ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/July 21)– Civil society leaders in Lanao have appealed to the kidnappers of Noraldin Yusoph, son of Elections Commissioner Elias Yusoph, to “immediately release” the victim. Yusoph, 22 (not 24 as earlier reported), was abducted by still unidentified
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/21 June) – Outgoing South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes is yet to sign the Provincial Environment Code passed last week by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, but this early the ordinance has obtained praises from religious leaders and civil society
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao—In the province where the worst pre-election violence in Philippine history happened on Nov. 23, there was reason to celebrate when the worst-case scenarios on election day did not happen.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 June) – To say that Malaybalay came from “walay balay” (no house) is inaccurate, an old-time Bukidnon ethnographer and cultural scholar said. Malabalay “is the name of a forgotten spring,” Ludivina Opeña or “Nanay Ludi” clarified. Opeña
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/21 June) – Iligan City Rep. Vicente Belmonte will push for a bill that will separate Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) from the MSU system. Belmonte said, however, that he wanted to hold consultations first with
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews/20 June) — Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu will take his oath of office as the new governor on June 30 and deliver his inaugural address in his hometown Buluan, 40 kilometers from the provincial capitol here.
