Flash floods as high as “ten feet in some areas” hit th town of Jolo, Sulu province Thursday night, Feb. 3, 2011 submerging houses and vehicles. Eyewitnesses said the entire town of Jolo “became a river.” Photo contributed by Fr. Charlie Malapitan Inzon,
MAINIT, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/04 February) — Traveling from Agusan del Norte to Surigao del Norte Thursday was like an obstacle course for trucks and buses that dared to cross over five portions of the highway that remain flooded when waters from Lake Mainit overflowed Tuesday night.
Flood waters reach the town proper of Mainit town in Surigao del Norte. Heavy rains since last week caused the overflow of the nearby Lake Mainit and displaced 1,200 families from 14 of 21 barangays in Mainit. Mindanews Photo by Ruby
A military convoy carrying relief goods navigates through the flooded national highway at Barangay San Roque in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte. Elements of the 30th Infantry Battalion transported relief goods on Thursday from Butuan City to Mainit town in Surigao del
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/3 Feb) – Reacting to my tongue-in-cheek take on the IPSP recently (see How to legitimate a military takeover), a retired officer emailed to say, “I have been in our military for 30 years before I joined the
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews/3 Feb) – My father is a basketball player, and a deep-sea diver – if we consider five feet of water deep enough. He used to hunt for danggit using a homemade spear gun. At 80, he
February is already here. Time flies with the speed of a restless eagle. No matter how involved we were in 2010, it now seems so unreal. Here in my corner of America, I continue to try to store parts of
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/3 Feb) – Foreign experts have been cleared to conduct a one-year study on tarsier, the world’s smallest primate, reportedly endemic in Mt. Matutum, South Cotabato’s landmark peak. Alfredo S. Pascual, regional director of the Department of Environment
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/3 Feb) – Organizers have found a way around the strict enforcement here of a no-swimsuit exhibition during beauty pageants – go to resort island Samal instead, and find the appropriate, and more scenic background for the girls
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/3 Feb) – Local legislators here were shocked of the city’s crime volume that almost doubled from 2009 to 2010. According to the report of Supt. Erwin Bayani O. Meneses, the city’s police chief, submitted to the city
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/3 Feb) – Desperate to be struck off the United States’ Tier 2 list of countries to watch, an interagency task force reported more arrests of human traffickers, including government agents assigned in airports and investigation agencies. But
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/3 Feb) –Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. (South Cotabato, 1st District) plans to pursue before the House of Representatives this year the long-delayed creation of a separate congressional district for this city and the reconfiguration of the province’s
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/3 Feb) – Police investigators in South Cotabato are looking at the possible involvement of an alleged carnapping syndicate in the daring murder last month of a car dealer in Polomolok town. Chief Insp. Ramil Villagracia, Polomolok
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/3 Feb) – The Japanese government has formally rolled out a micro-lending project for micro and small entrepreneurs in South Cotabato early this week as part of Tokyo’s continuing support to peace and security overtures in Mindanao. Akio
