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                    [ArticleID] => 494527
                    [Title] => 11 undocumented Chinese nabbed in Bulacan mining site
                    [Summary] => 

Police arrested 11 suspected undocumented Chinese working at a mining site inside the mineral reservation area of the Biak-na-Bato National Park here over the weekend.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 66845 [Title] => Mine operator killed in Bulacan [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2008-06-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 361942 [Title] => Bulacan execs shrug off mining firm’s complaint vs gov [Summary] => MALOLOS CITY — The Bulacan provincial government merely shrugged off a complaint which a mining company recently filed against Gov. Josie de la Cruz with the Office of the President, saying it is "just part of a grand propaganda to destroy her credibility" and an "attempt to discredit the crusade" to save the Biak-na-Bato National Park.

In a statement, the Capitol said the allegations of Rosemoor Mining and Development Corp. against De la Cruz was a "diversionary tactic" to "confuse the public" and to "muddle the issue."
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 349550 [Title] => SONA [Summary] => Down with the flu, I watched on television the delivery of a "different" State of the Nation message. Aside from the substance of the address, the difference was provided by the use of power point graphics and the presence of Pinoys who have demonstrated exceptional skills in their fields.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 348138 [Title] => DENR recognizes LGUs’ power to issue quarry permits, but… [Summary] => The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has backtracked on its earlier position and recognized the authority of local government units (LGUs) to issue quarry permits to small-scale miners.

However, it clarified that this only applies to quarry applications for areas of five hectares and below and outside mineral reservations and watersheds.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347593 [Title] => DENR cancelled expired quarry permits — Bulacan exec [Summary] => MALOLOS CITY — Bulacan officials criticized Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes for cancelling quarry permits supposedly issued by the provincial government, saying that the move was irrelevant since the permits have long expired.

Provincial administrator Gladys Sta. Rita told The STAR that what Reyes cancelled were non-existent permits.

"Two of the five quarry permits he (Reyes) mentioned were issued during the time of former governor Roberto Pagdanganan," she said.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 347054 [Title] => Reyes suspends marble quarrying in Biak-na-Bato [Summary] => The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) suspended yesterday the controversial marble quarrying operation of Rosemoor Mining and Development Corp. (RMDC) in the historic Biak-na-Bato National Park in Bulacan.

The DENR also cancelled all quarry permits which the provincial government has issued to certain individuals as well as the 14 pending applications for permits to quarry within Biak-na-Bato’s mineral reserve, watershed forest reserve, and forest reserve.
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 345172 [Title] => Bulacan cops told to arrest illegal miners [Summary] => MALOLOS CITY — The campaign to protect the environment in Bulacan took another level as Gov. Josie de la Cruz issued a memorandum directing the police to apprehend illegal miners and haulers of illegally sourced minerals.

Under Memorandum Order GO-2005-139 issued to Senior Superintendent Benedict Michael Fokno, provincial police director, policemen were deputized to apprehend illegal mining and quarrying operators, and haulers of illegally sourced mineral and quarry materials
[DatePublished] => 2006-07-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1270618 [AuthorName] => Dino Balabo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 343880 [Title] => DENR halts action on quarrying firm’s Biak-na-Bato permit [Summary] => Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes has ordered the Central Luzon office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) not to act on the pending application of Rosemoor Mining and Development Corp. for a new ore transport permit (OTP).

Reyes said the status quo order is in line with the review of the mineral production sharing agreement (MPSA) of Rosemoor, whose marble quarrying in the historical Biak-na-Bato National Park in Bulacan is being opposed.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 343728 [Title] => Hundreds to join Everest team in Biak-na-Bato trek [Summary] => MALOLOS CITY — Hundreds of Bulakeños are joining the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition team in the Save Biak-na-Bato trek tomorrow, officials said.

Isagani Giron, one of the leading historians in the province and a former president of the Samahang Pangkasaysayan ng Bulacan (Sampaka), said one of the trek’s primary goals is to create awareness on the need to preserve and protect the national park.
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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