ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews) – A 13-year old girl drowned, four persons remain missing and 2,755 families are still in 13 evacuation centers following the floods brought about by heavy rains on November 18 and 19 here, the social welfare and the disaster coordinating committee of the city reported.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Nov) – Villagers in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao have reason to rejoice: landmines and unexploded bombs in their areas will be cleared, soon.
ESPERANZA, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews/20 November) — Education for out-of-school youth in Mindanao is getting a boost with $50 million (estimated P2.1 billion at P42 to a dollar) assistance from the United States Agency for International Development, an American education specialist said here late Monday afternoon.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Nov) — The City Council here approved on first reading the P3.69-billion local development investment plan, with social development getting a fourth of the budget for infrastructure.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Nov) — Three workers, including a father and son team, were killed and three others were wounded as the second floor of a building under construction collapsed in Dakudao, Agdao late Monday morning.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/20 Nov) — The Kidapawan Integrated Tricycle Association (KITA) has assured commuters here that they will not increase the fare despite the series of oil price increases.
DAKBAYAN SA DABAW (MindaNews/20 Nobyembre) — Ang Eleksyon usa ka importanteng kalihukan bisan sa unsang nasud. Importante gyud kini tungod kay niining paahuna ang katungod sa mga botante sa pagpili sa gusto ug angayan nga kandidato iyang ipraktika. Kini, gipangandaman gyud aron hapsay ang dagan. Kauban na niini ang pagpangandam sa kwarta nga ihatag nga allowance sa mga moserbisyo sa akto sa eleksyon.
DAVAO CITY (Gabriela, CRC, Sining Ugnayang Bata, Kabiba and Anakbayan/20 Nov) –The year 2007 is indeed the most tumultuous and traumatic for the Filipino children. With the intensified military offensives in the rural and Moro areas, extreme poverty, hunger, unjust economic structure exacerbated by bad governance, had victimized our children and exposed them to vulnerable circumstances.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (City Information Office/20 Nov) — The Cagayan de Oro Emergency Assistance and Communication Center (COMCENTER) has responded to a total of 280 calls for help in October, this year.
GLAN, Sarangani (Sarangani Information Office/20 November) – "I was a non-reader. However, I came to learn this so-called reading intervention program. As a result, I have learned how to read and gradually, to comprehend," Grade IV pupil Rosalia Gampung narrated.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (City Information Office/20 Nov) — City Mayor Constantino G. Jaraula is optimistic that the city government will be able to hit its target income of P1.4 Billion for Fiscal Year 2008.
