By ANNE MARXZE D UMIL Exhibiting total disregard for the needs of typhoon victims and a strong bias against the poor the Philippine National Police in Compostela Valley filed cases against eight leaders of typhoon victims who staged a protest action against the lack of distribution of relief goods in their area and to demand for a stop to large scale mining and illegal logging activities
Get PriceNABUNTURAN Compostela Valley The Department of Science and Technology DoST and the University of the Philippines UP turned over an environment friendly gold copper mineral processing plant to the provincial government of Compostela Valley Located in Nabunturan the plant is the fourth facility in the Philippines that utilizes what is called community led integrated non mercury non
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Get PriceRescuers dig by hand searching for victims of a landslide at a mining camp of Pantukan Compostela Valley on Mindanao region in southern Philippines
Get Priceeconomic development through eco tourism in Compostela Valley Province The discovery of mining potential within the park in the late 1990 s caused many species of flora and fauna to be disturbed and threatened Rampant timber cutting particularly the hardwoods Dipterocarpaceae has led to massive
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Get PriceMGB orders stop to illegal mining in San Fernando By Compostela Valley whose population reached around 80 000 in the early 1980s The report also said that in March this year Dao councilor Bacleran said the mining activities had been going on for some time but peaked in November 2024 because of the entry of many miners He said miners
Get PriceThese medium scale mining operations as the financiers themselves often refer to them have a complex division of labor providing employment opportunities not only For further reading see Verbrugge B 2024 Capital interests A h storical analysis of the transformat on of small scale gold mining in Compostela Valley province
Get PriceWe have had and continue to have such a weak state—its bureaucracy ridden with corruption and inefficiency—that we have been and will be at least in the next decade unable to regulate mining Without a strong state unscrupulous miners and there are many will wreak havoc on our environment and steal—yes steal as I discuss below
Get PriceUnchecked illegal gold mining and decades of indiscriminate logging contributed to the high death toll in the Philippines worst natural disaster this year officials and experts say Miners pan
Get PriceThe recent filing of criminal charges by the police authorities in Compostela Valley province against some survivors of Typhoon Pablo and leaders of people s organizations who protested the lethargic relief operations in the devastated areas of Mindanao is nothing but a shameless insensitive attempt to cover up sheer government incompetence Worse it is tantamount to criminalizing
Get PriceA landslide buried shanty houses in a mining area on a southern Philippine island killing at least 25 people and leaving dozens missing local disaster and security officials said on Thursday
Get PriceThe effects of Typhoon Pablo in Mindanao revealed to the nation what can happen when Nature s wrath is coupled with unabated extraction of natural resources Hundreds of people were killed after flash floods accompanied by fallen trees and boulders swamped entire communities in Compostela Valley Hundreds of others remain missing
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Get PriceKingking Mining Project is a A$ 2 billion project in Pantukan Compostela Valley The project is under the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement between the National Development Corporation NADECOR and St Augustine Gold and Copper Ltd Sagcl a company listed in Toronto Stock Exchange
Get PriceFor Lopez responsible mining the mantra of the mining industry that mining can balance economic development with environmental protection in actuality is a myth Bald and denuded mountains without any vegetation in the mining concessions are graphic evidence of how irresponsible mining wrought havoc on nature
Get PriceWoman anti mining activist in Compostela Valley dies Zea Io Ming C Capistrano Davao Today 29 January 2024 DAVAO CITY Updated 1 30 16 4 00pm Three days after she was shot by a still unidentified assailant a 60 year old activist in Compostela Valley died early morning Saturday bringing the number of victims of extrajudicial killings in the region to four in just a month
Get PriceCompostela Valley is made up of eleven municipalities one of them being Maco where Apex Mining Company Incorporated is located Apex Mining Co Inc is recertified to ISO 9001 2024 Quality Management System and ISO 14001 2024 Environmental Management System as well as certified to ISO 45001 2024 Occupational Health and Safety
Get PriceCompostela Valley BASICS Formerly part of Davao del Norte became independent in 1998 3rd newest province following Dinagat Islands and Zamboanga Sibugay 4 667 square kilometers Capital Nabunturan 11 municipalities Compostela Valley INDUSTRIES Logging Mining Mostly gold Illegal mining 26 Compostela Valley TRAGEDY In December 2024 a
Get PricePhilippine Daily Inquirer / 02 23 AM December 07 2024 Compostela Valley Gov Arturo Uy lpp gov ph photo NEW BATAAN Compostela Valley —Mining is not to blame for the deadly landslides and flash floods spawned by Typhoon Pablo Gov Arturo Uy said on Thursday Uy said villages hardest hit by the typhoon were not mining areas ADVERTISEMENT
Get PriceKoronadal City South Cotabato The petition for declaratory relief against the Provincial Government of South Cotabato PGSC was dismissed by the Regional Trial Court RTC Branch 24 of the 11th Judicial Region in the City of Koronadal on October 12 2024 The special civil action SCA case no 094 for Declaratory Relief and Injunction … SoCot Wins Environmental Case Against Mining
Get PriceThe landslide tore through the remote mining camp killing three people and leaving dozens more missing as it buried shanties tents and the entrances to illegal mine shafts Associated Press
Get Pricenew mining agreements and cancelled over 500 existing applications In formulating a new mining regime the government hopes to stimulate investment increase its share of revenues from mining operations tackle illegal mining and protect environmentally sensitive areas Currently reforms to the mining law are still ongoing and more than
Get PriceSaypan the secretary general of Compostela Farmers Association CFA a progressive group of small time banana growers and workers in Compostela Valley was driving on his motorcycle along the national road in New Visayas village when shot by two gunmen riding on another motorcycle around 5 40 a m Dalida said
Get PriceIn total he spent 10 months of field research in the Philippines including in Compostela Valley province Benguet Agusan del Norte South Cotabato and North Cotabato Throughout this research Boris has interviewed over 175 people including small scale miners government officials local politicians local landowners mining financiers
Get PriceThe state owned Philippine Mining Development Corp handles two MRAs in the Caraga region the Diwalwal gold mine in Compostela Valley and the Dinagat Chromite Nickel mining project Read Next
Get PriceFeb 6 2017The Philippine mining minister s decision to close over half of the country s mines and suspend others is illegal and unfair an industry group said as the minister stood by her action
Get PriceAccording to the DENR head the remaining hot spots are concentrated in Region 13 Caraga Region and Region 11 Davao Region which includes Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental Paje surmised that the devastation could be blamed in illegal logging operations in these two regions This is now proving that total log ban is right
Get PricePANTUKAN Compostela Valley 7th UPDATE At least three people were killed six were injured and 22 others are missing after a landslide hit a small scale mining community in the municipality of Pantukan Compostela Valley province on Friday Search and rescue operations for the missing persons will continue through the night Pantukan Mayor Celso Sarenas told ABS CBN News
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