A passenger van en route to Maramag in Bukidnon rests on a drainage canal after skidding off the highway near the Overview in Quezon town on Friday afternoon. The passengers said the van lost its brake. No one was hurt
MARAMAG, Bukidnon (MindaNews/03 December) – Gonzalo Pinuti held his hammer tight as he detached the barbed wire from a fence of a former cattle ranch amid the blistering heat of the sun. With help from a fellow farmer, it took him about five minutes to detach the barbed wires and put down three wooden posts and let his colleagues enter the ranch with carpentry tools, round timber and tents for their temporary shelter.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 December) – The Bukidnon Sangguniang Panlalawigan passed a resolution Thursday endorsing the 28.[] 2-megawatt hydroelectric power project of Hedcor Bukidnon Inc. in barangays Sinuda and Kipilas in Kitaotao town, along the province’s boundary with Davao City. Roelito
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/03 December) – An Army officer was reported missing after a six-man intelligence unit was intercepted and disarmed by alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebels this morning in Sitio Mahayahay, Barangay Guinoman in Diplahan town, Zamboanga Sibugay. 102nd
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/02 December) — Two media organizations today expressed alarm over the “unwarranted delay and apparent lack of attention and negligence” on the part of the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) in filing a petition for civil forfeiture with a
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/02 December) – The Commission on Human Rights is investigating the recent surrender of 80 alleged New People’s Army (NPA) over complaints of illegal arrest and other violations, lawyer Jeanny Ivy Abrina, CHR-10 regional director said. Abrina told
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/02 December) – Two Army soldiers suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of a businessman in Marawi City figured in a shootout here early this morning with police operatives from the Lanao del Sur capital.
BEIJING (MindaNews/02 December) – The Philippines’ status in the corruption perceptions index (CPI) has slightly improved, according to the 2011 annual report published by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) [http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/results/]. The report, which was made public on Thursday, showed the Philippines
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/02 December) – The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) said Zamboanga Peninsula’s palay production during the third quarter of this year was higher by 32. 6 percent or an increase of 54,447 metric tons (MT) compared to the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 December) — Basilan Vice Governor Al-Rasheed A. Sakkalahul was at the Ateneo de Davao University last 25 November 2011 to tell the story of Al Barka where he once served as mayor. Sakkalahul came on the invitation
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A worker cleans the elephant ride, one of the attractions being set up by the City Government at the Rizal Park in Davao City. MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano
The City Hall of Kidapawan City is beautifully adorned with hundreds of lights as the City Government spruces it up for the Christmas Season. MindaNews photo by Geonarri Solmerano
[nggallery id=1] On December 2, 2011, 237 farmer beneficiaries of the Ocaya Ranch in Barangay Kuya, Maramag, Bukidnon finally claimed the 48-hectare land awarded to them by the Department of Agrarian Reform under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension
