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Mines Bureau spearheads crisis management training

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan- The Mines and Geoesciences Bureau through the National Unified Information and Education Program (NUIECP) spearheaded a crisis management training. 

Information Officers and Community Affairs Officers of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), along with mining permit holder communicators, learned about the power of communication in managing crisis situations. 

The activity was initiated by the National Unified Information and Education Program (NUIECP) and attended by the MGB, Philippine Minerals Industry, and the NUIECP National Steering Committee.

MGB 2 joins ANMSEC parade

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office N. II joined the 68^th Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference organized by the Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association held in Baguio City on November 15-18, 2022.

The highlight of said mine safety week was the Minerals Industry Parade where delegates filled the Baguio City’s main thoroughfares at 8:00 in the morning with Mineral Industry Parade from Session Road to Melvin Jones where the Mine Safety Field Demonstration and Field Competitions were conducted.

Sec. Loyzaga is pro responsible mining

In her keynote address, Secretary Loyzaga reaffirmed the DENR’s commitment to responsible mining through the implementation of a “pro-people, pro-environment, and science-based legislation, policies, and programs.”

The environment chief also pointed out the vital contribution of responsible mining to the country’s economic recovery and encouraged the mining sector to work with the DENR towards a sustainable future “where no ecosystem and no community are left behind.”

During the 68th Annual National Mine Safety and Environment Conference held in Baguio City last November 18, no less than DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo Loyzaga handed over the awards, including the prestigious Presidential Mineral Industry Environmental Award (PMIEA), to the honorees.

Minerals Industry Symposium gathers mining engineers after 2 years

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan- In celebration of the 67 years of Responsible Mining, the Philippine Society of Mining Engineers hand in hand with the Philippine Mine Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA) conducted a face-to-face Minerals Industry Symposium held at Camp John Hay, Baguio City.

The Minerals Industry Symposium which was spearheaded in the second day was a whole-day event bringing together experts and resource persons to stimulate discussion of recent government policies/issuances and leading mining engineering practices/initiatives in the promotion of occupational safety and health, sound environmental management, and social responsibility in the minerals industry.