PIKIT, Cotabato (MindaNews/11 August)—Some 200 families have fled two barangays in Datu Piang, Maguindanao in the wake of clashes between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and members of the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters of Ameril Umbra Kato. This has
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 August) — The Department of Science and Technology vowed today to help the Department of Health curb the deadly dengue disease in Southwestern Mindanao with the launching of the ovicidal/larvicidal (OL) mosquito trap system. Zenaida Hadji
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/11 August)— The New People’s Army should release the four Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel unconditionally “if they are really for the people” instead of proposing to government an exchange of “prisoners of war”,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 August) — Mayor Henry Dano of Lingig, Surigao del Sur and six other persons being held captives by the New People’s Army will face the “People’s Court” for “various armed hostile acts against the revolutionary forces”. In
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 August) — The World Health Organization has approved the request of Bukidnon for funding support to help control schistosomiasis in the province, according to the July 15 letter of WHO country director Dr. Soe Nyunt-U to the
BEIJING (MindaNews/11 August) – The Philippines, along with four other member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), have edged out Japan in becoming the third largest trading partner of China. Gao Hucheng, Vice Minister of Commerce, said
(A privilege speech by Rep. Pangalian M. Balindong) At an age when most youngsters are struggling to unravel the secrets of mathematics and language, at an age when first love blooms, at the tender age of sixteen, most Filipino Muslims of my generation were handed a rifle so that they could defend themselves.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 August) – The Senate Electoral Tribunal today proclaimed lawyer Aquilino Pimentel III as senator replacing Juan Miguel Zubiri who resigned last week over allegations of fraud during the 2007 elections. The proclamation took place 3pm Thursday at
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 August) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) called off on Wednesday afternoon the search and rescue operations for the two missing crew members of a cargo vessel that sank off Sarangani Bay Tuesday night after colliding
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 August) – The Department of Interior and Local Governments will convene on Friday the Screening Committee for the selection of officers-in-charge (OICs) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. “We will have first meeting on Friday,” Local
DATU PAGLAS, MAGUINDAO (MindaNews/10 August) – On a solemn Sunday afternoon, members of the Paglas clan and their constituents gathered for a kanduli, a thanksgiving banquet, to commemorate the third death anniversary of the late head of the clan, Datu
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/10 August) – The New People’s Army, in an email sent to the media today, has announced they have “accorded” the four personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) the status of “prisoners of war”(POW).
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/10 August) – Peasant organizations united under the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) have filed charges against the president of Central Mindanao University (CMU) in connection with the bloody dispersal of protesters in front of the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 August) – The National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) celebration in Southwestern Mindanao is all set for Thursday with focus on inventions, halal industry initiatives and the drive against dengue, among others. Zenaida Hadji Raof Laidan,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 August) – Much has been written about the historic meeting of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim in Tokyo last August 4. The news stories were bits of the official
KOLAMBUGAN, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews/10 August) – The fishing village of Muntay is one of the 13 coastal barangays of Kolambugan in Lanao del Norte. This settlement was founded by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Commander Dante in the
