Once claimed dozens of lives, the Philippine government finally decided to close the500 mostly small-scale mines and the miners and their families relocating from the City mining area Pantukan in Compostela Valley, Mindanao Island, Philippines.
Closure of mines in the area of business gold mine was submitted by the Minister of the Interior Jesse Robredo yesterday while visiting the disaster site. "In addition to closing the small mining business that allegedly largely illegal and relocate, the government shut down a mine shaft and all the surrounding houses torn down," he said.
Tons of soil weighs on Wednesday morning and then overwrite the houses and streets. That disaster killed 22 people and 150 people missing. Yesterday rescuerscontinue the search for survivors.
From the Malacanang Palace, President Benigno S. Aquino III ordered Robredoinvestigating the incident.
A spokesman for Eastern Mindanao Command, Col. Leopoldo Galon, argued the military will help local governments establish the area off limits to mining activities."So that similar events do not recur in the future," he said.
According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, since April 2011, the provision of the Environmental Compliance Certificate to the enterprisesof small-scale mining in the area had been stopped. However, mining activity is stillongoing.
During this Pantukan and Monkayo area is an area rich in gold and a mining areafor many years. Although landslides have occurred which claimed the lives of many times, the miners did not give up there.
Landslide event yesterday was the second time in one year. The first disasteroccurred in April 2010, which killed at least 20 people. According to CompostelaValley police chief, Timoteo Pacleb, landslides occurred three days ago with an area of 60 square meters and a length of 300 meters with a depth of 150 meters.
Closure of mines in the area of business gold mine was submitted by the Minister of the Interior Jesse Robredo yesterday while visiting the disaster site. "In addition to closing the small mining business that allegedly largely illegal and relocate, the government shut down a mine shaft and all the surrounding houses torn down," he said.
Tons of soil weighs on Wednesday morning and then overwrite the houses and streets. That disaster killed 22 people and 150 people missing. Yesterday rescuerscontinue the search for survivors.
From the Malacanang Palace, President Benigno S. Aquino III ordered Robredoinvestigating the incident.
A spokesman for Eastern Mindanao Command, Col. Leopoldo Galon, argued the military will help local governments establish the area off limits to mining activities."So that similar events do not recur in the future," he said.
According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, since April 2011, the provision of the Environmental Compliance Certificate to the enterprisesof small-scale mining in the area had been stopped. However, mining activity is stillongoing.
During this Pantukan and Monkayo area is an area rich in gold and a mining areafor many years. Although landslides have occurred which claimed the lives of many times, the miners did not give up there.
Landslide event yesterday was the second time in one year. The first disasteroccurred in April 2010, which killed at least 20 people. According to CompostelaValley police chief, Timoteo Pacleb, landslides occurred three days ago with an area of 60 square meters and a length of 300 meters with a depth of 150 meters.
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