BULUAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/10 October) — Maguindanao Governor Datu Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu led other provincial officials at the inauguration Sunday morning of the province’s mobile hospital, which he considers a major achievement of his administration’s first 100 days in office. Aside
BULUAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/10 October) – Governor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu is tired of the “negatibong imahe” (negative image) of Maguindanao. The country’s third poorest province, he said in his State of the Province Adress (SOPA) Sunday morning to mark his 100th
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 October) — The business sector has warned of higher power rates in Mindanao as it chided the Department of Energy for allegedly misleading consumers on the supply situation that has triggered anew rotational brownouts. Manuel F.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/10 October) — Mayor Rodolfo Gantuangco is not keen on endorsing another drilling of a geothermal well at the geothermal field of the Energy Development Corporation (EDC) in Barangay Ilomavis, this city. Gantuangco said the city suffered some
FIRST 100 DAYS. Maguindanao Governor Datu Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu delivers his State of the Province Address (SOPA) to mark the first 100 days of his administration, at the municipal grounds in Buluan, Maguindanao Sunday morning. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos
Shortly after the passage of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (Republic Act 8371), and likely upon the instigation of mining companies, retired Supreme Court Justice Isagani Cruz and Davao City-based lawyer Cesar Europa filed a petition for prohibition and mandamus before the SC questioning the constitutionality of 12 sections of the Act. These are Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 52[I], 57, 58, 59, 63, 65 and 66. Note that these are the provisions that define ancestral domains, property rights and the rights of indigenous peoples to govern their territories, in other words, the essence of the law itself.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 October) – “Bakwit: The Power of the Displaced,” written by MindaNews’ Jose Jowel Canuday is a finalist in the Social Science category of the 29th National Book Awards. The annual National Book Awards is a project of
Four (4) major schools of Zamboanga City namely Ayala National High School , Baluno National High School , Recodo National High school and Sinunuc National high School actively participated the Alliance of Peace Governments through Culture of Peace and Week
