GENERAL SANT0S CITY (MindaNews/31 January) — After waiting for six years, labor breathed a sigh of hope only to be dashed, shortly after, against rock-hard oppositions. Last December the House of Representatives passed the P125-wage increase bill. But Malacañang frowned and brandished the presidential veto.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/31 January) — The public is yet to see the full text of the report of the Melo Commission which was tasked to investigate the unabated extrajudicial killings of militant activists under the Arroyo administration. But based on its major findings made known to the media the Malacañang-created probe body is setting the stage for an eventual whitewash.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/31 January) — Bantay Ceasefire, a grassroots-based civilian ceasefire monitoring group, blamed the recent skirmishes between government forces and Moro rebels in Midsayap, North Cotabato to a local land dispute.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/31 January) – Unidentified armed men abducted late Tuesday afternoon a businessman in Midsayap town in North Cotabato, the Army’s 602nd Infantry Brigade reported.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/31 January) — Four suspected motorcycle thieves were arrested by police operatives here Tuesday night.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/31 January) — The North Cotabato Integrated Provincial Health Office has dispatched a medical team to check on the health situation of evacuees affected by the recently-ended clashes between the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Midsayap town.
