DAVAO CITY (Davao Catholic Herald/21 January) — “Death comes as a new birth to Eternity. Live and love, then – Heaven is now,” runs the last line of the poem that Fr. Paul DC Cunanan composed last New Year’s eve.
DAVAO CITY (Pasaka/21 Jan) — PASAKA condemns the massive military operations being conducted by 73rd Infantry Battalion commanded by Lt. Colonel Alexander Ambal together with the Army Scout Rangers led by 1st Lt. Betinol, 2nd Lt. Mopal and 1st Lt. Villanueva in the hinterlands of Talaingod town, Davao del Norte which has now caused the enforced evacuation of Ata-Manobo families.
DAVAO CITY (Anakpawis/21 January) — Anakpawis and other progressive groups will converge here tomorrow (January 22) for a protest rally at the office of Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to commemorate Mendiola Massacre and Edsa II.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 Jan) — The Samahang Basketbolista ng Pilipinas (BAP-SBP) embarked on its Mindanao National Basketball Training Center (NBTC) here on Sunday night with high hopes that the program could bring back the glory days of basketball in the country.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 January) — Residents of Patikul in Sulu, 12 years old and above, are now card-bearing residents with the launching over the weekend of the “citizen identification card” but the provincial governor says this is not part of the proposed national ID system.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 January) – The remains of Catholic priest Jesus Reynaldo A. Roda will be brought to the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cotabato City on Tuesday afternoon, for an overnight vigil and the last mass before his interment at the cemetery of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Tamontaka, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Shariff Kabunsuan on Wednesday.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/21 January) — Four North Cotabato towns in the periphery of Ligawasan Marsh are now beneficiaries of the National Economic Development Authority-Kennedy Round 2 (NEDA-KR2) Productivity Enhancement Program.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/21 Jan) — The provincial government of North Cotabato has a new package of services for each of the 17 towns and one city under it, Governor Jesus Sacdalan announced.
GOUDA, The Netherlands (MindaNews/21 January) — The World Bank began working on international migration and remittances issues with the publication of the Global Development Finance 2003. Chapter 7 was dedicated to remittances. The report captured an unprecedented interest from the financial sector, governments, and international organizations. Since then, migrant remittances had become a regular feature in many conferences and policy discussions on migration and development. In a way, remittances also effectively reversed the tone of the debates. Policy makers are now talking more about the positive contributions of migrants to development because of the money they send home.
