Soldiers inspect the tunnels and makeshift houses of illegal miners in Sitio Kaffugan in Barangay New La Union, Maitum town, Sarangani province. The soldiers were sent by the Sarangani peace and order council to curb rampant illegal mining in the
President Benigno Aquino III answers questions fielded by journalists in Cagayan de Oro during his visit Wednesday March 23. Aquino arrived here to brief local businessmen on the economic initiatives of his administration. MindaNews Photo by Erwin Macarinas
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 March) – It’s 48-10-6 for Mindanao in favor of impeaching Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez for alleged betrayal of public trust. Forty-eight of Mindanao’s 64 representatives – 56 district representatives and eight party-list members – voted for the impeachment
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/23 March) – President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, in a meeting with some 500 leaders of people’s and civil society organization leaders here, expressed his resolve in wanting Ombudsman Merciditas Gutierrez impeached. Speaking at the Pilgrim
LINEK, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao (MindaNews/23 March) – “Pagdating namin dito, maraming bangkay. Ang kamalig sa palengke sa Dimapatoy, puno ng bangkay. Ang mosque sa Mompong puno ng bangkay. Yung kalsada dyan, puno ng bangkay.”
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 March) – Police operatives arrested in Sultan Kudarat Wednesday an alleged member of a kidnap-for-ransom group who had been tagged in the daring kidnapping last November of a wealthy trader in Sto. Niño town in South
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 March) – Police authorities in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao will assign at least 70 additional policemen this year to nearby Koronadal City in South Cotabato in a bid to keep pace with the security needs
