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A total of 189 employees of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Central Office and from MGB Regional Office Nos. IVB (MIMAROPA) and III have received their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine on October 13, 2021, through the Quezon City Local Government Resbakuna program. The vaccination drive was administered by the staff of the Philippine Red Cross.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau’s (MGB) Administrative Division held their annual New Employees Webinar 2021 via Microsoft Teams last October 4-7, 2021. The four-day virtual orientation was attended by both the contracts of service and newly-appointed permanent personnel, except for the last day—where only the permanent employees are expected to attend.

The 8th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin) was conducted online last October 08, 2021 via Cisco Webex platform. Both His Excellency (H.E.) Tran Quy Kien, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Viet Nam and H.E. Sok Khavan, Secretary of State, Ministry of Mines and Energy of Cambodia, served as the chair and vice chair of the Meeting, which was preceded by the 21st ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Minerals (ASOMM), 14th ASOMM+3 Consultation and other meeting/events from October 04-07, 2021. Mr. Jim O. Sampulna, CESO I, Undersecretary for Mining and Muslim Affairs, Department of...

Through the issuance of DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2021-29 on September 15, 2021, the application period for the disposition of residual stockpiles is extended until December 31, 2022. Previous holders with valid small-scale mining permits and temporary small-scale mining contracts may apply for the disposition of their residual stockpiles within the said period.

The Sustainable Pathway for the Philippine Nickel Sector (SusNi), a project collaboration between Caraga State University, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Caraga Regional Office (RO) No. XIII, and the British Geological Survey, arranged an Online Information Education Communication (IEC) Campaign Development Forum last September 29, 2021 via Zoom platform. The purpose of the event is to inform the development of IEC materials through stakeholder’s engagement, identifying the key messages and issues to be addressed in producing IEC materials and identifying the appropriate platform and present a policy brief developed by the project team titled...