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Jun 20, 2009· After what happened, the provincial government of Eastern Samar acted on the claims of the protesters and conducted an ocular inspection on most of the mining sites in Homonhon .

Aug 11, 2016· MANILA, Philippines The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended two more mining companies in Eastern Samar, in line with the ongoing mining .

DENR to suspend 2 mining companies in Eastern Samar. Aug 11, 2016 3:01 PM. Environment Secretary Gina Lopez says even with the ongoing audit she has not yet seen a model of responsible mining .

Aug 11, 2016· MANILA, Philippines The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has suspended two more mining companies in Eastern Samar, in line with the ongoing mining audit by the agency. The ...

Sep 15, 2012· Eastern Visayas is one of the regions of the Philippines and is designated as Region VIII. It consists of six provinces, namely, Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar (Western Samar) and Southern Leyte. These provinces occupy the easternmost islands of Visayas: Leyte, Samar and Biliran. The regional center is Tacloban City, one of two cities of Leyte.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is set to issue suspension orders to two mining companies operating in Homonhon Island in Guiuan, Eastern Samar ...

Nov 16, 2017· BORONGAN CITY, July 27, 2017–Eastern Samar vice governor Marcelo Ferdinand Picardal has called on the province''s finance committee to start a stronger initiative in collecting the excise tax shares from mining operations due to the provincial government.

Apr 13, 2011· GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION. Eastern Visayas encompasses the two large islands of Leyte and Samar, the province of Biliran and several minor region is the eastern boundary of the Philippines. The San Bernardino Strait separates Eastern Visayas from Luzon in the southeast while the Surigao Strait separates the province of Leyte from the northeastern part of Mindanao.

Philippine antimining activist Francisco Canayoung was murdered after opposing chromite mining in Salcedo, Eastern Samar, which drastically destroys the health of local communities and the environment.

IV. NATURAL RESOURCES . Limestones are largely abundant in Samar . A. Land Resources. The province of Samar is the largest of the three provinces in the Island of Samar with a total land area of of 559,100 hectares or 5,591 square kilometers.

The mining company, Hinatuan Mining Corp. (HMC), has been lobbying for an extension of its soontoexpire mining permit, asking for another 25 years of operation.

May 31, 2016· Notwithstanding the protests from an antimining group, the Hinatuan Mining Company continued its operation this week to remove mining wastes from Manicani Island in Guiuan town of Eastern Samar ...

Jan 06, 2013· Magraogdaog nga mga Tawo ni Eastern Samar GOV. CONRADO "Aklan" NICART

Residents of Philippines mining town protest reopening of coal mine ... At least 30 people from Manicani Island in Eastern Samar province want ... The residents oppose a mining company''s bid for ...

Oct 20, 2012· Mining operations in Salcedo, Eastern Samar is "out of control" The government authorities have failed to enforce laws to protect human rights of the mining affected community in the province of Eastern Samar particularly in the town of Salcedo, said Atty. Mario Maderazo, Legal and Advocacy Officer of the Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI).

BORONGAN CITY–The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Eastern Samar approved a resolution expressing support and interposing no objection to the resolutions passed by four barangays in Manicani island, and the Sangguniang Bayan of Guiuan, supporting the renewal of the Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) of Hinatuan Mining Corporation (HMC).

Feb 02, 2017· DENR closes 23 mining firms, plans rehabilitation of affected areas ... Eastern Samar. The DENR also suspended five mining firms for violating environmental laws: Berong Nickel Corp., CitiNickel ...

The Legislative District of Eastern Samar is the representation of the Province of Eastern Samar in the Philippine House of Representatives. Eastern Samar was represented as the third district of Samar until Republic Act No. 4221 was ratified in November 1965, after which the representative of the third district of Samar automatically served as Eastern Samar''s representative.

Jun 17, 2016· The governor of Eastern Samar, one of the country''s poorest provinces, has asked three mining companies to cease operations that are being blamed for peace and order problems.

This was also a direct reference to the Hinatuan Mining Corporation whose open pit mining operations since 1989 in the island of Manicani in Guian, Eastern Samar have become a classic example of the devastating effects of mining. What is striking is that HMC has been suspended since 2001 and its MPSA lapsed last October 2017.

MINERAL PROFILE PROVINCE OF EASTERN SAMAR 3 II. LAND AREA AND MINERAL POTENTIAL Total land area of Eastern Samar is 466,611 hectares. The total area covered by the approved mining rights is only % or 9, hectares of the total land area of Eastern Samar and only around 21% or 2, hectares are covered

TACLOBAN CITY A vessel that was washed inland in Quinapondan, Eastern Samar during the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda has resulted for the destruction of mangroves. Margarita de la Cruz, a known environmentalist and former professor of the University of the PhilippinesTacloban Campus, said that the vessel is owned by a mining company that operates in [.]

Chromite mining in Salcedo and killing of activist Francisco Canayoung, Philippines. Description: Extensive smallscale legal and illegal chromite mining in Salcedo, Eastern Samar, has provoked rampant human rights abuses, while substantially destroying the local environment [1]. Conflicts between mining companies and local antimining ...

Challenging times ahead for PH mining companies. By: ... [in Eastern Samar] will not be suspended as the social and environmental standards being employed (there) are of the same standards used in ...
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