COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/01 August) – Malacanang has abolished the Arroyo-created Presidential Task Force on Mindanao River Basin Rehabilitation and Development (PTFMRBRD) “as part of the rationalization and streamlining of the government bureaucracy” and transferred its functions to “regular national government
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 August) — “What is wrong remains wrong, regardless of how long it has been allowed to persist. We cannot simply let it pass. If we ignore the crimes of the past, they will continue to haunt us.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/01 August)—Nearly a hundred Filipinos jailed in Indonesia for illegal tuna fishing arrived at the Makar Wharf on Sunday night, a top official of the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. “They were imprisoned in Indonesia
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/01 August) – Portions of a Matigsalug-Manobo ancestral domain may have already been covered by Certificates of Land Ownership Award issued by the Department of Agrarian Reform without the tribe’s knowledge, a tribal leader said. Datu Roelito Gawilan,
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/01 August) –The military said they are yet to confirm reports the four jail officers from Ozamiz City who were abducted by the New People’s Army in Bukidnon have been released. “We are still confirming sketchy
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/01 August)—World boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao on Monday led the groundbreaking ceremony for a multi-million medical facility under the public-private partnership (PPP) initiative of President Benigno S. Aquino III. The 200-bed tertiary medical
WEB OF ROPES. A local tourist tries one of the rope course challenges at the Forest Park in Barangay Dahilayan in Manolo Fortich town in Bukidnon. MindaNews photo by Walter Balane
AFTERMATH. A boy walks through a field of destruction at the Arroyo Compound in Barangay Matina Crossing, Davao City, a month after the June 29 killer floods. Majority of the 31 persons killed were from this village. MindaNews photo by
