MGB serves cease and desist order to Gango small-scale miners

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News/13 December 2011) — The Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources -10 today served a cease and desist order issued earlier against illegal mining operators in Gango, Libona, Bukidnon, a bureau official said.

Bukidnon eyes ‘Minahan ng Bayan’ in Libona illegal gold mine area

MALAYBALAY CITY  (Bukidnon News/22 October) The Bukidnon Provincial Government has urged the groups of small scale miners in Sitio Manlahuyan, Gango, Libona, Bukidnon to produce the requirements for the declaration of about 58 hectares in the area as “Minahan ng Bayan,” Samuel Cadavos, Bukidnon Environment and Natural Resources Officer said.

[Updated] Impasugong proposed as Bukidnon’s tribal capital

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News Dispatch/25 September) – Impasugong, Bukidnon’s 134-year old town has been proposed to be declared as the tribal capital of the province. Provincial Board member Nemesio Beltran Jr. said the proposal is now in the hands of four committees of the board. Established in 1877, Impasugong has been able to preserve its [...]

Foreigners behind Libona illegal gold mining; use cyanide, mercury – BENRO chief

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/15 Sept.) Operators of small scale gold mining in at least 58 hectares in Sitio Manlahuyan, Gango, Libona, Bukidnon are financed by foreigners, are illegal, and are using mercury and cyanide , Samuel Cadavos, chief of the Bukidnon Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) said in his report to the [...]

PDEA arrests 5 suspects in Malaybalay drug buy-bust

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News Dispatch/04 September) Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency operatives arrested a suspected drug vendor and four others in a buy-bust operation before midnight of September 2 in an inn in Casisang, Malaybalay City, Roberto S. Opeña, PDEA 10 regional director, reported.

San Fernando illegal gold mining ordered stop – MGB official

MALAYBALAY CITY (1 September) – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Northern Mindanao 10 (DENR-10) has ordered a stop of the illegal small scale gold mining operations in Dao, San Fernando, Bukidnon Rodante Felina, officer in charge of the MGB mine management division, said the MGB [...]

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