DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 March) — Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema has been elected chair of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) allegedly by the Central Committee in Pagadian City Tuesday night.
Sema told MindaNews he was elected “by unanimous decision of the more than 2/3 Central Committee members present.”
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/02 April) — Hundreds of civilians are being trained as “barangay tanods” (village guards or paramilitary elements) to serve as “supplemental” security forces for Sagittarius Mines, Inc., a move Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez says is “not very good” as “we are becoming violent.”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 April) – Former Presidential Assistant for Mindanao Paul Dominguez said he was surprised that the Valentin Palamine Command of the New People's Army had charged him in its revolutionary court for his alleged involvement in “deceit, coercion and murder” in the mining area, saying he is no longer connected with Sagittarius Mines, Inc.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/Apr 2/Wednesday) – The provincial government of North Cotabato is planning to borrow a billion pesos from two government financial institutions to ensure economic growth.
TAGUM CITY (MindaNews/02 April)- The governor of Davao del Norte Monday has lined up nine major development components designed to help uplift the quality of life among poor communities here.
.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 April) — Canadian filmmaker Dominic Morrissette will be the guest speaker of the Film Documentary Workshop starting April 12 here.
COTABATO CITY (CBCS/02 April) — The Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS), a network of 164 non-government and people’s organizations announced Wednesday that it has launched a mailing list “to address the gaps in the dissemination of information about the Bangsamoro people’s rights to self-determination.”
MANILA (Australian Government/AusAid/02 April) — Australian Ambassador Designate to the Philippines Rod Smith is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2009 Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Scholarships.
MANILA (OPAPP/02 April) — Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza is leading the 10-member Philippine delegation to the 4th Asia Pacific Interfaith Dialogue this week in Cambodia, as organizers explore inter-religious dialogues to attain peace and harmony through respect, tolerance, understanding, communication, and strengthening of relationships.
SYDNEY (MindaNews/1 April) – It’s April Fools’ Day. I woke up feeling a bit wary. I remember Papang, my dad because he never lets this day go by without a trick. Sometimes, it’s us, but most of the time it’s his in-laws. Papang would borrow money from them and when he gets it, he tells them not to expect payment because it’s April Fools Day. I guess that feeling of foreboding was there because somehow I was expecting that someone is going to spring a trick on me. Or, it’s just one of those days when I feel the loss of my dear Papang.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 April) — Land conversion is the number one culprit of the rice crisis the country is facing right now, City Councilor said in a privilege speech.
“The country is better at producing rice than most Asian countries but the indiscriminate conversion of agricultural lands into other uses has negated this distinct advantage,” Avila noted.
MLANG, North Cotabato (MindaNews/01 April) — Poverty stands in the way of Administrative Order 124 of the Department of Health which prohibits the selling and purchase of kidneys all over the country.
MAITUM, Sarangani (MindaNews/01 April) – Smart Communications Inc. has joined the drive to conserve biodiversity in Sarangani Bay by rehabilitating mangrove forests that serve as breeding ground of marine creatures.
