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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/15 July) – Data from the Philippine National Police showed that 80 percent of the country’s two million illegal firearms are in Mindanao complicating the island’s already fragile security situation, a former lawmaker today said. Speaking
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/15 July) – Leptorpirosis is the new problem flooded communities may to face after the water had subsided, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said. Ona told MindaNews the flooded areas especially those with high rat populations are prone to
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 July) — A major global business process outsourcing industry player is planning to put up a call center facility in this city as part of its expansion, local trade officials said on Friday as they urged
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 July) – The Department of Science and Technology will roll out later this month the use of the Mosquito Ovicidal/Larvicidal (OL) trap system in several parts of South Cotabato province in a bid to help curb
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/15 July) – A total log ban ordered by Malacanang is now in full effect in the Caraga Region, the chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the region maintained in reaction to reports that
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/15 July) – A teenager kidnapped almost two months ago in Basilan province by alleged Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels was freed Wednesday, a police official yesterday said. But only two hours after the teenager’s release, five “young
BEIJING (MindaNews/15 July) – Environment group Greenpeace International urged leading sportswear manufacturers such as Adidas, Nike, and Li Ning to take its challenge to rid major rivers in China of pollutants. The challenge came on Thursday after the Greenpeace released
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/14 July) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has named Von Al Haq as its new spokesperson, replacing Eid Kabalu, who was asked to quit his post after he openly sought for appointment as officer-in-charge of the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 July) – The provincial government of Sarangani has slammed alleged efforts to bring the cargo vessel that rammed into a reef in Kiamba town out of the country as it sought the help of the Philippine
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/14 July) – Due to the five-percent shortfall in the national revenue in 2009, which is the basis for the computation of the internal revenue allotment (IRA) for 2012, local government units in Bukidnon will lose a total
BEIJING (MindaNews/14 July) – China may have a weak stand over its claim in the islands of West Philippine Sea or South China Sea following its refusal to bring the issue to the United Nations’ (UN) tribunal to settle the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 July) – The provincial government of North Cotabato is seeking investors for its growing palm oil industry but Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza wants a “local player” to take the lead. In a press conference Thursday morning, Mendoza said
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/14 July) – An official of the Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIBA) announced that Zamboanga Peninsula is seeing a resurgence in interest in abaca farming as seen from a 92-percent increase in production for the period 2009 to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 July) – And so it happened: my mom’s nightmare – me getting in trouble in the wee hours. At about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, on my way home, some hooded crooks (who were as young as me) held
ENJOYING THE SUNSET. Either looking for edible seashells or just enjoying the sunset, residents enjoy Mother Nature’s gift in Barangay Punta Bilar in Surigao City, the northernmost tip of Mindanao Island. MindaNews photo by Roel Catoto
TUNA. A worker sorts out tuna at th e Fish Port Complex in General Santos City before they are brought to the factories, exported abroad or sold the local markets. MindaNews photo by Jun Ayensa
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/14 July) – Elito Guinoay, a Higaonon Lumad living in Sitio Lantud, barangay Sagaran in Talakag, Bukidnon, is one of the buffer zone residents who availed of livelihood funds for abaca production. A traditional crop, he said abaca helps in conservation because it thrives best in cool, shaded areas and so the farmer would do well not to cut the trees [around his farm].
