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MGB-IX joins in the celebration of the 33rd DENR Founding Anniversary and Environment Month by hosting a Sportsfest to promote employees' wellness. This is to ensure that MGB-IX employees are both mentally and physically active amidst this Covid-19 pandemic.
 
To ensure that physical distancing is being practiced and observed, only individual sports and activities were allowed to be played.
During the short program, RD Hernani Abdon gave a message followed by the declaration of the opening of the Sportsfest. And as a dance enthusiast himself, he also actively joined in the dance fitness session that came right after the preliminaries of the program proper.
 
This 2-day activity is a joint undertaking of the region's GFPS and MGBEA Chapter.

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photopmrb001OIC, Regional Director Engr. Hernani G. Abdon presided the first Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) meeting of Zamboanga Sibugay Province (ZSP) through video teleconferencing using Google Meet on Wednesday morning of June 3.

PMRB members present were Mr. Dennis Baguio, representing the Provincial Governor, Atty. Wilter Y. Palma; Atty. Marlo Bancoro, Small-Scale Mining (SSM) representative; and Mr. Nestor Carbonera as Non-Government Organization (NGO) representative. Meanwhile, newly appointed Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENR-O) for LGU-ZSP, Ms. Medarlene Perez, temporarily served as PMRB Secretariat during the meeting.

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As a response to the "new normal", the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB-IX) have adopted a safety and health protocol measures to ensure a safe and healthy working environment for its employees and clients. Facilitated by the Mine Safety, Environment and Social Development Division (MSESDD), these measures have been observed at the onset of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in March and have been further intensified since the City of Zamboanga have shifted to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) effective May 16, 2020.
 
Signages, lavatories for hand washing, foot bath and regular checking of body temperature using hand-held scanner are just among the safety measures employed by the Office.
 
However, the office is still adopting a work from home and skeleton workforce arrangements for its employees. The public is still encourage to conduct their official business and inquiries thru email and telephone calls to minimize physical contact.
 

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Slide1    As an active response to the call of “Bayanihan” spirit and in compliance to the Memorandum Order of MGB Director Atty. Wilfredo G. Moncano dated March 27, 2020, authorizing the Re-alignment of Unutilized Funds of the Social Development and Management Program (SDMP), TVI Resource Development Phils. (TVIRD) – Balabag Project, have conducted several meaningful undertakings to help alleviate the condition amidst the COVID-19 pandemic to its host and neighboring communities in Bayog Town, Zamboanga del Sur which is under General Community Quarantine (GCQ).

   TVIRD personnel and officers have organized a weeklong food packs distribution consisting of rice, vegetables, canned goods and noodles that have benefited almost 5,000 families of the 11 barangays of Bayog municipality. The elderly, pregnant women, and persons with disabilities (PWDs) who are residents within the proximate area of the mine camp as well as those in the identified secondary impact barangays adjacent to its host community, were given priority.

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