TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews / 1 Sept) – Even before the tsunami warnings came, residents of this city facing the Pacific Ocean already left their homes to seek higher ground right after Friday evening’s earthquake. Around 6,000 of
Residents fill the hall way of the Surigao del Sur provincial capitol in Tandag City August 31, 2012 after the 7. 6 magnitude earthquake near Samar. Authorities later declared a tsunami alert level 3 on the eastern parts of the
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 1 Sept) – Secretary Teresita Deles of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) sees bright prospects for peace in Mindanao as negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are making
Residents ride on pedicabs, motorcycles, cars and even run to the relatively higher ground of the Surigao del Sur provincial capitol in Tandag City August 31, 2012 after the 7. 6 magnitude earthquake near Samar. Authorities later declared a tsunami
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/1 Sept) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has awarded the city government of Zamboanga the Seal of Good Housekeeping, affirming the city’s efforts to promote good local governance. The seal, engraved in a huge,
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/31 August) – I love using SmartBro plug-its, those USB devices that enable you to go online from just about anywhere where there’s good enough cellphone signal. Having Internet almost anywhere, wow! I could be hi-tech in some
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/01 September) — Thousands of residents living along the coast facing the Pacific Ocean fled to higher grounds following the strong earthquake that struck the eastern part of the Philippines that triggered a tsunami alert at around 9
Neighbor Wilfredo Abella checks on the the house of Emelita Ubalde in Barangay Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City after a small adjacent hill collapsed, damaging the house when a strong earthquake struck Friday night August 31, 2012. Ubalde died but
STA. CRUZ, Davao del Sur(MindaNews/ 31 August) – Twelve families have been evacuated to safer grounds following a flashflood on Thursday evening in Barangay Astorga here, the Office of Civil Defense-11 reported today (Friday). Although residents estimated that at least
MALAYBALAY CITY (MIndaNews/31 August) – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has recommended the development of the existing airstrip in Maray-maray, Don Carlos, Bukidnon into an international airport. Bukidnon Vice Gov. Jose Ma. R. Zubiri Jr. revealed this
MALIMONO, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/31 August) – An organization that operates in behalf of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development has expressed satisfaction on the results of an ongoing partnership program involving coastal resources management in this town.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/ 31 August)—Nearly a month after at least 20 members of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) allegedly raided the community of slain indigenous peoples’ leader Jimmy Liguyon for cash and gold, lumad residents of
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY(MindaNews/ 31 August) – Police are looking at personal grudge as the possible motive in the fatal shooting of a pastor inside his chapel in upper Barangay Carmen here Thursday night. The victim was identified as Pastor
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/31 August) –The refrain, “The President is committed to just and lasting peace”, recalls then President Arroyo in the last year of her administration. She personally asked heads of state in the then Organization of Islamic Conference to help in the peace process; she went public fanning the “hope and assurance” that “the peace process would soon achieve long-term stability and prosperity for the people of Mindanao”.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/31 August) — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney spiced up his acceptance speech Thursday night (Friday morning in the Philippines) as the Republican Party’s nominee for the US presidential elections in November with scathing remarks on President Barack
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/31 August)–Last Tuesday, Rep. Manny Pacquiao did what his predecessors are said to have failed before: give an address to the people on the State of Sarangani District. In an elaborate and pompous ceremony complete with red
