GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – Twenty-two years after President Corazon C. Aquino set the principle of free choice in establishing autonomy in Muslim Mindanao through election – invoking the Constitution – her son, President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, reversed
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – Cotabato City and the neighboring municipalities are under the state of calamity. Flooded rivers brought downstream tons of water hyacinth or water lilies that clog the Rio Grande de Mindanao. Tens of kilometers of water
Residents use a boat to carry their belongings as they flee the rising flood waters in Cotabato City. The flood was triggered by heavy rains brought by tropical depression “Egay”. MindaNews photo contributed by Amiel Mark Cagayan of I-Watch
A woman tows a house furniture in the flooded stree ts of Cotabato City. The flood was triggered by heavy rains brought by tropical depression “Ega y”.[] MindaNews photo contributed by Amiel Mark Cagayan of I-Watch
A police officer examines pieces of aluminum foil and sachets of shabu while the suspect covers his face in the background at a police station in Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City. Police said shabu or “poor man’s cocaine” is still
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – Hundreds of beneficiaries have received ownership certificates in the largest distribution of land titles in Southwestern Mindanao this year under a government program spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Alfredo Pascual,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – The Supreme Court is holding its ground in deciding to maintain strict guidelines on the live coverage of the Maguindanao massacre trial, but Supreme Court administrator and spokesperson Jose Midas Marquez said the decision is
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – Military officials should hold back their tongues and allow the Department of Foreign Affairs to echo the stand of the Aquino administration on the Spratly issue, former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. today said. “While
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo warned local government units nationwide that those who fail to make full public disclosure of their financial records this year may face administrative and criminal charges.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – Mayor Vicente Emano, in a radio interview today, claimed that Cagayan de Oro City is among the very first to fully implement the full disclosure policy (FDP) of the Department of Interior and
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – At least 350 poor residents in the coastal town of Glan in Sarangani Province have received livelihood packages through a flagship anti-poverty initiative of world boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel Pacquiao. Glan Mayor
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 June) – Dengue cases in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao have dropped by at least 78 percent in the last five months but regional health authorities are not slowing down anytime soon with their intensified campaign
