NO. 2002-638
Read MoreArthur Uy, who looks after Mount Diwata as governor of Compostela Valley province in southern Philippines, the top small-scale gold mining province in the Philippines, said the black market in ...
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines - Compostela Valley, still reeling from the landslide that has left at least eight people dead in Pantukan town, is facing another tragedy after experts found two tension cracks that may lead to another avalanche near the site. Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director Leo Jasareno, who is on the site, Monday recommended to acting Environment and Natural …
Read MoreGovernment is pushing through with plans to parcel out the controversial gold rush site in Diwalwal, Compostela Valley province to various foreign mining companies, despite the tangle of unresolved legal issues that are threatening to fuel a potentially explosive situation. On Oct. 14, government accepted letters of intent from mining firms to ...
Read MorePANTUKAN, Compostela Valley (7th UPDATE) - At least three people were killed, six were injured and 22 others are missing after a landslide hit a small-scale mining community in the municipality of Pantukan, Compostela Valley province on Friday.. Search and rescue operations for the missing persons will continue through the night, Pantukan Mayor Celso Sarenas told ABS-CBN News.
Read MoreMALAYBALAY CITY (27 Apr) – Former Bukidnon congressman Neric Acosta, who has been reported to be the next environment secretary, said the landslide in Pantukan, Compostela Valley is an eye-opener for a review on the small-scale mining operations in the country and has proposed a suspension of mining in critical areas like Diwalwal, Monkayo ...
Read MoreFile photo of Diwalwal in Monkayo, Compostela Valley. FROILAN GALLARDO. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 June) – The plan of the state-run Philippine Mining Development Corporation (PMDC) to relocate the small-scale miners from Mt. Diwalwal to Barangay Mabatas in Monkayo, Compostela Valley province should not mean the entry of large-scale mining companies that would …
Read MoreSarmiento was known in New Bataan, Compostela Valley, for calling for a stop to the operations of Philco Mining Corporation, the planned exploration of other mining corporations and the mining-instigated military operations of the 10th IB. Aside from these killings were cases of torture and illegal …
Read MoreSitio Panganason, Brgy. Kingking, Pantukan, Compostela Valley: At least 14 people were killed in a landslide at an illegal mine site that the MGB had declared a "dangerous" area. Jan. 29, 2012: Brgy. Palanas, Paracale, Camarines Norte: Two miners drowned when the water rose suddenly inside an illegal small-scale mining area. Aug. 3-10, 2012: Brgy.
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