DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — "A victory of the ordinary people" and "a triumph of hope and justice," was how supporters described today's unanimous approval by the City Council of the ordinance banning aerial spraying in all agricultural activities here.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/16 January) – A tunnel operated by a Canadian-backed mining firm in the gold rush site of T’boli, South Cotabato and another tunnel operated by a cooperative of small-scale mining operators collapsed a few days ago, prompting the provincial government to send a team to evacuate residents to safer grounds.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — Police arrested the suspect in the killing of a laborer and the attempted killing of Bagumbayan Mayor Felipe Allaga, hours after he attacked the mayor in his compound Monday.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — Voters, beware!
If you do not want to be disenfranchised, find out if your names are on the list of voters days or weeks before the election, not on election day itself, Melcar Unso, Comelec regional information officer in Southeastern Mindanao, said.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — Sitting as a quasi-judicial body, the City Council here has ordered the removal from office of a village chair for gross negligence that caused the alleged malversation of village funds amounting to some P2.3 million.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — Five city councilors here denounced media reports naming them in an alleged pay-off for the passage of a city ordinance designating public utility terminals in the city.
