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(Eagle News) — Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, Jan. 17, called for the passage of a law that would grant tax exemptions to small-scale miners who would sell their gold to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. In a statement, Angara said if passed, the Gold Bill, as it is called in the Senate, will “ensure the strength of the country’s (gross international reserves)” promote the Philippines’ “greater monetary and external sector stability,” and “help support the […]
(Eagle News)—-Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu has ordered a suspension of all small-scale mining operations in the entire Cordillera Administrative Region. He said the suspension will apply until applications for Minahang Bayan are approved. Cimatu gave the order after a landslide initially blamed on mining operations at the height of “Ompong” buried a chapel and claimed at least 33 lives in Itogon, Benguet. “Ompong” has claimed at least 59 lives, the Philippine National Police said. It […]
BAGUIO City, Philippines — Tiniyak ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) na hindi lamang ang mga malalaking mining companies ang kanilang tututukan. Ito ang binigyang-diin ni Denr Assistant Secretary Atty. Juan Miguel Cuña sa ginanap na 1st Cordillera Summit 2016 sa lungsod ng Baguio. Sinabi ni Cuña na isasailalim din sa audit ang mga small scale mining upang malaman ang compliance ng mga ito sa tamang paraan ng pagmimina. Ayon sa Mines and […]
QUEZON City (Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has indicted Zambales Governor Hermogenes Ebdane Jr., for graft and usurpation of official functions, for giving small scale mining permits to allegedly favored individuals that had affected the operations of a mining firm. In a 32-page resolution, Ombudsman Conchita Morales also approved the indictment of six other individuals including Romelino Gojo, a member of the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB). The others indicted in the […]
