Trucks to be confiscated, sand miners to face P1m fine

Bogolo Kenewendo, the Minister of Minerals and Energy (MME), told Parliament recently that the enactment introduced harsher punitive measures that will see people fined up to P1,000,000.

“Owing to the prior limitations on the legislative punitive actions, the amended Mines and Minerals Act has been enacted. The Mines and Minerals Act amendments have included harsher punitive measures through revision of fines and giving more powers to authorised officers to confiscate, impound, and dispose of equipment that was found and used in the commission of such illegal activity,” Kenewendo revealed.