BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: A House Bill (HB) has been approved declaring the province of Nueva Vizcaya a mining free zone but subjecting those already existing mining operations for “review.”

Approved on February 10 on third and final reading, HB 3667 was authored by Rep. Carlos Padilla of the lone district of Nueva Vizcaya. The bill he said, “will soon be transmitted to the Senate.”

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