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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/7 Oct) — Even this early, Iran’s ban on Philippine bananas is already creating a supply glut, causing market prices to dive, said an official of a farmer’s federation who also ventures into banana exports. Even banana exporters
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 7 Oct) – After 16 long years of trial, a former cashier of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in Kabacan town in North Cotabato was sentenced to imprisonment of from 10 to 18 years after she was
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/7 Oct) – The Ombudsman ordered the suspension of Valencia City Mayor Leandro Jose Catarata and a village chief for 15 days on charges of “misconduct and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service” in a
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/7 Oct) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will establish additional assistance desks for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao to help address the concerns of migrant workers from the area. Abdulghani
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/7 Oct) – A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rocked this city and other parts of southwestern Mindanao early this morning, sending some residents scampering out of their homes but no damages or casualties were reported. Bedoria Abdullah, science research
LINAMON, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews/7 Oct) — An election officer of a hinterland municipality in Lanao del Norte and his two companions survived an ambush attack this morning in the neighboring municipality of Kolambugan, the military said. Injured were election
In terms of numerology, the three tens placed side by side look quite impressive. 10 October 2010. That is what these three tens are all about: the second Sunday of October this year. For the Catholic Church in the Philippines, this is the celebration of the Indigenous Peoples or IP Sunday. On this day, priests are expected to give homilies and invited IPs provide commentaries on the sad plight of the IPs as well as encourage Christian lowlanders to express their solidarity with the IPs’ struggle for self-determination.
WANTED. Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie surfaced somewhere in Carmen town, North Cotabato on Oct. 6, 2010 to deny he masterminded the May 13, 2009 ambush on Sulu Governor Sakur Tan and the August 5, 2010 bombing at the Zamboanga International Airport
CARMEN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/07 October) – He’s wanted for allegedly trying to ambush the governor of Sulu in Patikul town on May 13 last year and outside the arrival area of the Zamboanga City airport on August 5 this year
Aboitiz Power President and CEO Erramon Aboitiz answer questions from the press on Tuesday. Aboitiz said he is confident that Davao City government will give them the green light to build the 200-MW coal-fired power plant in the city. Mindanews
– The last two issues – “Poor access to and control in the exploitation and utilization of strategic resources” and “Weak fiscal autonomy” – were intended to show why ARMM has no economic autonomy. So is the next issue, No. 5: “Low Agricultural and Industrial Productivity”.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Oct) — Some officials are wary over the plan of Aboitiz Power Corporation to put up a 200-megawatt coal-fired plant in the city. Councilor Pilar Braga, the chair of the city council committee on energy and transportation,
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/6 Oct) – A bus skidded off a rain-slicked highway before noon today in Montawal town in Maguindanao and turned upside down, injuring 27 passengers, eight of them serious, police reports said. The incident happened just a day
