GOUDA, The Netherlands (MindaNews/03 April) — A day before I left for Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, we agreed that we would meet on August 4 at 09:30 in the morning at the hotel lobby. That morning I woke up early and just drank a cup of coffee, afraid of being late for my appointment.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/03 April) — Bishop Dinualdo Gutierrez has warned of a possible water crisis in the downstream areas of the tri-boundaries of Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato and Davao del Sur when the proposed large-scale copper and gold mining project in the area starts operating within the next two years.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/03 April) – The National Food Authority (NFA) has suspended at least eight erring rice retailers here as it continues to get rid of dummies and violators among the accredited rice retailers here.
TAMPILISAN, Zamboanga del Norte (MindaNews/03 April) – Farmer Isidro Catulong was only 14 when he first set foot in the forest reservation that belongs to Zamboanga del Norte Agricultural College (ZNAC), now Dr. Jose Rizal Memorial State College-Tampilisan Campus (JRMSC-TC).
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 April) – For the first time in five years, last year’s tax collection of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) regional office here was 13% lower than expected target.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/Apr 3/Thursday) – Provincial Administrator Jerry Pieldad, chair of the provincial Bids and Awards Committee,” should vacate his post to “save the provincial government,” Vice Governor Emmanuel Pinol wrote Governor Jesus Sacdalan.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/03 April) – For a year now, residents of downtown Kidapawan and neighboring villages no longer travel 20 kilometers north of the city to avail of services of a public hospital, some dying along the way to the Provincial Hospital.
