DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 March) — Eighty-four per cent of those who voted in the August 2008 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) automated election said computerization will improve the quality of the election process but 80% also said cheating is still possible even if the voting system in 2010 were automated, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey on December 7 to 14, 2008, showed.
BANGKOK (MindaNews/02 March) — Upbeat with the prospects of the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), business chambers in Mindanao are now pushing for more representation in ongoing policy discussions and in various trade and investment initiatives within the sub-region.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 March) — Fourteen years after it was signed into law, the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 or Republic Act 7942 has failed to bring development to the indigenous communities, a lumad leader today said.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/02 March) — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has passed a resolution urging the Philippine Sports Commission to consider Bukidnon as host of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa, as the province will soon construct an “ultra modern sports complex.”
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/02 March) – Banking on the growth of business and tourism in the province, a team plans to publish the Bukidnon Visitors' Guide to feature the provinces’ tourist destinations and points of interest.
MAASIM, Sarangani (MindaNews/02 March) – Despite warnings aired on the possible effects of hosting a coal-fired power plant on human health and the environment, residents of this town and nearby Kiamba appeared to be mainly in favor of putting up such project.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/02 March) – Police arrested on Sunday in Pikit, North Cotabato three suspected motorcycle thieves after receiving a tip from a would-be buyer of a vehicle allegedly stolen in Malalag, Davao del Sur sometime in February this year.
