Farmers take cover when armed men with covered faces opened fire. Around 10 gunmen fired at a group of farmers who occupied a ranch owned by a prominent supporter of President Benigno Aquino III in Maramag town, Bukidnon on Wednesday
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/4 Aug) — “The armed men formed a line, pointed their guns at us and fired.” This was how Erlinda Bacandon described how around 10 gunmen fired at a group of farmers who occupied a ranch owned by
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/4 Aug) — Gunmen shot and killed a provincial prosecutor while he was talking to an associate during a routine jogging exercise in Iligan City this morning, police reports said. Senior Police Officer Alym Zalsos, of the Iligan
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews) — City Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz is pressuring the police force here to improve its capacity to resolve rising criminality and asked civilian communities to help identify suspected criminals within their respective barangays. Cruz expressed his dismay
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 Aug) – Police authorities have filed illegal gambling charges against a sister of boxing sensation and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao and 26 other suspected gambling bettors and coordinators who were arrested in a raid at
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 Aug) – The city government has established a special ward for dengue patients at the city district hospital here due to the continuing rise of confirmed dengue cases in the area. Dr. Arvin Alejandro, city district
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 Aug) — As discussed in the first part, “Situwasyon sa Mindanao” as the core of President Aquino’s peace policy in Mindanao is vague. This could be seen from his pronouncements in his SONA. A review of
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/03 August) – The local government of Cantilan in Surigao del Sur has denied for the second time a mining firm’s application for a business permit, claiming it has no legal basis for its application. Cantilan Mayor Genito
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/03 August) – Taganito Mining Corporation, now under the Nickel Asia Corporation Group of Companies, has paid a total of P72.5 million to the Mamanwa, the indigenous peoples on whose ancestral domain the mining firm operates in Claver,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 August) – The bill filed by former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo now Representative of the 2nd district of Pampanga and her son Diosdado, 2nd district representative of Camarine Sur to have the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
FATHER AND SON. A Tboli blacksmith prepares a traditional knife while his son assists him in keeping his foundry melting hot in their backyard. Toto Lozano / AKP Images
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – What now is the problem in Mindanao? This is the critical question as the Arroyo administration turned off the road and the Aquino government assumed the burden of continuing the peace process. How will President Aquino
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 August) – First, it was the wife of National Irrigation Administration chief Carlos Salazar that appeared as the owner of 3K and C, the supplier for Northern Mindanao’s P30-million organic fertilizer subsidy program. Recently, however, an official
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/03 August) — A huge fire razed to the ground early Tuesday the old municipal building of Maasim in Sarangani province, destroying several major government offices in the area. Insp. Raffy Valila, acting Maasim police chief, said
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 August) – The Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center or APC launched a book on the Bukidnon Pulangiyen tribe titled “Learning Sustainable Life” in three cities recently. Author Peter Walpole, a Jesuit priest, led launching events at the
The Philippine Center for Islam and Democracy (PCID) will hold a lecture on the theme, “Political Options for the Bangsamoro: Federalism, Autonomy, or Independence?” on August 5, 2010, 9:00 – 11:00 AM at the College of Law Auditorium of the
