By: BEN SERRANO Parishioners of a town in the southern Philippines are seeking the help of the provincial governor to compel an Australian mining firm to clean up the waste it allegedly dumped in their community. The mining company, Greenstone Resources, not only dumps waste …
إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات Mainit. إظهار كافة الرسائل
إظهار الرسائل ذات التسميات Mainit. إظهار كافة الرسائل
Lake Mainit: the gift and challenge for Mainitnons
By: Zimm Mosende and Al Mozol
An old adage reminds us that “we do not inherit the earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children.” Same can be said about our Lake Mainit - we did not inherit it from our kapopo-popoan and kauya-uyahan, we simply borrow it from our ka…
Mainit reflects sorry state of local lakes
Lake Mainit in northeastern Mindanao is symptomatic of Philippine lakes.
It is threatened by overexploitation, resulting in decreasing fish catches, according to a study made by Mindanao State University (MSU).
At 223 meters deep, Lake Mainit, between Agusan del Norte and S…
Mindoro receives favorable economic assessment for Agata Nickel Project
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, March 29, 2011 - Mindoro Resources Ltd. (TSXV: MIO; ASX: MDO; Frankfurt: WKN 906167) (Mindoro) is pleased to announce the release of the Agata Nickel Project Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA).
The PEA has been reviewed by independent international con…
Relief efforts continue for flood victims in Surigao Norte
Relief efforts for the victims of flooding in the entire province will continue, Gov. Sol Matugas said.
Gov. Matugas was in the municipality of Mainit on Monday, February 7 and have personally seen the condition of the 1,200 affected families who are still in the four desig…
Lake Mainit dev't project underway
A P10-million development project will be implemented at the 17,060-hectare Lake Mainit in this town to further boost its tourism industry.
It was learned that this tourism development program here will also help generate livelihood and employment opportunities for the vill…
Surigao Norte DRRMC reports 138 evacuees in Mainit
The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) here reported that a total of 138 individuals or 35 families fled their homes when two days of continuous rains caused floods in the municipality of Mainit.
Initial report from the chief of the Provincia…
Mining threatens 4th largest freshwater lake in PH
Mineral explorations and mining activities are threatening the biodiversity of the Philippines’ fourth largest and Mindanao’s second largest freshwater lake, Lake Mainit, which is being shared by the provinces of Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte.
Lake Mainit, located …
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 …
Migratory birds na posibleng maghasik ng bird flu virus pinabantayan
TINUTUTUKAN na ngayon ng Bureau of Animal Industry - bird flu preparedness task force ang mga itinuturing na entry points ng mga migratory birds tulad ng mga airports at seaports. Ayon kay Dr. Reildrin Morales, chairman ng nasabing task force - kumukuha sila ng mga sample …
2,671 new 4Ps beneficiaries receive cash cards in Surigao provinces
The poverty alleviation program of the government, the expanded Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps, continue to hit in far-flung villages as at least 2,671 new household beneficiaries received their cash cards in Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur. Caraga region’s…
Phoenix-based mining firm interested in Siana, Mainit project
ONE OF the world’s largest miners, the Phoenix, Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., has expressed interest to invest as much as $5 billion in a mining project in either Kalinga or Surigao del Norte, a Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) official said. “Fre…
Red 5 discovers gold and copper at Mapawa Project
Red 5 (ASX: RED) has reported the inaugural deep drill hole at the Mapawa Gold Project in the Philippines has intersected 189 metres at 1.0g/t gold and 0.17% copper (within a 319 metres at 0.7 g/t gold and 0.13% copper interval). The first hole, MDD001, at the LSY prospect a…
Food security, good infrastructure key to development and progress - PGMA
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Tuesday said that food security, through agriculture and good infrastructure are the key to development and progress. Mrs. Arroyo stressed that the completion of the Surigao-Davao Coastal road will lift from the bondage of poverty poor r…
PGMA does a ‘tourist’ check on LGU-owned resort
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo surprised her delegation and advanced party here today when she shunned off a catered lunch at the Surigao del Norte College of Agriculture and Technology (NSCAT) to have it at the Mainit Kasili Resort, a pilot local gov’t project which ope…
DOE holds awarding of geothermal deals
The Department of Energy will not be able to award additional service contracts for geothermal projects today as it wants more time to study the proposals. According to Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan, the DOE is still evaluating the service contracts earlier offered to …
PGMA to inaugurate new Mainit Kasili Lakeside Legacy Resort
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is set to inaugurate the newest lakeside resort-hotel in Lake Mainit – the Mainit Kasili Lakeside Legacy Resort at Mainit town this province on Monday, December 14, 2009. The inauguration of Mainit Kasili Lakeside Legacy Resort is expected t…
Miner to spend P35 billion in Mindanao project
A MINING venture led by Australia’s Red 5 Ltd. will invest P3.5 billion to start commercial operations in a gold mine in northern Mindanao, company officials said late Tuesday. The mining permit holder Greenstone Resources Corp. will develop the 2,023.74-hectare Siana gold m…
German Ambassador visits Caraga
The Caraga Conference for Peace and Development (CCPD) and the NEDA Regional Office-XIII took the lead in coordinating the 2-day visit of the German Ambassador H.E. Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch in Caraga Region last April 2-3, 2009. During the visit, His Excellency Weber-L…
MAJOR PHILIPPINE LAKE THREATENED BY ILLEGAL LOGGING & POLLUTION: Continued log poaching, kaingin causing slow deterioration of Lake Mainit
Continued timber poaching or log smuggling, unabated cutting of trees and kaingin within watershed areas of Lake Mainit is slowly causing Mindanao's second biggest lake and the country's fourth largest to deteriorate. Mindanao's largest lake is Lake Lanao which i…
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