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                    [Title] => 'Cagayan Valley mining firms lack security’
                    [Summary] => 

Officials of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) have expressed alarm over the apparent lack of security personnel in mining companies in the Cagayan Valley region.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-21 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1787352 [AuthorName] => Victor Martin [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/nation/20140426/girl-Abu-Sayyaf.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1320950 [Title] => Opisyal ng Nat’l Irrigation Administration na naka-Jaguar, pinaiimbestigahan [Summary] =>

ALAM n’yo bang daig pa ng isang opisyal ng National Irrigation Administration (NIA) ang Cabinet members, senators at congresmen sa kanyang lifestyle?

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135448 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262816 [AuthorName] => Deo Calma [SectionName] => PSN Opinyon [SectionUrl] => opinyon [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1296337 [Title] => Mining-free bill won’t affect 2 NV projects – MGB [Summary] =>

The two existing large-scale mining projects here are exempted from the recently passed House bill which declares this mineral-rich province a mining free zone, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).

[DatePublished] => 2014-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1260402 [Title] => Petition vs black sand mining sent to Palace [Summary] =>

At least 100,000 people have responded to the call of a Church-based group in Cagayan for President Aquino to order a halt to black sand mining in the province.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img268/7498/mu67.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1244882 [Title] => Small-scale miners blamed for mercury in Vizcaya rivers [Summary] =>

The unabated small-scale mining is the culprit in the mercury contamination of rivers along the remote mountain border of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1242622 [Title] => ‘Illegal black sand mining continues in Cagayan’ [Summary] =>

The illegal mining of black sand continues in Cagayan amid a government crackdown on such operations, a Catholic Church-based environment group said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1160171 [Title] => 10 firms granted black sand mining permits in Cagayan [Summary] =>

Ten companies, including Chinese-owned ones, were granted permits by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to extract black sand until 2017 in Cagayan.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img827/9418/llmt.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1105371 [Title] => Foreign ships go to Cagayan island to look for black sand [Summary] =>

Fisherfolk in a small island village in Cagayan’s Calayan town have expressed alarm over the black sand exploration by foreign vessels in their marine-rich area.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img827/9418/llmt.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1090711 [Title] => Illegal black sand mines in Cagayan dismantled [Summary] =>

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) resumed early this week their operations against illegal black sand mining along Cagayan’s northern coastlines.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => http://imageshack.us/a/img268/7498/mu67.jpg ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1048081 [Title] => 15 Sinos held for black sand mining in Cagayan [Summary] =>

Fifteen Chinese nationals were arrested the other day for allegedly engaging in illegal black sand mining in the coastlines of Cagayan.

[DatePublished] => 2013-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1220725 [AuthorName] => Charlie Lagasca [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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