COTABATO CITY (09 June) — With Congress passing the law cancelling the August 08, 2011 ARMM elections (aka synchronized), the President of the Republic is given a very rare opportunity to appoint all the officialdom of the ARMM. This is
A woman undergoes training on how to we ave clothes made of abaca fiber in Prosperidad town, Agusan del Sur. MindaNews photo by BenCyrus G. Ellorin | Rea d Story
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 June) – What criteria will President Benigno Simeon Aquino follow in appointing Officers-In-Charge (OICs) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) when the term of office of the incumbent regional officials ends at noon of September
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – At least 17 families from a riverside community here have been displaced as flashfloods swept anew the area Wednesday evening. City Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio said Thursday a portion of Purok Matinabangon in Barangay Labangal here remained
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 June) — Acting Ombudsman Orlando C. Casimiro has ordered the filing of criminal charges before the Sandiganbayan against former Sulu Governor Benjamin Loong, the head of a cooperative and two business entities for alleged irregularities involving certain
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 June) — Australian firm Indophil Resources NL is seeking to raise A$189.5 million mostly to cover its counterpart fund in the massive Tampakan copper-gold project in Mindanao through to 2012. Brian Phillips, Indophil Resources chairman, said
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/08 June) – The Senate on Wednesday ordered the arrest of couple Olivia Li and Lee Mu Ying alias “Jo Pring,” the alleged owners of the seized tons of corals and shells at a warehouse compound in this
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/09 June) – After nearly four months, the regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has reportedly not responded yet to a complaint filed by a media worker against an environment official in
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews/09 June) — Abaca farmers and weavers in the province got a big boost after the local government unit and the international nongovernment organization Oxfam agreed to work together for the development of the industry.
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/09 June) – Two of the three kidnap victims were freed an hour after gunmen abducted them Wednesday in Lanao del Norte, a military official disclosed Thursday. Freed were engineer Boyet Alumbro and Edgar Gomez who along with
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 June) – Barely after a month after its creation, Bukidnon’s Provincial Anti-Crime and Drug Abuse Force or Task Force Laban sa Krimen has been dissolved.[] Gov. Alex Calingasan told MindaNews Wednesday he will no longer insist on
