BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/24 July) — A police station commander and an undetermined number of passengers were trapped inside buses for an hour inside when 100 suspected communist rebels set up a road block in broad daylight today in Barangay Bahi, some five kilometers west of San Francisco, Agusan del Sur.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 July) – At least 12 of 83 paragraphs of the President’s State of the Nation Address talked about Mindanao compared with last year’s two out of 40, but this year’s SONA was greeted with more jeers than cheers.
DAVAO C ITY (MindaNews/24 July) — Impressed by "Davao's safety, security and cleanliness," visiting Chinese Ambassador Li Jinjun said he will introduce the city not only to more Chinese investors but also to tourists.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/24 July) — The government hopes to finally launch by next year the proposed joint naval patrols with Malaysia and Indonesia in a bid to strengthen the security within the booming Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).
