MGB VI FY 2024 accomplishments validated by an Integrated Regional Field Assessment and Validation System
The DENR Performance Assessment Teams (PATs) and MGB Central Office Validators through the Policy, Planning, and Internal Affairs Division rigorously validated the accomplishments, programs, and activities of MGB Region VI for an Integrated Regional Field Assessment...
MGB RO6 Regional Director Cecilia L. Ochavo-Saycon attends the Women in Extractive Forum 2025
Mines and Geosciences Bureau RO6 (MGB 6) Regional Director Cecilia L. Ochavo-Saycon attends the Women in Extractive Forum 2025 with the theme "Mining Her Own Business: Elevating Women's Voices in Natural Resource Governance" co-hosted by the Philippine Extractive...
MGB Region VI Personnel joins DOST-PHIVOLCS InfoPress to Improve Disaster Communication
Iloilo City - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office VI attends the DOST-PHIVOLCS InfoPress: Understanding and Communicating Kanlaon Volcano Hazards and DOST-PHIVOLCS Information Products on February 19, 2025, at the Negros Occidental Provincial Capitol,...
RD Cecilia L. Ochavo-Saycon confirmed as Director II
Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office VI Regional Director Cecilia L. Ochavo-Saycon took her oath of office as Director II effective February 17, 2025. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Antonia Loyzaga-Yulo administered the...
MGB VI new entrants took their oath of office
(Iloilo City) - MGB RO VI Regional Director Cecilia L. Ochavo-Saycon administered the oath of office of three personnel as regular employees on February 10, 2025 at the MGB VI office namely, Engr. Mark Victor Gierran (Engineer II), Engr. Van Justine Podiotan...
MGB VI joins the 2025 One Billion Rising Campaign
Iloilo City - MGB Regional Office VI personnel joined the 2025 One Billion Rising Campaign on February 14, 2025, at the Freedom Grandstand, Muelle Loney Street, Iloilo City. With the theme, “Rise for Freedom” the global dance campaign was participated by other...
MGB VI Starting the Year 2025 with Strategic Planning and Office Policies Re-Orientation Activities
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. VI conducted a Strategic Planning and Re-Orientation of Updated Workplace/Office Policies Seminar on January 17, 2025, at the Iloilo Grand Hotel, Iloilo City. The seminar was attended by MGB VI regular and contract...
MGB VI Participates in Training on Remote Sensing Applications for Mineral Exploration
[Iloilo City ] – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office VI (MGB VI) took part in a training on remote sensing applications for mineral exploration last November 25-28, 2024 in Metro Manila. Two geologists from MGB VI Myron Gerard Y. De Guzman and...

MGB commemorates its 126th founding anniversary
Iloilo City - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) commemorated its 126th founding anniversary with a nationwide simultaneous culmination activity on November 29, 2024, honoring the bureau’s legacy as the primary government agency responsible for the conservation,...
MGB VI conducted public hearings in proposed mineral reservation areas
Iloilo City - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office VI (MGB VI) held separate public hearings in Sibalom, and San Remegio on November 15 and November 26, respectively, with an upcoming one scheduled in Patnongon on December 5, 2024. ...