MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / May 16) – Bukidnon is losing its rice and corn farms at alarming rate because of the increasing expansion of banana, pineapple and sugarcane plantations, an agriculture official said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) – Redemptorist priest Amado “Picx” Picardal
estimates his arrival here on Sunday, Day 56 of his 56-day around-the-country bicycle journey “for life and peace,” at “2 p.m. or later” as he intends to leave Nabunturan in Compostela Valley by 8 a.m., after celebrating mass.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) — Young children sprinkle petals on the isle while walking all the way to the altar not to litter but to honor Mama Mary.
It is the month of flowers once again and children are in the chapels for the traditional Flores de Mayo (Flowers of May), a month-long Catholic festival introduced by the Spaniards as a tribute to the Virgin Mary.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / May 16) – Some 3,500 athletes from 182 barangays in this city are expected to converge here for the Saturday opening of the 2008 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Summer Sportsfest at the Davao City Recreation Center.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / May 16) – The number of world rated chess players in the region or those who have FIDE rating is "negligible", James Infiesto of the National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) Davao Region has said.
