GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 September) — Senate President Manuel Villar has assured he would facilitate the passage of a bill on tuna handline fishing and a regulatory mechanism for the use of tuna handline fishing boats before the start of the political campaign season next year, South Cotabato First District Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 September) – “Fly on the Wall,” Gail Tan Ilagan’s columns in book form will be launched Monday at the Ateneo de Davao University where Ms Ilagan teaches.
Gail writes “Wayward and Fanciful” for MindaViews, the opinion section of MindaNews.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 September) – A senator has questioned the sincerity of Malacañang’s order last month to law enforcement agencies to solve the spate of killings of leftist activists, citing the murder Thursday of Bayan Muna Bohol provincial chairman Victor Olayvar as proof that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has failed to rein in the military which has been blamed for most of the political and media killings.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 September) — Indie writer-producer Raymond Lee was certainly kidding when he said Angelo Ilagan, who plays the lead role in his Cinemalaya offering of Sarong Banggi (literally meaning One Night), is my long-lost son. He can't be. Hindi ho ako maaga naglandi to have a son three years older than my Liane.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/09 September) – A group of Moro and Christian leaders in Mindanao has echoed fears that the unabated military operations in Sulu and in other areas in the region will lead to a spate of human rights violations against Moro civilians.
