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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes has ordered his department’s officials here not to use excessive force or violence against illegal small-scale miners in a hinterland town at the Nueva Vizcaya-Quirino boundary.


This developed as the Australasia-Philippines Mining Inc. (APMI) is set to start next month, after almost a decade of exploration, its multibillion-peso gold-copper mining project in the remote village of Didipio in Kasibu town.


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Police said toxic gases killed Eugene Ansibey inside the tunnel that he and fellow small-scale miners had dug up in Didipio. Several villagers, using unregulated explosives for blasting, have died since illegal mining has proliferated there.


In September, a government-backed, multibillion-peso gold and copper project goes into full swing in the mountainous village. 


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Engineer Arnel Arrojo, project director of the Australasia-Philippines Mining Inc. (APMI), said the program was formalized in a memorandum of agreement (MOA) entered into by the company and the Nueva Vizcaya State University (NVSU) this week.


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Senior Superintendent Rogelio Damazo, provincial police director,  said they have already dispatched a composite team to investigate the incident in Barangay Didipio in Kasibu town, where the project management office of the Australasia-Philippines Mining Inc. (IPMA) is based.


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With Villena’s appointment, regional officials, particularly Nueva Vizcaya Vice Gov. Jose Gambito, have expressed apprehension over the fate of the region’s mining industry. 


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Petition vs Vizcaya mining project dismissed

September 25, 2006 - 12:00am

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — A judge here has dismissed the petition of a local environmental group to stop a multimillion-peso mining project in Kasibu town for allegedly having an illegal environmental compliance...

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Reyes: No ‘excessive force’ vs Vizcaya illegal miners

By Charlie Lagasca | August 6, 2006 - 12:00am

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes has ordered his department’s officials here not to use excessive force or violence against illegal small-scale...

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Man finds death, not gold, in tunnel

By Charlie Lagasca | June 18, 2006 - 12:00am

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — In search of gold, a small-scale miner instead found death inside a tunnel in the remote, mineral-rich village of Didipio in Kasibu town. Police said toxic gases killed Eugene Ansibey...

Nation

Aussie firm grants scholarships to Vizcaya students

By Charlie Lagasca | June 4, 2006 - 12:00am

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — An Australian company which the government has allowed to mine multi-billion gold and copper deposits in a mountain village here has granted an initial P1 million for a scholarship...

Nation

Mining facilities in Vizcaya burned

By Charlie Lagasca | April 4, 2006 - 12:00am

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — The multimillion-peso mining facilities of an Australian firm in a remote mineral-rich mountain village here were destroyed by fire allegedly started by a still unidentified group...

Nation

Bishop still firm against mining

By Charlie Lagasca | March 13, 2006 - 12:00am

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya — Bayombong Bishop Ramon Villena vowed to intensify his campaign against the entry of large-scale mining in Cagayan Valley despite his recent appointment by President Arroyo as chairman...

Nation