The regional office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau is working on the applications for the declaration of a Minahang Bayan in the Davao region, said MGB-11 officer-in-charge engineer Wilfredo Moncano.

"There are 15 applications now pending at the MGB central office and we also have 10 previously declared Minahang Bayan that we wanted recognized by the central office," Moncano told a press conference at the Kape at Habi in Abreeza Mall on Wednesday.
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