The Night “typhoon Sendong” Blew Its Wrath…

Summary of Approved Mining Rights/Permits Quarter Ending December 2011

Official Publication of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region 10Volume X No. 4 October - December 2011

APPLICATIONSMINING RIGHTS/PERMITS APPROVED

1. Mining Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA)

2. Mining/Loade/Placer Lease Contracts

3. Industrial Sand and Gravel (ISAG)

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4. Financial Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA)

6. Accreditation for Mineral Trading/Dealers/Retailers

Processors of Mineral Productions and By-Products

8. Small-scale Mining Permit

9. Mineral Processing Permit

7. Commercial Sand and Gravel Permits

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The “Pusong Minero” Relief Operations

(See relief on Page 7..)

MGB-10 Conducts Forum With

Small-scale Miners

Opinion

News Nuggets

Photo Gallery

DENR Mandates Establishment of

Mineral Reservations

Helpful Guide

Summary of Approved Mining

Rights/Permits Quarter Ending

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NEWS NUGGETS

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a. Issued by MGB

b. Issued by LGU

5. Exploration Permit (EP)

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LINKAGE GUIDEFourth Quarter 2011 Issue

xecutive Order 26, signed by his

Excellency Benigno C. Aquino mandates the

growing of 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million

hectares of land as a National Greening

Program. In support of this order, a group of

small-scale miners pledged their support to

join the government in pursuing this gigantic

task anchored on the objectives of reducing

poverty, promoting food security, bio-diversity

conservation and enhancing climate change

mitigation and adaptation.

The planting sites for the said

National Greening Program (NGP) include

forest lands, protected areas, ancestral

domains, and mangroves, civil and military

reservations, inactive and abandoned mine

sites and areas under the greening program of

Local Government Units.

Committed to support the NGP, a

memorandum of Agreement was executed by

and between three contracting parties: the

Mines and Geosciences Bureau, DENR-10

Regional Office represented by its Regional

Director Alfredo T. Relampagos, the Local

Government Unit of Iligan City represented by

its City Administrator Mr. Orlando Maglinaw

and the twenty five (25) members of the Iligan

City Small-scale Miners Operators Association

headed by Madam Eve P. Ong, the

associations' President.

The Memorandum of Agreement

detailed the implementation of the

“Rainforest Restoration Project” in Iligan City

particularly along the quarry vicinities of

Mandulog and Pugaan Rivers which are the

y p h o o n “ S e n d o n g ”

internationally coded “Washi” is a weak

tropical cyclone based on wind typhoon

warnings. According to Joint Typhoon

Warning Center (JTWC), Sendong has a 1-

min average maximum wind speed of

100km/hr but carries an extreme rainfall

of 180 mm that can cause severe flooding.

The enormous volume of rainfall

caused the killer flashfloods between

December 16-17, 2011 hitting hardest,

Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental

and Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte. It was a

disaster with unfolding memories to the

Cagayanons and Iliganons who lost their

he Philippine Mine Safety and

Environment Association (PMSEA) Team

headed by Ms. Rosemarie Imperial along

with Engr. Dick Serrano of MGB-V and five

(5) personnel from the Sagittarius Mining

Incorporated arrived in Cagayan de Oro

City in December 21, 2011. The team

came to extend series of relief operations

loved ones and properties in so quick

a time. It was the worst natural

disaster in the Philippines in 2011.

While blowing its wrath,

typhoon Sendong changed the

landscape of affected areas,

destroyed properties, and worst,

claimed more than a thousand lives.

Kids were instantly orphaned,

husbands turned widowers, wives

into widows and friends losing

friends. For the flood survivors, lives

were shattered; the pain and agony of

losing loved ones were painted on

for the flood victims of typhoon Sendong that hit Cagayan de Oro City,

Iligan City and other parts of Misamis Oriental last December 16, 2011.

Miners on Rainforest Restoration

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(See miners on Page 8..)

(See typoon on Page 3..)

Damaged bridge, Mandulog River – Iligan City

Lecture to Youth trainees

Installation of PMSEA Water Purifier

PMSEA Distributed mats and blankets

October 6, 2011

Engr. Daniel S. Belderol conducted lecture on the salient

features of R.A. 7942 or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 to the

youth trainees of the Environmental Science for Social Change

(ESSC). ESSC is a non-government organization based in

Malaybalay, Bukidnon. The said lecture is part of the organization's

objective of bridging leadership towards Mindanao Project

Few days after typhoon badly damaged Cagayan de Oro

City and Iligan City, the NOMAD water purifier donated by

Canadian NGO Global Medic was installed by the Philippine Mine

Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA) in Cagayan de Oro

City. The said equipment was transported by Teresa Marble

Corporation to Cagayan de Oro City along with truckload of relief

goods. PMSEA partnered with the Water District to prolong the

use of the water filter and to ensure water quality.

PMSEA was able to produce and distribute the much

needed more than 120,000 liters of safe drinking water to almost

8,000 affected families, hospitals, and churches in Cagayan de Oro

City.

Representatives of the PMSEA accompanied DSWD

Secretary Dinky Soliman in going to Brgy. Mandulog Evacuation

Center in Iligan City and they reportedly observed that 245 families

were sharing blankets and mats. The following day, PMSEA

delivered 245 sets of these items to the Mandulog Evacuation

Center.

December 20, 2011

December 27 2012

primary sources of sand and gravel aggregates covered under the extraction

permits of sand and gravel permit holders in Iligan City.

The twenty five small-scale permittees are the following:

ADB Sand and Gravel Enterprises, Digkilaan Enterprises, JJ

Horizon Company, Incorporated, Gerona Enterprises, Mandulog Aggregates

Products, Mandulog Sand and Gravel Quarry, Maria Lou Aggregates, OFW

Muslim Multi-Purpose Coop, Roxanne & John Enterprises, Sies Hermanas Y

Hermano, Inc., Six O's Ventures, Upper Hinaplanon Multi-Purpose

Cooperative, Vermac Enterprises, Seares Enterprises, Macacua Limestone

Quarry, Lambaguhon/Barina-ut Multi-Purpose Coop, Black Boulder

Enterprises, Mather Rock Enterprises, Dino Sand and Gravel Supply,

Mamsar Construction &Industrial Corporation, Bonbonon Aggregates,

Rainbird Trading and Equipment Rental, Lovable Enterprises, F & M

Enterprises and UMFT Aggregates Enterprises

The signed MOA also defines the obligations and responsibilities

of each contracting party as follows:

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau-10 and the City Government

of Iligan are tasked to assist the adopting entities in the identification of

possible planting sites. They also undertake to provide information,

education and communication (IEC) and technical assistance in the

development, maintenance and protection of their adopted project sites

and the conduct of periodic monitoring on the progress of development,

through quarterly and semi-annual evaluations.

On the other hand, the Iligan City Small-scale Miners Association

are obliged to allocate planting sites for the project, produce/propagate

tree seedlings, grafted fruit trees and other species, implement the

activities such as brushing, staking, hole digging, fertilizers application,

planting, forest maintenance and protection including the installation of

signage beside the project for public information.

The signing of the MOA was conducted in October13, 2011 at the

Café Hermoso in Pala-o, Iligan City and was witnessed by Hon. Chonilo O.

Ruiz, Chairman, Committee on Environment, Iligan City, Atty. Ranulfo D.

Cenas, OIC-City Environment and Management Office (CEMO), Iligan City

and the six (6) Punong Barangays of Iligan City namely: Brgy. Kiwalan, San

Roque, Pugaan, Bonbonon, Mandulog and Digkila.

During the MOA signing, the miners also symbolized their

commitment to the project by affixing their signatures to the huge tarpaulin

bearing the objectives of the Rainforest Restoration Project.

miners.. (continued from Page 1)

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EDITORIAL BOARD

EDITORIAL CONSULTANTS

ALFREDO T. RELAMPAGOSOIC - Regional Director

OSIN A. SINSUAT, JR.OIC - Geosciences Division

RODANTE B. FELINAOIC - Mine Management Division

PAUL C. SALISEChief Mining Environment and

Safety Division

JEROME N. VENTICChief Administrative and

Finance Division

ATTY. CHRISTINE T. UY-LUAttorney III

EDITORIAL STAFFCECILIA C. TANEditor-In-Chief

RAMON S. HONG, JR.Layout Artist

OFFICE ADDRESS:

EMAIL:

TELEPHONE NUMBER:

FAX NUMBER

Department of Environment and

Natural Resources

MINES AND GEOSCIENCES BUREAU R10

Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City

denrmgb10@yahoo.com

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(088) 856 2110

(088) 856 1331

www.mgb10.com

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MGB-10 Conducts Forum With Small-scale Miners

LIBERTY B. DAITIASEMS

HELPFUL GUIDE

he Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Regional Office No. 10 has conducted

a one-day “Stakeholders Forum on the Proposed Manual of Operations for the

Devolved Small Scale Mining in November 24, 2011 which was held at the Grand

Caprice Restaurant, Cagayan de Oro City.

The proposed manual of operations for the devolved small scale mining

functions of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), DENR to the local

Government Units is provided under a Joint Administrative Order between the

(MGB), DENR and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

This Manual of Operation (MOO) is promulgated for the guidance and

compliance of all concerned and to provide guidelines and procedures in the

The small-scale mining forum participants

implementation of MGB devolved

functions. This will also assist the

Local Government Units (LGU's) in

their effective implementation of the

said functions. Moreover, this will

help the Local Government Unit

develop their own capabilities to

initiate and manage programs and

projects that will lead to the

sustainable development of the

country's mineral resources.

The Forum was conducted to

Cagayan de Oro City CLENRO Officer, Mr. Baltazar during

the Open Forum

provide an avenue for the participants to have a better understanding on the

provisions of the MOO. It was attended by eighty one (81)small scale miners and

representatives from the local government units of the six provinces of Region

10 namely: Misamis Occidental, Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental and Lanao

del Norte including representatives from the Cagayan de Oro City Local

Environment and Natural Resources Office (CLENRO) and the City Environment

Stressing a point during the open forum, Small-scale

mining representative Mr. Loloy Garcia of Brgy.

Gango, Libona Bukidnon

Management Office (CEMO) of Iligan City.

The participants were divided

according to their provinces that made up

seven groups. Each group was provided

with a laptop with one member from the

Secretariat assisting each group. They

were made to workshop on their

c o m m e n t s , s u g g e s t i o n s ,

recommendations, possible amendments

and any other opinions relative to the

proposed Manual of Operation, with the hope that their opinions will be carried

out and will be incorporated in the new guidelines governing the minerals industry.

After the workshop, each group was made to present their output and an open

forum was then conducted to entertain issues, concerns and problems on other

concerns relative to the mining industry.

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fact, morning stiffness can be the most severe pain you feel all day and it can impair or interfere with your ability to function and

perform routine tasks.

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stiffness is a persistent problem for many arthritis patients.

But no matter what type of arthritis you have, here are some tips that may help:

Sleep in a position that supports your joints.

Be sure that your bedroom or sleep environment is warm.

Before getting out of bed, do simple stretching exercises in bed to limber up.

When you first get up, take a hot shower – just stand under the water and relax.

Do a few more exercises, once your muscles begin to loosen up.

Easier said than done, but when you go to bed, eave work and problems at the door to try to reduce tension.

If possible, delay your activities until later in the day. If your work, consider requesting a later start time.

Managing morning stiffness is essential. Morning stiffness affects your level of frustration, ability to work, and overall quality

of life. It's worth your effort to try to reduce morning stiffness – even a little bit would go a long way.

In memory of the late Engr. Paul C. Salise, Chief, Mining Environment and Safety Division, who died last

October 16, 2011

MGB-10 headed by OIC RD Alfredo Relampagos with the

different Division Chiefs conducted a brief meeting/briefing with the

team and had a power point presentation on the initial assessment

of MGB-10 on the effects of the flood caused by typhoon Sendong.

After the meeting, the PMSEA team along with Mr. Jerome

N. Ventic, MGB-10 Chief for Administrative Services and Finance

Division and MS. Cecilia C. Tan, MGB-10 Information Officer-II

proceeded to the Office of the Cagayan de Oro Water District to

coordinate with the installation of the Water Purifier Equipment in

order to provide free drinking water for the flood victims. Engr.

Richelle M. Beja, COWD General Manager eagerly appreciated the

PMSEA for the equipment and agreed to support the installation of

the water purifier.

From the COWD, the team met with Ms. Grecilda Joson,

the City Administrator of Cagayan de Oro to determine the

immediate needs of the flood victims. The team also met with OIC

Regional Director Anne Cañeda of the Office of the Civil Defense

Ms. Rosemarie Imperial and Ms. Cecilia C. Tan also

coordinated with the Honorable Mayor Lawrence Cruz of Iligan City

and MS. Patricia Borja of Iligan Lights Company to determine the

immediate needs of the flood victims in Iligan City.

The next day's schedule was the packing of PMSEA relief

goods at the MGB-10 Office by the personnel of DENR, MGB-10 and

SMI. The relief goods consisted of prime commodities like sugar, milk

canned goods, coffee, energy drinks, noodles, and some stuff for

children. Other relief goods such as plastic mats, blankets, mosquito

nets and medicines were also packed and eventually distributed to

the sendong victims.

relief... (continued from Page 1)

The following are the recipients of the relief goods

from the “Pusong Minero” relief operations of the Philippine

Mining Safety and Environment Association (PMSEA).

· City Government of Cagayan de Oro thru Vice Mayor

Ian Acenas, Operation Center of Misamis Oriental – Governor

Oscar Moreno, Operation Center of Congressman Rufus

Rodriguez, Operation Center of Congressman Benjamin

Benaldo, Barangay Carmen thru Brgy. Captain Rolando Uy,

Barangay Balulang thru its Barangay Coordinator, San Isidro

Labrador Parish covering Brgys. Kauwagan, Bonbon and

Bayabas, Maria Reyna Hospital, Sacred Heart Parish, Northern

Mindanao Medical Center, Alyansang Atenista, Archdiocese of

Iligan, Oro Baptist Chruch, Holcim Philippines Manufacturing

Corporation-Lugait Plant, Environmental Management Bureau-

(EMB 10), Mines and Geosciences Bureau-10 – MGB-10),

Department of Environment and Natural Resources ( DENR-10),

Kidney Transplant Association of the Philippines – CDO Chapter,

La Salle of Iligan, Flood victims of Iligan City thru Ms. Agnes

Maingat, Flood victims of Iligan City thru Ms. Patricia Borja of

Iligan lights Inc.

The enumerated relief centers were assigned to

distribute the relief goods to the flood victims as the recipients.

Presently, a total of 50,000 liters of purified drinking

water in containers were distributed to the flood victims of

Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City.

The water purifier equipment installed in Cagayan de

Oro City is under the supervision of Engr. Alvin Villanueva of the

Mining Environment and Safety Division of MGB-10.

Morning Stiffness

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57th..OPINIONS

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) being the primary

agency under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources

(DENR) responsible for the conservation, management, development

and proper use of the country's mineral resources including those in

reservations , and lands of the public domain is currently carrying out

the implementation of the policy mandating the establishments of

mineral reservations in any parts of the country.

A mineral reservation as defined under Section 5 of R.A. 7942

or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 refers to an area set aside andMGB-10 with the Honorable Mayor Gregorio Ll. Gue of the

Municipality of Quezon, Bukidnon

established as such when the national interest so requires, such as

when there is a need to preserve strategic raw materials critical to

national development or certain minerals for scientific, cultural or

ecological value.

Early process of establishing mineral reservations entails field

activities such as but not limited to reconnaissance geologic survey

to semi-detailed geologic mapping and inventory of valid and existing

mining claims. Expected output of the said activities backed up by

location maps, geologic maps and photo documentations will bring

about Proposed Mineral Reservations in a certain Region or in anyWith Honorable Mayor Laurencia S. Edma of San Fernando

Bukidnon

part of the country.

A certain proposed Mineral reservation is considered official

and legal after it goes through a process of Declaration that follows the

following steps: Notification of the public through publication in a

newspaper of general circulation in the province and posting in

affected municipalities and barangays at least (30) days before the

conduct of a public hearing; Conduct of public hearing allowing all

concerned sectors and communities, interested Nongovernmental

and People's Organizations and Local Government Units to air theirIEC on the establishment of Mineral Reservations in the

Municipality of Cabanglasan, Bukidnon

views regarding the establishment, disestablishment or

modification of any Mineral Reservation; Recommendation of the

Director to the Secretary in writing which shall be likewise published

after submission to the Secretary; Upon the recommendation of the

Director through the Secretary, the President may, subject to valid

existing rights, set aside and establish an area as Mineral

Reservation.

Presently, technical personnel from the Mines and

Geosciences Bureau are conducting reconnaissance geologic

surveys within the identified Municipalities of Bukidnon to delineate

With Vice Mayor Anthony A. Uy (in checkered polo) of

Impasugong, Bukidnon

DENR Mandates Establishment of Mineral Reservations

The Honorable Mayor Aida B. de la Rosa of the

Municipality of Malitbog delivering her message during

the conduct of IEC on the establishment of Mineral

Reservations

and map out possible areas

for Mineral Reservation.

Moreover, the Information,

E d u c a t i o n a n d

Communication (IEC) Team

of MGB-10 is likewise

c o n d u c t i n g s e r i e s o f

lectures to inform mining

stakeholders on the current In the Municipality of Kitaotao, Bukidnon

thrusts of the Agency specifically about Mineral Reservation.

For this issue, we extracted parts of articles published in the

different newspapers that feature some experiences of the

victims of typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan

City.

I shall not dwell any longer on the sad and terrible sights

and sounds of that disastrous night. I choose to end my narrative

on a less somber note, with a story that gave most Cagayanons

some measure of joy and cheer, during those dreadful hours. It is

the story of a little baby. A little baby, only two-months old, was

one of those swept away by the flood that night. Its mother and

father, like so many others, all perished. But, the little baby,

released from the arms of its dead mother, floated somehow in

the current and suddenly its diapers were caught and entangled,

in the branches of a tree. In the early dawn, rescuers found the

little baby, with its diapers still hanging from a branch of the tree,

crying softly, very much alive.

“I rode on wave of mud” Guillermo Uriate hung on for

dear life as he swam then floated on a wave of mud that carried

him from his flood-devastated riverside home in Cagayan de Oro

to Macajalar Bay off the coast of El Salvador 20 kilometers away.

He was barely breathing when rescuers plucked him from the sea.

At some point, he said he was carried away by the current and

reached El Salvador 12 hours later. But the extraordinary escape

from deaths clutches offered scant comfort to the 32 year old

Uriate, as he mounted a frantic search for his wife and three

children who got separated from him at the height of the storm.

Local gov'ts overwhelmed by disaster – Mud and debris

are still heaped under bridges, on trees, and in houses. Many

survivors, like those in Bayug Island, believe that their missing kin

are buried in the piles of muck. For far flung areas, inaccessibility

means hunger. For two days, some 30 families left homeless in

Barangay Bonbonon's Sitio Wago made do with green bananas

that they had gathered from the river.

(exctracted from the Privilege Speech of 1st District –Cagayan de Oro City

Congressman Jose Benjamin Benaldo – printed in the January 24, 2012 issue of

Gold Star Daily)

(extracted from the “I rode on wave of mud” headline by Dj Yap

Philippine Daily Inquirer – December 20, 2011 issue)

(Extracted from the article “Local gov'ts overwhelmed by disaster by Ryan D.

Rosauro and Bobby Lagsa

Philippine Daily Inquirer – December 27, 2011)

Sinsuat, meanwhile said DENR wrote City hall a letter

in 2009 stating its opposition to the city government move to

allow people to live on the islets. He said the DENR attached a

geo-hazard map so city hall officials would see how

dangerous the places where…

I t was the end of the world for over 3,000 souls, and

back to square one for over 6,000 families… and the counting

isn't over yet..

They didn't take the DENR and PAASA warnings

seriously. They turned a blind eye to the warnings and kept

the crucial information to themselves. They kept the public in

the dark.

· How can I celebrate the New Year when I lost three

kids?

Thousands of affected families, whose homes were

destroyed by raging floodwaters, will be spending Christmas

in evacuation centers..

The Department of Health (DOH) Region X on

Monday declared an outbreak of leptospirosis in Cagayan de

Oro after 5 persons died while more than 200 have been

infected with the disease

(extracted from the headline story “Emano on Disaster: Why Blame me? By

Cong Corrales and Lito Roluna

Goldstar Daily – January 10, 2012)

(Patrick Uyguangco Gabutina-provincial Administrator- Misamis Oriental

Sunstar January 11, 2012

(Herbie Gomez – Editor-in-chief-chief

Goldstar Daily – January 9, 2012

Winnie Abalayan

Goldstar Daily - January 3, 2012

Oro Newstar

December 1-38, 2012 issue

Michael Andrew W. Yu

Sunstar

January 3, 2012

their faces with nothing left for them, including their homes

and other properties. They were shocked, confused,

physically drained, hungry, sick and others on the brink of

emotional breakdown.

As of December 31, 2011, 1,200 fatalities were

recorded in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan Cities. The floods

displaced more than 23,000 families from 150 villages, 23

towns, 8 cities and 13 provinces. At least, 1,334 houses were

destroyed while 3,070 were damaged.

On record, a total of 90 DENR 10 employees were

among those severely affected, 147 moderately affected and

61 fell under the less affected category.

Two casualties were reported, the late, Ms. Vanessa

Caangay of the Protected Areas, Wildlife and Coastal Zone

typoon.. (continued from Page 1) Management Services (PAWCZMS) and Rodson Langit of

the Land Evaluation Party (LEP) whose dead body has not

been recovered as of this writing.

In the MGB, six families were severely affected ;

Mr. Rey Gamayon, Ms. Virginia Verdejo, Ms. Gay Callanta,

Ms. Chita Polinar, Mr. Osin Sinsuat, Jr and Engr. Lemuel

Cabahit. They lost their belongings such as clothing,

furnitures and fixtures, books, appliances on top of being

temporarily dislocated because their houses were

damaged by the killer flood.

In totality, no one, either a Cagayanon or an

Iliganon was spared from such tragedy, everyone suffered

the absence of electricity and water, more so, endured the

ache of grief, sorrow and the heart breaking stories of pain

in their own lives or in the lives of others.

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