DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 July) – Supporters and operators of large-scale mining cheered Tuesday’s Forum on Responsible Mining which was intended to “educate” the public on what “responsible mining” is all about. But critics say the forum’s “glossing over” of crucial
HEALTHY OPTION. A participant shows off a bunch of calamasi which serves as decor for their stall in the Araw ng Lanao del Norte in Tubod town, Lanao del Norte . MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/4 July) – The Presidential Anti-Illegal Logging Task Force has scored anew in its campaign against illegal logging in this city as they arrested five people and intercepted a shipment of illegally cut lumber of hardwood species, an
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/4 July) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Amnesty International (AI) observed in its 2012 Human Rights Report that “failed leadership has gone global,” while militant sectoral groups under the banner of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Northern Mindanao (Bayan-NMR)
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 July) – The city’s peace and order situation has significantly improved in the last six months, with the total number of crime incidents in the area dropping by at least 23 percent. Supt. Rolly Octavio, deputy
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 July) – Health authorities here confirmed Wednesday two new positive cases of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV, bringing the disease incidence in the area to 32. Dr. Mely Lastimoso, coordinator of the City Integrated Health
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/4 July) – The country’s oldest bank has introduced to Mindanao the Philippines’s first online banking that links mobile phones to its bank system, allowing transactions to happen at the flick of mobile phones even when corporate finance
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/4 July) – Rural folks in South Cotabato will expect country developments in the next few months through the Department of Agriculture’s anti poverty alleviation initiative Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) which poured in a total of P65
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/4 July) – To attract more tourists, Caraga needs better roads leading to the different tourist destinations in the region, the regional director of the Department of Tourism (DOT) acknowledged. Director Leticia Tan stated that most of the
Sa Surigao del Sur ayaw sipyata island-hopping sa Britania upat ka isla paga-adtoan Sun, sea, (white)sand and fun sa lungsud sa San Agustin kini makit-an sa national highway duol lang half-day buhong ka na
