^
+ Follow NONOC ISLAND Tag
NONOC ISLAND
Array
(
    [results] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [ArticleID] => 866754
                    [Title] => Mining woes continue
                    [Summary] => 

Local government officials of Nonoc Island and executives of Shuley Mines, Inc. (SMI) are shocked and outraged that the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is pressuring regional director Roger de Dios to recall SMI’s ore transport permit (OTP).

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134315 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 770593 [Title] => San Miguel eyes Nonoc nickel project [Summary] =>

Food-to-infrastructure conglomerate San Miguel Corp. said yesterday it was in talks with Philnico Mining & Industrial Corp. for a possible investment in the mothballed Nonoc nickel mine located in the southern region of Mindanao.

[DatePublished] => 2012-01-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 733002 [Title] => Sen. Bong at Surigao's Bonok Bonok fest [Summary] =>

Sen. Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. and Surigao City Mayor Ernesto Matugas (photo, right) watch Mamanwa tribes people as they perform indigenous rituals as part of the Bonok Bonok Maradjao Karadjao Festival to celebrate the city’s patronal feast of San Nicolas de Tolentino.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 699605 [Title] => What really transpired [Summary] =>

In his column on June 7, 2011 entitled “Arbitrary”, Mr. Alex Magno wrote about the seemingly unjustified suspension of the nickel mining operations of Pacific Nickel Philippines, Inc. (PNPI) in Nonoc Island and the circumstances surrounding it, impliedly taking the Department of Finance (DOF) to task for its purported interference in said matter.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1212754 [AuthorName] => Carlo A. Carag, Undersecretary, Revenue Operations and Legal Affairs Group, DoF [SectionName] => Letters to the Editor [SectionUrl] => letters-to-the-editor [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 6037 [Title] => Boat sinks off Surigao; 1 dead [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 6079 [Title] => Boat sinks off Surigao; 1 dead [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-07-15 19:42:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383529 [Title] => Philnico right on Nonoc mine eyed for review [Summary] => As government admitted it could do little to compel Philippine Nickel Co. (Philco) to return to the negotiating table with China’s Jinchuan Group, finance officials have suggested a review of the company’s mining rights agreement for possible revocation.

They said Philnico’s performance could be put under evaluation with respect to its mining rights agreement with the government.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 382458 [Title] => Philnico scraps talks with Jinchuan, seeks new partners [Summary] => Finance officials said the government would have to look for a new group of investors willing to develop the long-neglected nickel mine of the Philippine Nickel Co.

The Chinese mining conglomerate, Jinchuan Non-ferrous Mining Co., has been in talks with Philnico for the development of the mine but Philnico officials announced yesterday that the company has ended talks with the Chinese group.

Finance Secretary Margarito Teves said the government will now have to look for alternative investors that will take a look at the nickel mine on Nonoc Island in Surigao. [DatePublished] => 2007-01-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096655 [AuthorName] => Des Ferriols [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 377756 [Title] => 4 rescued as pumpboat sinks off Surigao City [Summary] => SURIGAO CITY — Four passengers, including an infant, were rescued after their pumpboat sank off the coast of Surigao City Saturday afternoon, the Coast Guard and Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) said.

In a report, lawyer Castaños, Marina officer-in-charge, said the city’s emergency rescue and Coast Guard teams jointly rescued the passengers of the pumpboat MB Sharmaine which sank minutes after it had left the city’s port on its way to Barangay Talisay on Nonoc Island.
[DatePublished] => 2007-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096525 [AuthorName] => Ben Serrano [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 376903 [Title] => Government may take stake in Philnico [Summary] => The government may be willing to take a stake in Philnico Industrial Corp. (PIC) anew in order to save the deal between the nickel mining firm and China’s Jinchuan Nonferrous Metal Corp., Trade and Industry Secretary Peter B. Favila said.

Favila said while Jinchuan had assured him that they are going ahead with their investment in PIC, the Arroyo government is still trying to study all options that would facilitate and clinch the deal.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
abtest
July 16, 2007 - 12:00am
July 15, 2007 - 7:42pm
Are you sure you want to log out?
X
Login

Philstar.com is one of the most vibrant, opinionated, discerning communities of readers on cyberspace. With your meaningful insights, help shape the stories that can shape the country. Sign up now!

Get Updated:

Signup for the News Round now

FORGOT PASSWORD?
SIGN IN
or sign in with