
Araw Hong Butuan
Students from the Agusan National High School perform a cultural presentation during the closing ceremonies of the 61st Araw Hong Butuan last Tuesday, August 2, 2011. MindaNews photo by Jun Ayensa

Students from the Agusan National High School perform a cultural presentation during the closing ceremonies of the 61st Araw Hong Butuan last Tuesday, August 2, 2011. MindaNews photo by Jun Ayensa
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – It was a good and humble gesture but Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri should not stop at stepping down. For Fr. Danilo Paciente, head of the Diocese of Malaybalay’s Social Action Center, Zubiri should also help
HONOR AND INTEGRITY By Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri Speech Delivered on the Senate Plenary 3 August 2011 Mr. President, My Distinguished Colleagues in this August Chamber, Mga Minamahal kong Kababayan: On several occasions, I rose in this August Chamber,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 August) – In what turned out to be his last privilege speech in the 15th Congress, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri announced this afternoon his resignation over “unfounded accusations”, referring to allegations he benefited from the fraud that
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) still posted the lowest average annual family income in the latest survey released by the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). The 2009 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES),
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – A prison official today called on the New People’s Army to release on humanitarian ground the four Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel abducted by the rebel group in Kitaotao, Bukidnon almost two weeks
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – Malaybalay Bishop Jose Cabantan has urged priests in Bukidnon and neighboring Cagayan de Oro City to “go green” in their work with their flock during the Vianney Day celebration at the Diocesan Formation Center here.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – As Davao City strengthens its bid to become one of the identified hubs for the infromation technology and business process outsourcing (BPI) industries, the need for an ecosystem that can propagate such development like that
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – Reforming the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is among the priority programs of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. He said so in his State of the Nation Address last July 25. Following is his statement in full [We quote the English version]:
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – A decade ago, before boxing icon Manny Pacquiao became the big crossover star that he is today, he was just another Filipino fighter with some special talent. Few ever thought he would reach boxing’s
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – The Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) has tapped the assistance of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and local police to unmask the power pilferers in this city, which cost the cooperative P2 million a

BALANCING ACT. A skimboarding enthusiast shows off his stuff along the seashore in Barangay Sabang, Surigao City. MindaNews photo by Roel Catoto




