RITUAL. Indigenous Peoples from Bukidnon, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Sur and Davao Oriental conduct a ritual in front of the DENR office in Quezon City Tuesday, 10 August 2010, to call for an end to violence in rural development
Nabunturan, Compostela Valley (Panalipdan/10 August) — After a series of deferment, the Provincial Board of Compostela Valley will finally tackle in its August 11 session the controversial Joint Operations Agreement (JOA) awarded to JB Mining. The same body has moved
QUEZON CITY (Task Force Mapalad/August 10) — Some 30 lumads or indigenous people from Mindanao gathered Tuesday in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Quezon City to call for quick processing, approval, and distribution of
QUEZON CITY (10 August) — Mindanao legislators and grassroots organizations are working out a mechanism that will sustained constant sharing of information to ensure “no one is left out in the peace process” between the government and the Moro Islamic
DAVAO CITY (ICRC/10 August) — Political science and law students from six schools will converge in Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) on 12 August to debate on international humanitarian law (IHL), or the law that limits the effects of armed
THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao Oriental has conducted a number of product development initiatives for the first semester of this year in a bid to widen the market reach of local entrepreneurs. DTI-Davao Oriental provincial director
QUEZON CITY (August 9) — More than 20 community leaders from war affected areas of Mindanao have asked the Department of National Defense (DND) to conduct an “in-depth and accurate study on the role of the government militia in the
By Anabelle B. Ragsag CAIRO, Egypt (MindaNews/09 August) — It was not until my 8th month of living in Cairo did I truly feel that I have started living here. It is as if I got a new pair of
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/10 August) – “Definitely, it is not the intention of the government’s panel to start from scratch. Neither do we want to start without a viable proposal,” UP College of Law Dean Marvic Leonen, the government’s peace panel
