DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – The “largest royalty payment” made by a firm to indigenous peoples in the Philippines for its mining operations in the latter’s ancestral domain was deposited Thursday by the Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) to the bank account of the Mamanwa association in Surigao del Norte.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 February) — The mining firm has deposited P51.5 million to the Surigao City bank account of the Mamanwa association but Datu Reynante Buklas told MindaNews in a telephone interview that they will continue to barricade the production site of the Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC) in Claver, Surigao del Norte until the amount is deposited to the joint account of Datu Alfredo Olorico and himself in Butuan City.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / February 20) – The city government of Kidapawan has turned in an impressive collection efficiency, recording several folds increase in tax payments as of end of 2008, compared to the previous year.
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / February 20) – Fourteen persons are believed to have been summarily executed here since the start of the year.
Col. Rey Ardo, commanding officer of the 103rd Infantry Brigade, said the series of “salvaging,” the local term for summary executions, was caused either by personal rift or rido, a tribal vendetta.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / February 20) – The New Peoples’ Army (NPA) has owned the responsibility for the February 2 ambush of a police chief, two of his men and a village guard in a remote village in Bansalan, Davao del Sur.
BANSALAN, Davao del Sur (MindaNews / February 20) – The Ateneo de Davao High ace netter made it sure to put the title retention bid of the Davao City Athletic Association (DCAA) in the regional meet was on a right track before he go back home to attend an once in a lifetime affair.
DAVAO CITY (NUJP-Davao/20 February) — Journalists from various parts of the region will arrive here Saturday, February 21 for a training on how journalists must present stories about extrajudicial killings and incidents related to violations of human rights.
MANILA (Press Office/Embassy of Japan/20 February) –Minister Hidenobu Sobashima, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan will lead the ceremony to inaugurate the “Project for Center for Excellence in Humanitarian Service” in Cotabato City on February 21, 2009. For this project, the grant of US$81,628 or equivalent to 3.6 Million Pesos was provided from the Government of Japan for the construction of a two-storey training center that has facilities for trainings, meetings, and research in humanitarian assistance.
