DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 August) — The newly-activated Armed Forces Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) has been given its first marching order: crush the communist rebellion but uphold the peace process between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 August) — The Armed Forces Southern Command, the Philippines biggest military force, ceased to exist effective morning of August 29, 2006.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 August) – Banana firms should not threaten the city government that they will move out of if an ordinance banning aerial spraying is passed, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/29 August) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lauded the North Cotabato provincial government and the Publishers Association of the Philippines (PAPI), for initiating a media summit in the province.
