In recent years, Jakarta has supercharged the mining and processing of the mineral, but the progress has come at a heavy cost.

Massive illegal mining operations that lasted for mere months left scars deeper than its brief operations in Surigao City, leaving residents and farmers in the dust—or in their case, silt and mud.

Situated in Nkufa, Kassanda District, this gold mining, which began in the 1980s, perpetuates several illegalities, including child labor, the use of banned chemicals like mercury, and illegal mining ...

BAGUIO CITY (PIA) – Child labor remains a pressing problem not only in the Philippines but in the world. In 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported an estimated 1.09 million working ...

Gold prices rose in Philippines on Wednesday ... the $2,860 region per ounce troy following the publication of the US labour market report in January. The January payrolls number was weaker ...

Gold prices fell in Philippines on Monday, according to data compiled by FXStreet. The price for Gold stood at 5,245.60 Philippine Pesos (PHP) per gram, down compared with the PHP 5,283.67 it cost ...

Not all the priests in the database are Filipinos, and some are deceased. Some are Americans shuffled to the Philippines after being charged or convicted of child sexual abuse in the United States, ...

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has assured local government ...