KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 April) — "They were very painful years," recalled Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo of 1980 to 1986 when he was Bishop of the Diocese of Kidapawan, a period where so many farmers-church workers and an Italian priest, were killed.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 April) — Catholic Church leaders here are currently studying various distribution schemes in preparation for the opening of National Food Authority (NFA) rice outlets in local parishes.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 April) – The Australian government has approved an additional Aus$41 million development assistance grant for the Philippines to enhance the implementation of basic education reforms over the next four years.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / April 11) – The city government is poised to take over the construction of its P225-million government complex following the failure of the contractor to complete the project, despite an extension of 150 more days or five months.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / April 11) – Unidentified armed men burned down Thursday the provincial office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Shariff Kabungsuan.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/April 11) – About 15 soldiers, including members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu), raided at least 10 houses in a remote village here on Wednesday to retrieve the firearms they claim were stolen by residents.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/April 11) – Five persons were killed and several others were wounded when two feuding families clashed anew in Datu Blah Sinsuat, Shariff Kabungsuan, on Thursday.
ALABEL, Sarangani (Sarangani Information Office/12 April) – Sarangani's Panlalawigang Pederasyon ng Sangguniang Kabataan (PPSK) has launched a month-long reading program among elementary pupils this summer, while instilling the value of volunteerism among "mentors."
DAVAO CITY (DCWD/11 April) — Hydroelectricity may spell economic development to a community, but this should not be pursued at the expense of the environment, particularly its water resources.
MANILA (MindaNews/11 April) – A five-person team from the National Museum is going to Maitum, Sarangani next week to do a preliminary study and assessment of the newly-discovered cave in Sitio Sagel, Barangay Pinol, Maitum, Sarangani, which yielded artifacts similar to those of anthropomorphic secondary burial jars recovered in 1991 from a cave a few hundred meters away.
