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The Mines Central Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (MICECO) of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) recognized its newly elected officers for the year 2022-2023 during the flag-raising ceremony. The officers were introduced during the morning announcements headed by MGB Director Atty. Wilfredo G. Moncano and Assistant Director and concurrent Chief of Metallurgical Technology Division, Engr. Juancho Pablo S. Galvez. MICECO continues to operate by assisting MGB employees financially by offering loans and other benefits. The following elected MICECO Board of Directors and Committee Members were:

MICECO Board of Directors:

Chairman: Teodorico M. Marquez Jr.

The Philippines has one of Asia's most extensive karst landscapes and cave networks. Karst landscape is a type of landform lauded for its unique beauty, albeit this landscape is vulnerable to environmental degradation, resource depletion, and habitat loss. The sustainable utilization of karst landscape resources can only be strategically implemented when the three pillars – ecological safeguard, socio-economic development, and research and development (R&D) – are in place.

As part of the progressive efforts for the advancement of technology in the Protection of Karst Landscapes and Resources Coordination Development, the current project will focus on the...

Technical personnel of the Mining Technology Division representing the DENR Mines and Geosciences Bureau Central Office, in partnership with planetGOLD Philippines, Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO)-Daet, Camarines Norte, BAN Toxics, Samahan ng Magkakabod ng Camarines Norte (SAMACANO), and the National Coalition of Small-Scale Miners in the Philippines, conducted a two-day Basic Life Support Training in the Minahang Bayan in Brgy. Casalugan, Paracale, Camarines Norte last April 19-20, 2022.

On March 4, 2022, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim O. Sampulna signed the DENR Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2022-04 entitled “Enhancing Biodiversity Conservation and Protection in Mining Operations”.

To enable the efficient delivery of laboratory services geared toward the implementation of priority geoscience programs, the Geological Laboratory Services Section (GLSS) of the Lands Geological Survey Division (LGSD) continues to explore alternative digital and virtual learning strategies to capacitate its technical personnel from both the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Central Office (CO) and Regional Offices (ROs).

The training workshop on the Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling and Field Survey Management was held last May 4–6 and 10–11, 2022 through a hybrid set-up via the Microsoft Teams Platform and in-person at the LGSD Multi-Purpose Room. It...