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(Eagle News) – Pahirapan pa rin sa mga owtoridad an pagsasagawa ng retrieval operations sa Tiwi, Albay matapos manalasa doon ang bagyong Usman. Ito ay dahil sa mga nakahambalang na natumbang mga puno, nahulog na mga malalaking tipak ng bato at nagkalat na mga putik sa mga kalsada sa bayan. Ayon sa mga rescuer, 15 bangkay na ang nakuha ng mga otoridad, habang anim na iba pa ang patuloy na hinahanap. Tatlo sa naturang bilang […]
(Eagle News)–The Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 7 never said the area where a landslide occurred and killed over 40 people was landslide-prone in the first place. In a radio interview, Naga City, Cebu Mayor Kristine Vanessa Chiong said the MGB office even issued a “clearance na the company can proceed with quarry activities because okay lang ‘yung area.” “In the history of Naga, ‘yung area in Sindulan, ‘yung ground zero, wala namang landslide,” Chiong […]
(Eagle News)–Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has relieved officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in Region 7. This was following the landslide in Naga, Cebu that claimed the lives of over 20 individuals. Marian Codilla, information officer of the MGB in Cebu, said residents in Barangays Tina-an and Naalad had been advised to evacuate some two weeks ago after fissures were seen on the ground. Cimatu also suspended quarrying activities nationwide for 15 days. Search operations […]
SAN JOSE CITY, Nueva Ecija (Eagle News) – Magsasagawa ng training ang City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) ng San Jose City, Nueva Ecija upang paghandaan ang posibleng pagguho ng lupa dulot ng pag-ulan at paglindol. Katuwang nila dito ang Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), at ang mga piling opisyal mula sa 38 barangay, kasama ang mga kinatawan ng Planning and Development Office at Engineering Office. Ayon kay G. Amor Cabico, CDRRMO Head, layunin ng […]
(Eagle News) — Nasa 135 sinkholes ang natagpuan ng Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) sa iba’t-ibang lugar ng Samal Island, Davao Del Norte. Ayon kay Lowell Chicole, Action Officer ng MGB-XI, gamit ang computer at deep penetrating radar sa lugar, kanila umanong natagpuan ang mga dako kung saan naroon ang mga nasabing sinkhole. Halos lahat umano ng lugar sa Samal Island kasama ang Talikud ay prone sa tinatawag na “karst subsidence hazard” ito ay ang […]
QUEZON CITY, Aug. 3 – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) welcomed on August 1, its new director, Mr. Mario Luis J. Jacinto. In his Presidential Directive No. 002, Series of 2016, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte designated Mr.Jacinto as Director of the MGB in a concurrent capacity corollary to his appointment as Undersecretary at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). As MGB Director, Mr. Jacinto shall perform the functions as provided in the Philippine Mining […]
CEBU CITY, February 12 (PIA) – Environment officials are calling on local chief executives to implement the geohazard maps for disaster management. In the recent Kapihan sa PIA held at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7), the department’s geologists announced that they had already completed geohazard maps of all local government units (LGUs) in Central Visayas. It is now up to the mayors and barangay captains to put these into use as reference on their disaster risk reduction […]
CEBU CITY, February 12 (PIA) – More than 100 sinkholes are being monitored by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Cebu province. In this week’s Kapihan sa PIA-Cebu, MGB officials revealed there are plenty of sinkholes and probable sinkhole sites which are monitored by their office. Al Emil Berador, MGB-7 Chief Geologist, when asked by reporters, said the presence of sinkholes is the focus of the Subsidence Mapping which they started late last year […]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, PIA – Geologists from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) 12 on Monday (March 2) conducted a site inspection at Purok Tinago, Barangay Dadiangas South in General Santos City, where a suspected sinkhole was earlier reported. For the second time, the MGB 12 team clarifies that “it’s not sinkhole but possibly coastal erosion.” The team had conducted initial site assessment on February 16, a day after residents in the area reported a […]
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR)Mines and Geosciences Bureau advises residents of Inabanga, Loon, and Maribojoc, Bohol to evacuate after the discovery of a new fault line in the area.
