House probes Mamanwa’s 1% royalty share in Surigao City

The committee on Cultural Communities of the House of Representatives recently conducted a public hearing in Surigao City to determine the amount of royalty paid by the mining companies to the Mamanwa communities. Committee chair Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat stressed that t…

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Surigao Norte gov hands-out cash assistance to sea-mishap victims

Gov. Sol Matugas handed out cash assistance to three fishermen whose pump boat was capsized on the night of Jan. 23, 2011. A report from the Provincial Human Resource Management and Development Office (HRMDO) identified the beneficiaries as Reynaldo Samontina, 40 years old,…

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Feature: TMC and partners build new homes for the community

Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) in partnership with Gawad Kalinga has opened doors to indigent residents of Barangay Taganito, Claver, Surigao del N orte and the IP tribal communities to own new homes. Eighty families of Barangay Taganito can now reside in 40 concrete dup…

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MGB-13 reports Geohazard situation in Caraga Region

With the continuous rains experienced in the whole province, the Mines and GeoSciences Bureau (MGB-13) reported the Geohazard situation in Caraga Region. In its January 4, 2010 report, the evacuation had been initiated at the cites and municipalities of Butuan City, Surigao…

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Surigao Norte to declare state of calamity

The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has endorsed a resolution requesting the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to declare the province under state of calamity. During the urgent meeting which was called and presided by PDRRMC Vice-Chair and Vi…

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Surigao del Norte targets P600-M tax collection on mining by next year

While military claimed New People’s Army was planning to increase revolutionary tax collection in mining by 2011, Surigao del Norte Governor Sol Folcadilla Matugas claimed she too wanted to intensify tax collection on mining from P150-M this year to P600-M by next year 2011…

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MGB-13 praises TMC's Hulagway photo and art exhibit

A photo and art exhibit dubbed as'Hulagway' of Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) drew praises and accolades from the guests and officials of the Mines and GeoSciences Bureau (MGB-13) during its launching held at the TMC mine site, Claver town on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2…

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Gob. Matugas mihatag ug kagahuman sa 8 ka lungsod nga mangolekta sa bayranan sa Sand and Gravel Quarry Operation

Gipatawag bag-uhay palamang sulod sa Governor's Conference room ni Gobernor Sol Matugas ang otso (8) ka mga Mayoris na gilangkuban sa lungsod nan San Francisco, Claver, Mainit, Malimono, Gigaquit, Alegria, Sison, og Bacuag kauban sila Bise Gobernador Arturo Carlos Egay …

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TMC to launch ‘Hulagway’ exhibit on Thursday

A photo and art exhibit billed as ‘Hulagway’ (cebuano word for moods and images), will be launched on Thursday, November 25, 2010 at the Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) Minesite in Brgy. Taganito, Claver this province. According to TMC Community Relations Officer Chatty Ga…

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NEDA inks MOA on disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) and the Province of Surigao del Norte. The signing is part of the project, Integrating Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)…

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Court freezes withdrawal of P7.34-M Mamanwa tribes’ fund in Surigao del Norte banks

Judge Francisco F. Maclang of the Butuan City Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 3 ordered Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) Surigao City Branch and the Cantilan Bank of Claver, Surigao del Norte Branch to stop releasing the P7.34-million Mamanwa Tribes’ fund deposited in …

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House Commitees got no copy of resolution yet to probe 3 Surigao mining firms, NCIP execs

Two house committees tasked to conduct congressional inquiry on alleged connivance of three mining firms and two local officials of the National Commission on the Indigenous People (NCIP) claimed the Congress House Rules Committee has not yet officially forwarded to them th…

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Report on arrested wanted person in Claver

One Ronnie Delijero y Guiritan, 21 years old, single and resident of Sitio Dalit, Brgy San Isidro, Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte was apprehended by PNP elements of Claver Municipal Police Station led by SPO3 Sabino M Pagasian by virtue of WOA for frustrated murder docketed und…

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2 Caraga solons seek probe on alleged connivance over ancestral domain row in Surigao Norte town

Surigao del Norte Congressmen Guillermo Romarate Jr. (2nd-District) and Francisco Matugas (1st-District) have filed a proposed House resolution seeking an inquiry on a complaint of alleged connivance of three mining firms and officials of the National Commission on the Indi…

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Mitsui to take a 15pct stake in Taganito HPAL Nickel Corp

Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co said that it will join a USD 1.3 billion nickel project that Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Limited is developing in Claver, Surigao del Norte, Philippines. It may be recalled that Sumitomo Metal Mining, Japan's top nickel producer, said …

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RP a major metals producer soon

The Philippines can achieve a mining country status earlier than 2013 in the face of surging world metal prices, the Chamber of Mines said Tuesday. “It’s not a remote idea. With metal prices climbing at record rates, especially gold, the country may be able to trim down our …

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Mining firm pays P72.5 million to IPs from 2006 to 2008

SURIGAO CITY – Taganito Mining Corporation, now under the Nickel Asia Corporation Group of Companies, has paid a total of P72.5 million to the Mamanwa, the indigenous peoples on whose ancestral domain the mining firm operates in Claver, Surigao del Norte. Jane Urbanek, Grou…

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Official Statement from Taganito Mining Corp: Re Equipment Burning near Sitio Daging, Urbiztondo, Claver

On July 21, 2010, a group of armed men took two security guards hostage and, after freeing the security guards later in the day, proceeded to burn a number of heavy equipment belonging to a Surigao-based contractor, which equipment was under contract with our company. From …

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Heavy equipment ng Taganito Mining sa Claver, Surigao del Norte, sinunog

SINUNOG ng mga pinaghihinalaang miyembro ng indigenous people sa mga Mamanwa ang heavy equipments ng Taganito Mining Corporation sa Brgy. Urbiztondo, Claver, Surigao del Norte. Ito ang kinumpirma ni Col. Ruben delos Santos, ang PNP Provincial Director. Tinukoy nito, 5:00 ng …

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Construction of $1.3-billion coal-fired power plant in Surigao underway

Economic boom is expected in this town as the construction of the $1.3 billion coal-fired plant here is already in full swing, it was learned Monday. Adding to the burgeoning economic activity here is the hiring of some 4,000 construction workers as the implementation of the…

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