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bjmp1Our typical traditional Filipino culture during Holy Week observance taught us  to preferably stay at home and do some personal reflections or practice family devotion. With the advent of the global COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Holy Week observance have given people more than enough reason to stay at home and practice social distancing to help the spread of the virus as community quarantine were imposed in most parts of the country.

However, one of the effects of this community quarantine have affected thousands of Filipinos, especially the marginalized sectors who have less or no access at all to basic needs such as food and other essential needs. Since the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) pronouncement of the City of Zamboanga effective March 20, 2020, Zamboanga City Jail inmates are among those affected because visits and extension of personal provisions to the inmates are prohibited during these difficult times.

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With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office IX have responded and adhered to both local and national policy issuances. As such, OIC-RD Hernani G. Abdon has issued several Memorandum Orders supporting local Executive Orders of the City Government of Zamboanga strengthening the precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 which eventually led to the declaration of an Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) effective March 20, 2020, including issuances based on national orders. 

In 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) in order to support affected impact and non-impact communities due to COVID-19, RD Abdon immediately notified every mining contract permit holders and Industrial Sand and Gravel (ISAG) permittees within the Zamboanga Peninsula of the said memo for their compliance. 

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GSD Major field programs of the Geosciences Division (GD) commenced in February 2020 with the Coastal Geohazard Assessment in the Municipalities of Katipunan and Roxas in Zamboanga del Norte. This is for now the only major program that has been accomplished within the quarter prior to the temporary cessation of all field activities of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Region IX (MGB, R-IX) due to the heightened alert status as regards to the Covid-19 pandemic and the Enhanced Community Quarantine implemented within the provinces and cities of Zamboanga Peninsula.

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MGBEA National Officers and Chapter Presidents

Despite the exaggerated security issues in Zamboanga City, delegates to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Employee’s Continuing Welfare Seminar Series III and MGB Employee’s Association (MGBEA) 17th National Convention, arrived in the City and excitedly gathered for the said event from March 10-13, 2020 at the LM Metro Hotel in Tetuan, Zamboanga City.

  1. Engr. Abdon Takes Post as New OIC- RD of MGB-IX
  2. MGB-IX Hosts First Quarter RD’s Meeting and Management Conference
  3. MGB9-EMPC Hosts FAD Chief Camacho's Handog Pasasalamat Day
  4. GSD Personnel Attends 2020 Geoscience Workshop

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