(First of Four Parts) GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 27 January) – Manny Pacquiao, the multi-titled world boxing champion, and Emmanuel D. Pacquiao, the representative of the lone congressional district of Sarangani, are two persons in one man. As boxing
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – Some readers had reacted to my previous piece titled “Technical foul” (MindaNews, January 26, 2012). In a nutshell, it’s about the efforts of the defense panel in the impeachment case against Supreme Court Chief Justice
Si Corona lang ba ang naa sa condition nga sobra pa sa cholera? Gamay ra ang suw eldo pero kabtangan ug kabalayan usa ka dosena ang kadaghan Gi-unsa man intawon Hesus pastilan! kadakong katingalahan Pag-angkon nila sa posisyon ning 10-times
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 January) — The two-day International Conference on Mining in Mindanao ended Friday with calls to repeal the 1995 Mining Act, enact a pro-Filipino, pro-environment alternative mining law and declare a mining moratorium. The “Mindanao Declaration: Defending the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – Contributions of the mining industry to Mindanao’s economy are meager, compared with agriculture from 2001 to 2009, Margarita “Maita” Gomez, Coordinator of Bantay Kita Action for Economic Reforms, said at the first day of the
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 27 January) – At least 10 owners of vast tracts of lands leased to a banana firm in North Cotabato have set up roadblocks that prevented plantation workers from harvesting the company’s produce Thursday morning. The landowners,
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – Vice President Jejomar Binay, who is also chair of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), announced that another government housing agency is extending a loan moratorium for its member-borrowers who were affected by
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – The Department of Education in Bukidnon plans to open alternative delivery mode (ADM) classes to address the high dropout rate in selected schools in Bukidnon in June 2012. Dr. Ingrid Racoma, DepEd-Bukidnon chief, told MindaNews
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – The provincial government of Sarangani has finally unveiled its P80-million housing venture in the capital town of Alabel, opening its doors earlier this week to the first 11 local government workers who availed of
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – Two war-torn villages in Kabacan town in North Cotabato are the newest additions to the beneficiaries of the core shelter program of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) under its
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency reported that about P199.734-million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated and eradicated in Bukidnon in 2011. A total of P183.346 million is attributed to marijuana eradication, referring to the output
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – A zarzuela depicting the journey of Panay Island natives to the fertile valleys of South Cotabato province will take centerstage later this year through a landmark theater production being organized by a culture and
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/27 January) – Despite the debacle on its application for an environmental compliance certificate (ECC), foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. has released a new study showing a significant increase in the volume of copper and gold deposits in the
