POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato (MindaNews/28 August) – To the chant of “Welga, Welga” (Strike, Strike), union members of Dole Philippines, Inc. voted to go on strike during the balloting that ended at 9 p.m. on a rainy Sunday.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 August) — At least 1,000 subscribers of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) were arbitrarily disconnected this month when a still unidentified group stole hundreds of meters of copper wire cables in Toril district here, an official of the telecommunications firm said.
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews/28 August) — Ten years after the signing of the “Final Peace Agreement” between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), and five years after the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo agreed on a cessation of hostilities with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), uncertainty remains about the peace status of Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago. Disputes are continuous about the implementation of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement, and MNLF Chair Nur Misuari is still detained. At the same time, talks between the government and the MILF have gone through numerous informal sessions as representatives on both sides try to reach consensus on extraordinarily difficult issues so as to be able to present the Peace Panels with a final draft agreement.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 August) — Where's the committee that is supposed to evaluate, assess, and recommend measures to ensure safety of pesticides?
