“The soaring price of rice and the diminished local stocks are causing deep panic among the people because the country is clearly in a state of food insecurity. Sooner or later, this will translate to a wide social and political unrest,” warned Celso Pojas, spokesperson of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas – SMR.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio today said setting up a digital, web-based technology for effective government service doesn’t have to be expensive as he commented on the country’s continuing “struggle to find out the truth” about the National Broadband Network controversy.
MAITUM, Sarangani (MindaNews/16 April) — Experts from the National Museum late Tuesday afternoon entered the cave here that contained supposed prehistoric artifacts and emerged thrilled based on their initial investigation at the site now fully guarded by the military.
DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Shariff Kabunsuan (MindaNews/16 April) – “My question is, would you advise us to stop talking (with the Philippine government)?” lawyer and historian Datu Michael Mastura, a member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel asked the ten ambassadors from the European Union who met with the peace panel and members of the MILF Central Committee at the MILF peace panel office here Tuesday.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 April) — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of North Cotabato has declared Anthony Bernad, former provincial manager of the National Food Authority (NFA) as persona non-grata for allegedly releasing 17,500 sacks of NFA-North Cotabato rice to traders in neighboring areas.
(Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s address before the Centennial Class 2008 of the University of the Philippines in Mindanao on 16 April 2008).
President Emerlinda Roman, Members of the Board of Regents, Chancellor Gilda Rivero, officials of the University and of UP Mindanao, members of the Faculty, my wife Ruth, the Centennial Class of 2008, parents and relatives of the graduates, my fellow Mindanaoans – maayong buntag sa inyong tanan.
The last time I was here on these grounds was in 1995 – thirteen years ago – to visit the future site of UP Mindanao. At that time, this was all farmland. I remember this place as the nursery of various agricultural agencies of the government. Today, these are hallowed academic grounds. I now see this place as the nursery of the future leaders of Mindanao.
