DENR, MGB-6 ADVISORY ON TYPHOON “INENG”
Based on PAG-ASA’s advisory at 11:00 am today, August 19, 2015, Typhoon Ineng was estimated based on all available data at 800 km East of Aparri, Cagayan or at 815 km East of Calayan, Cagayan with maximum sustained winds of 180 kph near the center and gustiness of up...
Rain triggered landslides and floods in Iloilo, Antique and Negros Occidental
Iloilo City – Landslides affected a number of barangays in Igbaras, Alimodian and Janiuay, Iloilo, and San Remigio, Antique because of prolonged rains last week. Some barangays were flooded in Kabankalan City and Valladolid, Negros Occidental, and San Lorenzo,...
ADVISORY RE: TYPHOON WITH INTERNATIONAL NAME “SOUDELOR”
August 4, 2015 Based on PAG-ASA’s advisory at 11:00 am today, August 4, 2015, Typhoon Soudelor (International Name) was estimated based on all available data at 1,855 km east of Luzon with maximum sustained winds of 215 kph near the center and gustiness of up...
MGB-6 orients Iloilo City barangay officials on detailed (1:10,000) geohazard maps
Iloilo City - The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. 6 (MGB-6) gave an orientation on the detailed geohazard mapping and assessment of Iloilo City to the barangay officilas of Iloilo City on June 23, 2015 at the Iloilo Grand Hotel. “It is very...
DENR, MGB-6 urged Tigbauan National High School to monitor school area for ground movement
Iloilo City – Geologists of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region-6 (MGB-6) recommended that the management of Tigbauan National High School should closely monitor if there are further ground movements in the school as it informed MGB-6 that it experienced one last...
DENR, MGB-6 conducts training on georesistivity survey for groundwater vulnerability resource assessment
The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. 6 conducted a 6-day training on georesistivity survey for groundwater resources assessment last April 7-12, 2015 at the Iloilo Grand Hotel. Eighteen personnel from the MGB-6 and five on-the-job-trainees of B.S....
DENR, MGB-6 cautions LGUs and public on geohazards that may be caused by typhoon Dodong
Iloilo City – Regional Director Leo Van V. Juguan of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region-6 (MGB-6) cautions those who are living in areas that are highly prone to landslides and flooding to take precautionary measures now that typhoon Dodong has entered the...
Philippine Transparency Seal
Transparency Seal Requirements MGB Citizen's Charter National Budget Circular 542 National Budget Circular 542, issued by the Department of Budget and Management on August 29, 2012, reiterates compliance with Section 93 of the General Appropriations Act of FY2012....
DENR MGB-6 lectures in schools and warns of geohazards
Iloilo City – “One of the priorities of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. 6 (MGB-6) this year is to increase further awareness on geologic hazards, particularly rain-induced landslides and flooding. We also want to focus more on channeling this...
Southern Negros Occidental losing 9.5 hectares of land annually
MGB Central Office - Coastal geohazards assessment and shoreline mapping conducted by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau in several cities and municipalities in Negros Occidental reveals that the southern coast of the region had been losing approximately 9.5 hectares...