GRAPEVINE, Texas ( MindaNews/10 March) – It was Manny Pacquiao’s turn to do a workout on a boxing ring set up inside the posh Gaylord Texan hotel here on Tuesday, and the pound-for-pound king made no bones in displaying he’s in very good shape and is seriously set to send challenger Joshua Clottey to the canvass.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 March) --  The lack of consultations and sincerity of the panels put the peace process between the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at bay, according to the candidates in attendance at the presidential forum here yesterday.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 March) --  The presidential candidates present at a forum here were on the same page as far as eliminating the Private Armed Groups (PAG) or private armies in Mindanao are concerned, must be dismantled soonest as these would be used by traditional politicians as "cheating machineries.”

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 March) – An official at the City Social Welfare and Development Office here said she is contemplating asking any appropriate state agency to take possible legal action against the city prosecutor who dismissed a rape complaint after the victim’s father filed an affidavit of desistance.