DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 December) — Despite their woes over Iran’s ban on their produce, banana exporters have found time to take another snipe at the campaign to stop aerial spraying in their plantations. The exporters, led by former North Cotabato
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 December) — Three Mindanao companies have accessed the P50- billion integrated financing program of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) for their food and agri-processing projects this year. Vice president Camilo C. Leyba, the head of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 December) – From December 16 to January 3, 2011 the guns will hopefully be silent, as the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have agreed to a ceasefire in observance of the
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada (4th District, Quezon province) explains to the press in Cagayan de Oro City on December 3 the chances of the Freedom of Information bill in the 15th Congress. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 December) – MindaNews and six other awardees were cited as Mindanao peace champions in a kanduli (thanksgiving) Thursday night hosted by the ACT for Peace Programme at the Apo View Hotel here. “MindaNews reports embody integrity, honesty,
The Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas Bukidnon chapter issued Friday an advisory to its members “strongly reminding” them to “conduct themselves within the ethical standards set by the KBP whether in or out of the line of duty.” The advisory was issued by the group after one of its members, Randy Makiputin of Radyo Abante in Maramag town, at first claimed he was ambushed in neighboring Valencia City on Nov. 26. But subsequent police investigations eventually showed he was drunk while driving his motorcycle and bumped into someone. He then drew his gun and fired, but missed, towards innocent people,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/3 Dec) – A leader of notorious bandit group operating in the mountains of Sarangani province has surrendered to government forces after several weeks of negotiations. Maj. Adolfo Espuelas Jr., commander of the Army’s 73rd Infantry Battalion,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/3 Dec) – The diggings flatten its mountains but the provincial government of Bukidnon earns only 10 percent or P100 per metric ton of chromite ore extracted within its territory, an official of the Bukidnon Environment and Natural
WHERE’S THE PADDLE. A boatman rows his boat across a stream in Datu Piang, Maguindanao with one of his sandals. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/3 Dec) – Police authorities in Sarangani province have filed murder charges against at least five suspected bandits who were tagged as behind the attack in a remote village in Malungon town last Monday that left a
