Manila FAME takes new directions

The Design Center of the Philippines, in partnership with the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA), explores additional applications of bamboo to showcase its versatility through the organization’s Bamboo Extreme program. Executive director of the Design Center of the Philippines, Ria Matute said that the current display focuses on bamboo and the “new concept of mobility.”



Marcventures celebrates World Bamboo Day 2018

Committed to environmental protection and realizing the economic potential of bamboo, employees of Marcventures Mining and Development Corporation (MMDC), the subsidiary of publicly-listed, Marcventures Holdings Inc., celebrated World Bamboo Day by planting acclimatized bamboo seedlings high up the mountains surrounding the Wawa Dam in Rodriguez, Rizal. The environmental initiative is in partnership with Mga Anak […]


PGMC Coastal Clean-Up

PGMC’s Envi Department spearheaded a coastal clean-up activity in the coastal villages of Barangay Cagdianao and Lambason Island participated by 150 volunteers composed of PGMC employees, contractors and different sectors of the community and it’s leaders. The company hopes that the information generated from the activity will aid in coming up with an improved waste management program […]


Agata Commemorates National Heroes Day with Two-day Medical Outreach Program

Barangay Lawigan residents receive free medical check-ups and medicines Tubay, Agusan del Norte / September 2018 – More than 200 patients in Agata’s host community in Barangay Lawigan, Tubay Municipality of this province received free medical check-ups, medicines and vitamins from the company during a recent two-day medical mission.  The outreach program for coastal residents and fisherfolks […]


Mining industry: On the road to recovery

Atty. Dante R. Bravo, a CPA-Lawyer, is an accidental miner, who finds the mining industry more fulfilling and meaningful in its contribution to society, workers and most of all, its role in environmental protection. As head of the Philippine Nickel Industry Association (PNIA), the voice of the nickel industry, Bravo is leading an industry with […]


Annual Social Development and Management Program of PGMC

Families in Brgy. Cagdianao, Claver, Surigao del Norte now have an additional source of livelihood as eighty members of the community recently received woodcrafts training through the support of the Annual Social Development and Management Program of PGMC. PGMC provided financial assistance and aided in the procurement of materials and equipment that were used during the […]


For the 5th Year in a Row: RMN Medical Mission Gets Added Boost from Agata

66th Anniversary Celebration of RMN DXBC commemorated with free medical and dental services Butuan City / September 2018 – Agata Mining Ventures Inc. (AMVI), nickel laterite mining project of TVI Resources Development Inc. (TVIRD), for the fifth consecutive year supported the medical mission of media partner RMN DXBC Butuan – one of the country’s top radio stations […]