Day: January 13, 2012

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/13 January) — Efforts to bring the massive Tampakan copper-gold project to commercial phase suffered a major blow after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources rejected the proponent’s application for an environmental compliance certificate (ECC). Documents obtained

BEIJING (MinadNews/13 January) — Senior officials of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China are meeting here from Friday to Sunday to discuss the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in a bid to

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/12 January)—A rice supply shortfall is feared to hit parts of Mindanao in the next few months with the looming multimillion peso rehabilitation of a major irrigation system in South Cotabato that would affect some 9,000 hectares of

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/12 January) – Barangays in the city identified to be flood-prone will be convened to discuss risk reduction measures in case calamities occur, an official said. Councilor Abdurahman Nuño, Liga ng mga Barangay president, said contingency plans should

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 January) – Colleagues of slain publisher Christopher Guarin on Wednesday said they were able to raise P50,000 as reward money for the surrender of the gunman who then should identify the mastermind behind the murder. James

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/12 January) — The 39 newly-trained volunteers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had their baptism of tears Wednesday in the psycho-social process sessions they held for Sendong flood survivors in Barangay Canitoan