Reconsideration Benguet Vice Governor Ericson Felipe On Tuesday Said They Are Appealing To The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources Denr Streamline Permitting Process For 39 Minahang Bayan That Delays Declaration An Area Community Mining Isa Requirement Before Associations Can Be Issueda Contract Pna Photo By Lizat Agoot La Trinidad News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

RECONSIDERATION. Benguet Vice Governor Ericson Felipe on Tuesday said they are appealing to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to streamline the permitting process for 'Minahang Bayan' that delays the declaration of an area for community mining. The declaration is a requirement before mining associations can be issued a mining contract. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot) LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - The provincial government is hopeful that small-scale mining activities in the province would be allowed again pending the approval of Minahang Bayan applications. "Our constituents are living through mining, many relying on it for survival which makes it impossible to stop them from operating while the Minahang Bayan applications are pending and being processed," Vice Governor Ericson Felipe said in an interview on Tuesday. Felipe stressed the dilemma of the mining associations in obtaining a Minahang Bayan declaration, which he said is tedious and complicated ....

Ericson Felipe , Minahang Bayan , Department Of Environment , Governor Ericson Felipe , Natural Resources , Reconsideration Benguet Vice Governor Ericson Felipe On Tuesday Said They Are Appealing To The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources Denr Streamline Permitting Process For 39 Minahang Bayan That Delays Declaration An Area Community Mining Isa Requirement Before Associations Can Be Issueda Contract Pna Photo By Lizat Agoot La Trinidad , Enguet The Provincial Government Is Hopeful That Small Scale Mining Activities In Province Would Be Allowed Again Pending Approval Of Minahang Bayan Applications Quot Our Constituents Are Living Through , Any Relying On It For Survival Which Makes Impossible To Stop Them From Operating While The Minahang Bayan Applications Are Pending And Being Processed , Uot Vice Governor Ericson Felipe Said In An Interview On Tuesday Stressed The Dilemma Of Mining Associations Obtaininga Minahang Bayan Declaration , Hich He Said Is Tedious And Complicated Added That The Provincial Government , N Several Resolutions , Lready Requested The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources Denr To Streamline Requirements That Was Identified As Reason For Delay In Obtaininga Minahang Bayan Declaration Following Issuance , A Small Scale Mining Contract That Will Allow The Association To Afford Minahang Bayan Authority Utilize Same Extract Minerals Is Also Required In 2018 , He Denr Issueda Cease And Desist Order Cdo For All Small Scale Mining Operations In Benguet The Whole Of Cordillera Following Massive Landslide Ina Community Town Itogon That Claimed Lives Abouta Hundred Persons Quot Our People Engaged Are Sad Plight With Their Operation Being Simply Tolerated Because Absence Legal Status Have To Survive Thru Asa Livelihood We Hope Will Reconsider Soon , Uot He Added Felipe Said Aside From Agriculture , Mall Scale Mining Is Alsoa Top Source Of Income And Job Generator In Benguet Pna ,