(In many areas, small-scale mines sprout like mushrooms as soon as word of gold underneath the land spreads. How can poor, jobless people resist the lure of striking it rich with gold prices now at $1 ...

A day after two miners drowned in a seaside mining pit in Paracale town in this province, Governor Edgardo Tallado asked the police to shut down all illegal mining operations there amid some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anthony Balderosdasco, 28, readies himself to dive down beneath the mud to look for gold, in Paracale, Philippines, March 22, 2017 ...

Ten months after a similar accident in the area that killed two people, parts of a mine in the Camarines Norte town of Paracale—where gold is the main source of livelihood for small-scale ...

MANILA, Philippines - The bids and award committee of the Philippine Mining Development Corp. (PMDC) is recommending the award of the Paracale gold mining property to Black Stone Mineral Resources, ...

Small-scale mining in developing Asian economies bring new challenges to the fight against mercury pollution and its lasting ...

The Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) is looking into a local politician who is allegedly the "business partner" of the 11 Chinese nationals working in an illegal mine in Paracale, ...

PARACALE, Camarines Norte: The old parola in Camarines Norte is being gradually engulfed by the sea and numerous houses within the mouth of Paracale River and near the shoreline are inundated by sea ...