DAVAO CITY (Gabriela/26 October) — “We want to advance our education to cope up with the new millennium. But how can we advance when we cannot solve our basic problems?” Gabriela party-list Rep. Luz Ilagan, said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 October) — A Philippine Air Lines Airbus A-320 overshot the runway and landed on a fishpond in Butuan City at around 6:25 a.m. today but none of its 148 passengers and crew was hurt.
MANILA (Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy/25 October) — Respecting the Bangsamoro’s right to self-determination and holding a referendum are significant steps towards bringing peace to Muslim Mindanao. This was the assertion made by Prof. Abhoud Syed Lingga at a media forum entitled, “Rethinking State Policies and Minority Rights: Getting the Mindanao Peace Process Moving” organized by the Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID). The forum, sponsored by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), was held at Club Filipino last October 24.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — A Catholic archbishop warned that the presidential pardon granted by President Gloria Arroyo to her ousted predecessor, Joseph Estrada, could encourage more corruption in government.
“What message does this government send? That it condones corruptions?” Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma asked.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) – Neither party wants to provide details on how the impasse on the territorial scope in the ancestral domain agenda was resolved after 13 months but both parties are glad it’s over.
DIPOLOG CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
Or so the Chinese proverb says.
But for Dipolog Bishop Jose R. Manguiran, 71, "that's obsolete now.” For the Bishop, it should be updated to something like: "Don't just teach him how to fish; teach him how to take care of the seas and the environment."
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/25 October) – Xstrata Copper, the fourth largest global copper producer will be pouring at least P1 billion for the extended pre-feasibility study on the copper and gold deposits in its minesite in Tampakan.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — Davao-based Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc plans to double its outlets around Mindanao from 28 to at least 55 by the end of this year, an official of the company said.
KDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/25 October) — Two volunteer radio announcers survived a slay attempt around 8:45 a.m. Thursday in Digos City.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/25 Oct) — Police arrested Wednesday a man claiming for causing panic among villagers in Barangay Mateo by firing an armalite rifle.
The armed man identified himself as Army 2Lt. Daniel Cozo of the 40th Infantry Battalion assigned in Pikit, North Cotabato,.
The man, later identified as Marino Acquiatan, was also using Cozo’s uniform and name plate.
At the police station, Acquiatan said he was a military intelligence agent and that his “handler” was Cozo.
The Kidapawan City police is filing charges of illegal possession of firearms and violation of the election gun ban against Acquiatan.
Cozo could not be reached for comment. (MindaNews)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 25 October) – He flared up when somebody from the gallery in the session hall of Congress gave him a note to shut up during the presidential election canvassing in 2004.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/25 October) – Neither party wants to provide details on how the territorial scope in the ancestral domain agenda was resolved after a 13-month impasse but both parties are glad it’s over.
