PARK TO REST. Young men sit at the Erreccion del Pueblo or Foundation of the Town monument at the downtown plaza in Malaybalay City. MindaNews photo by Walter Balane
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 July) – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has approached different personalities, including a local official in Quezon town and a priest from the Diocese of Malaybalay, to help negotiate the release of their four colleagues
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/23 July) – One of the whistle blowers of the alleged election fraud in the 2004 Presidential elections said that they are now preparing to file criminal cases against former Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano. Maranao civil
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 July) – Azkals, the Philippine national football team, today plays its first of two games against Kuwait in the second qualifying round for the World Cup. Many of our countrymen must be praying that the national team
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – The main task at the moment of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) is to make President Benigno Aquino III better understand the needs of the indigenous peoples, according to NCIP chair Zenaida Brigida
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – Police authorities have filed a complaint for violation of the anti-piracy and anti-highway robbery law against an official of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao and seven of
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – Fifty residents of a remote village in Lake Sebu town in South Cotabato have fallen ill in a suspected case of food poisoning from carabao meat that was believed contaminated by a still undetermined
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – The story of an honest driver is a welcome respite for the Tricycle Adjudication Board (TAB) as complaints against overcharging and abusive tricycle drivers in this city continue to mount. Ernesto Sambeon, 34, a tricycle
BAD-AS, Placer, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/22 July) – Relieved 30th Infantry Battalion commander Lt. Col. Erwin Rommel P. Lamzon said his transfer had nothing to do with allegations of human rights violations committed during his watch. The military official said
BEIJING (MindaNews/22 July) – China voiced strong protest over the recent visit of several Filipino politicians and military personnel at the disputed Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). pharmacy Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu reiterated
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – The Abu Sayyaf bandits have freed the 67-year-old Filipino-Chinese businessman kidnapped almost three months ago in the province of Sulu, a military official announced today. Lt. Col. Randolph Cabangbang, Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) spokesman, said
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – Although 86 percent of mothers in Region XI breastfeed their newborn babies, the percentage is declining as the months progress, according to Terry Cungson, regional officer of the National Nutrition Council (NNC). In a press
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – A total of 588 public schools, colleges and other local institutions in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao received this week 28,000 new books and other educational reference materials from The Asia Foundation’s (TAF) Books
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – Time was when Cagayan de Oro City was a hot item to the national media not least because it’s the home of some of the country’s colorful politicians. The names of three lawyers easily come
