CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 20 May) — Heavy mining equipment like excavators and dump trucks used roads of three upland barangays in Cagayan de Oro to reach the mining sites along the Iponan …
CAGAYAN DE ORO — Heavy mining equipment like excavators and dump trucks used roads of three upland barangays in Cagayan de Oro to reach the mining sites along the Iponan River in the town of Opol, Misamis Oriental.
Residents board a sunken barge lodged beside a bridge in Barangay Iponan in Cagayan de Oro City on Dec. 5, 2012 to salvage materials. Swept by the waters brought by Typhoon Pablo the day before, the barge is believed to be one of the seven barges used in illegally mining gold at the Iponan River. MindaNews file photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
He said in order to reach the mining sites, the miners have to use the roads of the three barangays since there are no roads from Opol town to Iponan River. A joint operation by the DENR personnel, NBI agents and Army elite Special Forces arrested five Chinese nationals and 13 Filipino laborers in Barangay Pigsag-an, Cagayan de Oro last Saturday dawn, 13 May 2023.
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