Berdan Medes, a “habal-habal” (motorcycle for hire) driver put a cap on his head and tied a raincoat to the rear of his vehicle as he prepared to take passengers rain or shine to any of Valencia’s 20 interior barangays where close to 200 habal habal drivers like him are “king of the road.”
Dust blankets Red Mountain as dump trucks laden with nickel ore bring their cargo to waiting boats in Claver town, Surigao del Norte. Surigao del Norte Rep. Guillermo Romarate Jr. (2nd Dist.) has warned mining firms operating on ancestral lands
The lawyer of Ampatuan Mayor Zacaria Sangki sustained injuries when armed men fired at his vehicle as it was cruising along Sinsuat Avenue here around 9:30 a.m. The lawyer, Richard Piteste, was with his driver and two soldier-escorts when two armed men fired at his Toyota Revo.
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/2 July) — Surigao del Norte Rep. Guillermo Romarate Jr. (2nd Dist.) has warned mining firms operating on ancestral lands to pay their royalty share to the Mamanwas or their permits will be revoked. The reelected Romarate, said
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/2 July 2) — Nearly two years after Moro rebels swooped down and attacked Kolambugan in Lanao del Norte, Mindanao government officials and development workers turned over and unveiled infrastructure and livelihood projects as part of the rehabilitation
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/2 July) — A fire that hit this city before dawn on Thursday razed a kindergarten building, 17 business stalls and an industrial building, fire officials said. The school building was part of the Cotabato City Central Pilot
