The curse of child labor is present in the chromite mines of in Barangay Diegas, Basilisa in Dinagat Island, Surigao del Norte. Everyday, under-aged children toil to gather the coarse black chromite ore in the muddy fields. They are lucky
THREATENED Dietmar Schug, country director of the Committee of German Directors spoke to a group of lumad women during the graduation rites of a health and nutrition training held in Barangay Dalwangan in Malaybalay in this file photo taken on
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/20 June) –The head of a foreign volunteer medical mission today said their group may pull out due to an extortion attempt demanding an amount of P5 million. Dietmar Schug, country director of the Committee of
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/20 June)—A halal certification system is being finalized and set to be launched next month in a bid to boost the country’s potential to penetrate the lucrative global halal market valued at an estimated $3 trillion, an official
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/20 June) – Bukidnon should engage in the processing of its agricultural produce and not rely solely on selling these to traders, a speaker told city and barangay officials during the city’s 134th foundation day celebration on June
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/20 June) – At least 10 armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army barged into a stockyard of a construction firm here and destroyed a crane and a mini-dump truck with improvised explosive devices,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 June) – The 18,000-strong Philippine Councilors League said it was buoyed up by fresh moves in the Senate to revive the proposal that would give the municipal, city and provincial legislative bodies the power to cite for
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 June) – In a bid to strengthen its security operations, the Police Regional Office 12 has beefed up the region’s police force with some 299 new police officers. Chief Supt. Benjardi Mantele, acting Region 12 police
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/20 June) – The city government is now in the process of completing the management and development plans for the Great and Little Sta. Cruz Islands in preparation for the formal takeover of the two ecotourism destinations. The
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 June) – The lack of infrastructure investments and deflated transport and logistics system in Mindanao is holding back the island from becoming one of the strategic transport hubs of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines – East Asean Growth Areas (BIMP-EAGA),
