ALL CLEAR Farmers shave their heads to dramatize their call for the ouster of Department of Agrarian Reform Regional Director Yusoph Mama in Davao City. The farmers accuse Mama of abuse of authority for issuing an order exempting two haciendas in Davao Oriental
CASE DISMISSED Herbert Hugo Dumaguing (right) reads the decision of the court junking their case against Camiguin Gov. Jurdin Jesus Romualdo whom they accused of physically assaulting them during the 2010 elections. Dumaguing and their lawyers, Florencio Narido Jr., and Neil Pacana, plan to
PRO-RH Members of Gabriela, a militant women organization, stage a rally supporting the RH bill in Cagayan de Oro City. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
DAVAO CITY (30 May) — I was invited by MindaNews to speak before a motley group of media practitioners and workers in disaster management a few days ago. I gladly went and shared some of my insights. I had the
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews/30 May) — Some 65,000 power consumers in Lanao del Norte have expressed strong opposition to the impending privatization of the Agus and Pulangui hydropower plants that supply most of Mindanao’s power needs. In a resolution passed during
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/30 May) – A House leader is pushing for the passage of an anti-trust law with the proposed merger of two major players in the telecommunications industry that would give them control of about 70 percent
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/30 May) – Schistosomiasis is endemic in 53 of Bukidnon’s 464 barangays with five of these villages having an infection rate of at least 10 percent, according to a report released by the Department of Health Bukidnon Schistosomiasis
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 May)—Three mountain peaks in South Cotabato are joining an attempt to break a Guinness World Record for the most number of people converging at different mountain peaks on the same day, an official said on Monday.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/30 May) — The Department of Foreign Affairs consular office here apologized on Monday for the delayed releases of passports that has angered applicants, with its head blaming a technical glitch on passport production by the Bangko
MANILA, Philippines—For many years you’ve been paying your Philhealth dues, and so has your company. But that money may have been misused to finance bankrupt hospitals and fatten doctors’ salaries. As early as four years ago, a scandal hit the Philippine Health Insurance Corp., which confirmed allegations that some private hospitals and doctors have been defrauding the state-run health insurer.
