DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 January) – Mulondo? Where is that?
In Lanao del Sur and that will be the venue of this year’s first “full Cabinet” meeting of the Arroyo administration, the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) reported on January 3.
(As of January 4, however, the venue has been moved to the Macapagal-Macaraeg ancestral house in Timoga, Iligan City).
DADO, Alamada, North Cotabato—Residents of Barangay Palepain here have complained of an alleged food blockade being implemented by Army troopers operating against suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerrillas who harassed villagers on Christmas Eve.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/04 January) — The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) has deferred the January 5 installation of Dr. Jess Derije as the new president of the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) following a complaint that he was involved in a cattle rustling case two decades ago and that he lied about his length of service as college dean, but on Sunday, Angeles said it would push through noon of January 6.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/04 January) — A prisoner charged with multiple murder from alleged bombings in North Cotabato, and a companion bolted the City Jail here shortly before dawn Sunday.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/04 January) — The United States government will continue to support the Mindanao peace process when President-elect Barack Obama takes over from outgoing President George Bush on January 20, US Ambassador to Manila Kristie Kenny said.
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/04 January) – Flash floods brought about by two days of continuous rains left 12 families homeless and sent nearly 4,000 residents to evacuation centers.
