CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) — The New People’s Army’s Front 88 in the hinterlands of Bukidnon province has admitted to arresting six peddlers of sleeping mats for alleged espionage. In a telephone interview Friday, Ariel Inda Magbanwag, spokesperson
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) — The city government is preparing a welcome celebration for “returning queen” Shamcey Supsup, Miss Universe third runner-up. City Administrator Jose Mariano Gonzales said Friday they have started the initial arrangements for the beauty queen’s
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) – An unidentified gunman shot dead the Malalag port superintendent of mining firm Sagittarius Mines Incorporated (SMI) outside his home in Davao City at around 6 a.m. Friday, reports said. PO3 Harold De Lima and Bryan
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/16 September) – The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) is eyeing a research to determine the population of tarsiers locally known as “Chonggo Magu” in the forests of this southern port. The plan was revealed by
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) — A partly-list representative has warned against the proliferation of fake pina jusi cloth in the market, after the barong Tagalog he wore recently was confirmed to be not made from pineapple fiber. AGHAM Rep.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 Sept) — Flamboyant American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr has been whining about how he is not getting the kind of respect an undefeated champion deserves. After all, at 41-0 (win-loss), he still considers himself the best
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/15 September) – Former Moro Islamic Liberation Front base commander Ameril Umra Kato has two weeks to reconsider his decision to form another armed group and return to the MILF if he wishes to remain under
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – Two more residents of Sarangani province who are currently detained in Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig City in connection with the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre allegedly appear to have been “wrongfully arrested”
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – The demand for the release of the National Democratic Front’s (NDF) detained peace consultants prior to the resumption of formal talks with the government is not “just any precondition” but an “expressed requisite
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – Small-scale gold miners in at least 58 hectares in the municipality of Libona in Bukidnon being financed by foreigners are operating illegally and using mercury and cyanide, an environment official said. Samuel Cadavos, chief of
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – To show its discontent over President Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s inaction to address the unabated surge of oil price increases, transport groups under the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Opereytor Nationwide (PISTON)
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – Critics of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc., operator of the massive Tampakan copper-gold project, are gearing to present their stance against the environmental impact assessment (EIA) study of the company. Rene Pamplona, advocacy officer of the
DOHA, Qatar (MindaNews/15 Sept) – The wealthy Arabian Gulf country is the safest in terms of disasters, according to the World Risk Report 2011 released this week. Making the top three most disaster prone countries are the south Pacific island
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has designated a veteran intelligence officer from Northern Luzon as the new provincial police director of South Cotabato. Senior Supt. Randolf Delfin, the former intelligence chief of the Directorate
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – The Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative’s (BUSECO) case before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) over a complaint of alleged charging of “other fees” is now ordered closed after the electric cooperative paid the sum of P100,000
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – The nephew of Cotabato Governor Lala Taliño-Mendoza was among the many fatalities of dengue cases in the province. Mendoza’s seven-year-old nephew, whom the family requested not to be identified, died two days after he was
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – Ferrer premised her commentary on the following to corroborate Leonen’s presentation of the Government’s “3 for 1” Solution: First: The initial reactions to the proposal: To the “3 for 1” Solution, she sees two
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/15 Sept) – Authorities seized 89 “China phones” from five department stores in Kabacan town in North Cotabato when store owners failed to show pertinent papers as proof their sale of the product was legal. Operatives from the
