KIDAPAWAN PROTEST. Militant groups in North Cotabato march along the streets in Kidapawan City, urging President Aquino to stop plans to privatize local water districts, and to implement genuine agrarian reform for landless Filipinos, among others. The protesters, mostly farmers,
BUTUAN MARCH. Braving the scorching sun, militants stage a rally along Montilla Boulevard in Butuan City hours before President Aquino delivered his State of the Nation Address in Quezon City. The Butuan group joined their counterparts in other parts of
PEOPLE’S MARCH. Militant groups march along Bankerohan Bridge in Davao City en route to the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue Monday afternoon, (July 23) for a rally on the “real state of the nation.” MindaNews photo by Carolyn O. Arguillas
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 July) — It merited a paragraph in his State of the Nation Address (SONA), a slight improvement from last year’s complete silence on the progress of the peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the
KORONADAL CITY(MindaNews/23 July)— “The key to good investment in Mindanao is the signing of the final peace agreement” between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Datu Haron Bandila, a business leader in the Autonomous Region in Muslim
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 July) — Five days have elapsed since the 29th Exploratory Talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in Kuala Lumpur ended last July 18. We are still
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/23 July) — I listened, among the millions of Filipinos and non-Filipinos who thought it was worth their time to listen, to President Benigno Simeon ‘Noy’ Aquino deliver the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monady afternoon.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 July) — CHANGING OF GUARDS. On my way to Davao del Sur last Tuesday, I dropped by at the Army headquarters of the 39th battalion in Tuban, Sta Cruz for the turnover of command from Lt. Col.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNew/23 July) — “Silent again on indigenous peoples.” This was the reaction of Lumad (indigenous peoples) leaders here to President Aquino’s nearly 90-minute State of the Nation Address Monday afternoon. Datu Mayda Pandian, a provincial board member representing
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/23 July) — Some 2,000 members of militant groups and other and civil society organizations from Caraga region took to the streets in three key cities to protest the alleged failure of the Aquino administration in keeping its
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/23 July) — Protesters marched towards City Hall Monday morning to demand the mayor’s intervention on the amendment of a copra trading ordinance while also asking him to act on the reported militarization of upland barangays. Nemesio Borja,
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/23 July) — The interior of Sharief Alawi Islamic Center, the lone mosque here in Barangay Balulang, was neat and clean as Muslims gathered to wait for the Iftar (breaking of the fast) Saturday, their first
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/23 July) – The Department of Tourism (DOT) in partnership with the local government has introduced vinta sailing as an additional attraction at the scenic Paseo del Mar in this city. The Paseo del Mar is a 2.5-hectare
