Insular Life, the first and largest Filipino insurance company, increased its efforts to protect the Philippine Eagle and its forest habitat by donating One Million Pesos to the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF). In a short ceremony held recently at the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 April)—The National Democratic Front (NDF) will agree to a truce with the government if President Benigno S. Aquino III signs the 10-point agenda earlier proposed by the rebel alliance to address the root cause of the communist-led
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 April) – Two peace negotiators, one coming from the Philippine government and the other from the National Democratic Front (NDF) yesterday said the prospects for the recently resumed peace talks between the two parties were looking good.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 April) — The government peace panel negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will begin its “first leg of consultations with local government units in Mindanao” on April 13 and 14 in Buluan, Maguindanao and Isulan,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 April)—Buoyed by national government support, Sagittarius Mines, Inc., operator of the massive Tampakan copper-gold project, appeared keen on pushing ahead despite the open-pit ban imposed by the provincial government of South Cotabato. Constancio Paye, Jr., regional
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 April) – Power rates here and in nearby Sarangani and South Cotabato provinces slightly increased anew this month due to the impact of the continuing increases in oil prices. Rodolfo Ocat, general manager of the South
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 April) – South Cotabato officials are pushing for the institutionalization of the province’s disaster response and mitigation programs with the integration of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) as a new unit of
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 April) – Police arrested 22 persons who were allegedly caught cutting down trees inside the compound of the Central Mindanao Agriculture Research Center (Cemiarc) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Barangay Amas here, around 3 p.m.,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/12 April) – Preparations for a dengue outbreak in Bukidnon will top the agenda in a meeting of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council slated on April 13. Dr. Josephine Ibalio, chair of the Department of
