BACOLOD CITY (MindaNews/Oct 23) – Holy Cross of Davao College men’s chess team edged De La Salle University-Taft, 3 – 1 in the opening round of the 11th National University Games chess competition yesterday at the University of St. La Salle Library in this city.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 Oct) — The Department of Health (DOH) has urged residents in Region 12 (Southwestern Mindanao) to immediately report doctors who continue to insist on the use of branded medicines for their patients instead of generic products.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 October) —President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has instructed Secretary Jesus Dureza of the Office of the Presidential Assistant on the Peace Process (OPAPP) to receive a delegation of Mindanao leaders who would be in Manila for a three-day lobby for peace.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/23 October)— The “Father of Conflict Studies” and the person who is believed to have coined the term “peace journalism” will be in Cagayan de Oro City this week to speak before the First Action Asia Peacebuilders Forum.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 October) — They watched the sad story of an Ifugao youth being driven out from their ancestral land by a big mining firm in Cordillera.On two 10×14 feet wide TV screens, participants to the Kalindogan Indigenous People Youth Congress also watched in fascination as young Lumads from Luzon performed songs and dances honoring good harvests, their gods and Mother Nature.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 October) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) plans to operate at least 175 Tindahan Natin (TN) stores in South Cotabato by yearend to allow the marginalized residents to avail of cheaper food.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/23 October) — About 300 cooperators and students planted trees in Sitio Sta. Cruz, Dansolihon last Saturday as part of the Cooperative Month celebration.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MIndaNews/23 October) — Police recovered in a raid on a welding shop in Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat last Sunday several materials used in manufacturing rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) as well as medical kits and supplies.
