DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 July) – Some one hundred farmers have pitched tents and occupied portions of the Ocaya Ranch in Barangay Kuya, Maramag town in Bukidnon to protest its being leased to a giant agribusiness firm instead of distributed to
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/26 July)—Commercial production of the T’boli gold and silver project might start this year with the anticipated issuance of the permit to operate after the filing in the next few days of its declaration of mining feasibility study,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/26 July) — Twenty-four new barangay justice advocates from a town in Maguindanao last week finished a basic certification course in mediating petty conflicts to prevent the occurrence of violence and lessen the number of court cases, the
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/26 July) — A municipal councilor of Pikit, North Cotabato was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-riding men along the town’s highway, past 8 a.m. today. Insp. Elias Dandan, police chief of Pikit, identified the victim as Councilor
SOURCE: Noynoy Media Bureau State of the Nation Address of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III President of the Philippines To the Congress of the Philippines Session Hall of the House of Representatives July 26, 2010, Batasan Pambansa Complex, Quezon
LONG WAIT. It’s a long wait for justice for the victims of the November 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. Fairadz Demillo , who lost a relative to the massacre, wipes away tears while listening to updates on the case
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/25 July) – Justice Secretary Leila de Lima described it as “a strategy of delay and pattern of harassment.” Eight months after the November 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, only 12 of the 197 accused of
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/25 July) – A resolution filed two days before the first regular session of the 15th Sangguniang Panlalawigan proposes to revive the plan to divide Bukidnon into two provinces. Nemesio Beltran Jr., provincial board majority floor leader, sponsored
