ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/16 August) – Mayor Celso Lobregat, through a letter Monday, has reminded government peace negotiating panel (GPNP) chair Marvic Leonen of the need to consult the people of Zamboanga and Mindanao prior to the finalization and submission of
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/16 August) – The police is pursuing two possible motives in last Monday’s bombing that hit one of the vehicles in the convoy of Maguindanao Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu, killing provincial board member Russman Quesada Sinsuat and a bystander.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/16 August) – Mosquito traps developed by the Department of Science and Technology to help arrest dengue cases are showing promise as there has been no reported cases in five test areas in Bukidnon, according to Dr. Josephine
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 Aug) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has tapped private security guards in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao to augment its intensified anti-terrorism operations within the region. Police Director Felicisimo Khu, chief of the Directorate for
BEIJING (MindaNews/16 Aug) – Government economic managers of the Philippines and China held a top-level meeting recently to further spur bilateral trade between the two nations. The meeting, which was held in Shanghai on August 5, covered “wide range of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 August) – Mayor Sara Duterte clarified on Monday that the P500 “access fee” for photographers is not compulsory to those who wish to shoot the highlights of the 26th Kadayawan Festival. Duterte made the clarification after his
TO THE MOSQUE. Family members and supporters Maguindanao’s number 2 board member, Russman “Russ” Quesada Sinsuat carry his remains out of the ancestral home in Dalican, Datu Odin Sinsuat town, for transfer to the nearby mosque for final prayers before
PASIG CITY (MindaNews/15 August) – The Tokyo Meeting between President Aquino and MILF Chairman Murad signals a new relationship between the Government and the MILF – a new relationship that is characterized as “not of adversaries but partners in problem-solving”.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/16 August) – The death toll in Monday’s car bomb explosion in Tacurong City has risen to two as Maguindanao Board Member Russman “Russ” Quesada Sinsuat expired at 12:17 a. m. at the Sultan Kudarat Doctors’ Hospital in
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 August) – Indonesia is set to implement on December 1 stricter fishing regulations that could adversely impact the local tuna industry, documents from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of National Defense obtained on
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/15 August) – Authorities here have scored anew in its anti-human trafficking campaign with the rescue of three victims last Sunday, a police official revealed. Senior Supt. Edwin de Ocampo, Zamboanga City police director, said the victims were
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/15 August) – Authorities have vowed to give more teeth to the city’s curfew ordinance against minors in a bid to arrest rising criminality purportedly committed by youngsters or minors acting as lookouts. The Surigao City Police Office
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/15 August) – Quarrying activities by illegal operators continue unabated in one of the municipalities of Surigao del Norte despite the local government’s ban on extracting sand and gravel, government officials admitted. Ivonnie B. Dumadag, head of the
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/15 August) – The defunct Bukidnon Economic and Industrial Zone, which houses the controversial Bukidnon Resources Company, Inc. (BRCI), a defunct tomato paste factory, is now an agriculture haven. The economic sector of the provincial government cited the
FAST ON A CURVE. Riders maneuver a tricky curve during a motorcycle race in Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday, August 14, 2011. Riders from a ll over Mindanao came to participate in the motorcycle race, a run-up activity of
