Nov 1, 2020 | Blog
Iloilo City – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau RegionalOffice 6 (MGB-6), DENR issued an advisory to the local government units (LGUs) in Region 6 as Typhoon “ROLLY” threatens the country specifically the province of Catanduanes in the Bicol Region. At... read more
Oct 28, 2020 | Blog
The geologic hazard maps produced by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in the past years contain vital information on the susceptibility of a certain locality to geologic hazards specifically landslide and floods that fall within the scope of MGB’s program. It is... read more
Oct 27, 2020 | Blog
It has been said time and again that “of all the nations in the world, the Philippines has experienced the most natural hazards in the twentieth century. India was a distant second, followed by the United States in the third position.” (Kovach, R.L., 1995.... read more
Oct 25, 2020 | Blog
Iloilo City – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau RegionalOffice 6 (MGB-6), DENR issued an advisory to the local government units (LGUs) in Region 6 through the DENR field offices concerning tropical storm Quinta threatening the Catanduanes-Albay area and which may... read more
Sep 30, 2020 | Blog
(Iloilo City) – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office 6 (MGB-6) of the DENR is distributing educational materials for a number of schools in Iloilo City and a barangay school in the province of Iloilo. One poster being distributed by MGB-6 shows the... read more