MGB-6 ISSUES LANDSLIDE AND FLOOD ADVISORY AS THE COUNTRY BRACES FOR TYPHOON “ROLLY”
Iloilo City – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau RegionalOffice 6 (MGB-6), DENR issued an advisory to the local government units (LGUs) in Region 6 as Typhoon "ROLLY" threatens the country specifically the province of Catanduanes in the Bicol Region. At 2:00 in the...
Geologic hazard maps as a guide to safety
The geologic hazard maps produced by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in the past years contain vital information on the susceptibility of a certain locality to geologic hazards specifically landslide and floods that fall within the scope of MGB’s program. It is...
A look at the MGB National Geohazard Assessment and Mapping Program after 15 years
It has been said time and again that "of all the nations in the world, the Philippines has experienced the most natural hazards in the twentieth century. India was a distant second, followed by the United States in the third position." (Kovach, R.L., 1995. Earth's...
MGB-6 ISSUES ADVISORY ON SEVERE TROPICAL STORM “QUINTA”
Iloilo City - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau RegionalOffice 6 (MGB-6), DENR issued an advisory to the local government units (LGUs) in Region 6 through the DENR field offices concerning tropical storm Quinta threatening the Catanduanes-Albay area and which may also...
MGB RO-6 distributes educational materials for schools
(Iloilo City) - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office 6 (MGB-6) of the DENR is distributing educational materials for a number of schools in Iloilo City and a barangay school in the province of Iloilo. One poster...
MGB-6 practices health and safety protocols to fight COVID-19 spread
(Iloilo City) - In the last six months since the world declared that the COVID-19 is at a pandemic scale, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. 6 (MGB-6) has observed the necessary health and safety protocols to fight its spread and to keep its...
MGB-6, PENRO Aklan and mines sector collaborate for communal bamboo plantation
(Iloilo City) - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office 6 (MGB-6) and the Provincial Environment and Natural Resource Office (PENRO), DENR Aklan collaborate with permit holders of the mines sector in Region 6 and are on the final stage of entering into a...
MGB, DENR issues La Niña advisory
Iloilo City) - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) issued an advisory on the occurrence of La Niña in the country starting late in September or early October this year. MGB issued a memorandum to all its regional offices to submit a plan of action as input to the...
MGB-6 pursues geological risk reduction and resiliency activities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
Iloilo City – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region 6 (MGB-6) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) moves forward to complete its work targets under the geological risk reduction and resiliency program of the government amidst the disruption...
MGB-6 investigates landslide in Tubungan, Iloilo, warns of further risks with heavy rainfall
Iloilo City – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region 6 (MGB-6), DENR, investigates the landslide that caused the road in Barangay Teniente Benito in Tubungan going to Leon, Iloilo to collapse due to heavy rains early this month . Officer-in-Charge, Office of the...