CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/10 January) — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo told two Catholic bishops here that she can’t issue a cease and desist order against San Miguel Foods, Inc. (SMFI) because she still has to refer the case of the Sumilao farmers to Presidential Legal Adviser Sergio Apostol.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/Jan 10) – The vice-chair of the militant League of Young Moro (Liga ng Kabataang Moro) in Bacalan town in Zamboanga Sibugay was shot dead by a security guard of a banana plantation in the area Tuesday morning.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 January) – The fair market value of property here will be reassessed to generate more income.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 January) –The “best-case scenario” to solve the Moro rebellion must have proven not to be the “best” after all. The Palace is changing tack. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will now “ask Congress to amend the Constitution to allow the creation of a Muslim federal region in the south,”,the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported (INQUIRER.net, January 10).
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/10 January) – The main problem with the proposed national identification system, floated for the nth time, lies not in the proposal per se but in the officials and institutions pushing for its adoption.
