MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/04 September) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has received 341 applications for the different officers-in-charge positions in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the DILG said in a news item posted on its
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/04 September) – Government peace panel chair Marvic Leonen has ready answers when asked by the media, academe and the rest of civil society about the government’s proposed peace settlement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) but
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/04 September) – The Moros living in this city should be given a free hand in deciding their destiny, Khaled Musa, deputy chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s (MILF) information committee said. Musa issued the statement in
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/04 September) – Aside from offering North Cotabato’s vast tracks of land as potential oil palm plantations, Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza is also inviting investors to put up a palm oil processing mill in the province. But Mendoza said
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/04 September) — Salary rates for minimum wage earners in the private sector in Southwestern Mindanao maybe adjusted before the yearend after recent consultations conducted by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) showed “a lack of
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/04 September) – A power interruption that lasted from 8:30am to 8:30pm on Saturday, due mainly to maintenance work carried out by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), affected Bukidnon’s two cities, Malaybalay and Valencia, as
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/04 September) — Two Davao-based writers won the Second and Third Prizes in the short story Cebuano Category in the 2011 Contest of the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the country’s most prestigious literary awards. Errol A.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/04 September) – For all the Government’s declarations to be transparent, it is still guarded in its official statements concerning peace negotiation with the MILF. At the 22nd exploratory talk in Kuala Lumpur last August 22, negotiating panel chair Marvic Leonen would not release copies of their 20-page peace proposal since it is still “work in progress” – suggesting “more” will be submitted later as the panel continues to conduct consultations and that the present document can be changed.
MARIKINA CITY (MindaNews/04 September) — Tuna is yummy as sandwich or served inihaw or tinola. Tuna – cooked well – turns on one’s appetite. For one, it tastes good. And for another, it is reasonably priced even in the mushrooming
Early in the morning of Thursday, September 1, residents near the regional office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) along the corner of Tiano and Del Pilar Streets in Cagayan de Oro City were caught by surprise upon
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/03 September) — South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr. has signed an agreement for a tree planting project with Sagittarius Mines, Inc., operator of the Tampakan copper-gold project which has been lobbying for the province to lift its
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/03 September) – “I am a peace lover, I am a peacemaker, in fact we went to the Supreme Court because we want peace,” Mayor Celso Lobregat said in reaction to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’ s naming
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/03 September) – Operatives of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) have intercepted a wooden-hulled vessel loaded with thousands of pesos worth of illegal lumber off Sulu. Rear Admiral Amando de Guzman, NFWM commander, said the vessel loaded
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/03 September) — Councilor Ronel Rivera was seriously wounded in a shooting incident by an apparent jealous gunman who was killed by responding bodyguards of the city official early dawn Saturday. Reports said Rivera, the city’s number
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/03 September) – One person was killed and two others were injured, including a four-year old boy, when a driver of a city councilor went berserk and shot them Friday night.[] Senior Supt. Edwin de Ocampo, city police
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/03 September) — Erstwhile sleepy towns in North Cotabato last week took center stage as they played host to some of the activities of the week-long Kalivungan Festival. Aleosan Mayor Loreto Cabaya said distributing the hosting of the
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 September) — Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma has invited media practitioners from the dioceses of Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, Surigao, Tandag, Malaybalay, Iligan, Pagadian and the prelature of Marawi to a culture of peace workshop. Ledesma,
STREET DANCING. Students from Alamada town in North Cotabato won the first prize in the street dancing competition at the North Cotabato Capitol grounds in Kidapawan City on Thursday, The dance competition was the culminating activity of the Kalivungan Festival
