CARMEN, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/19 September) – Fr. Raymond Ambray, spokesperson of Caraga Watch, an environment watchdog composed of various churches and sectoral groups, said they found an unlikely ally in the Surigao Development Corporation (Sudecor).
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/19 Sept) – Combined personnel from the Philippine Coastguard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) have found a dead pregnant great sperm whale floating offshore east of this city. Lieutenant Commander (LCdr.) Elizer Dalnay,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 Sept) – The city council here approved during its regular session n Tuesday the new comprehensive anti-smoking ordinance as proposed by Councilor Tomas Monteverde IV. “We do not wish to condemn smokers. We understand and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 September) — On September 21, 2001, exactly 30 years after then President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos issued the Proclamation that changed everyone’s lives, MindaNews launched “Turning Rage into Courage: Mindanao under martial law,” a book of essays written
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 Sept) – Two police officers here were relieved from their posts for creating disturbance while heavily intoxicated inside the city police office compound on Monday night. Chief Supt. Alex Paul Monteagudo, Region 12 police director, said
DEAD WHALE. A sperm whale found dead in the waters near Sacol Island in Zamboanga City morning of Sept. 19, 2012 was buried at the “fish cemetery” of the Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology in Barangay Rio
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 Sept) – For Mayor Sara Duterte, there was no justice at all in the New People’s Army’s move to indemnify victims of the Sept. 1 grenade explosion in Paquibato district through third party facilitators. The
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/19 Sept) – Political and economic rights are on top of the eight-point legislative agenda of the indigenous peoples in Malaybalay City, according to a lumad leader. Umayamnon Datu Benjamin “Otto” Omao, mandatory representative of the indigenous peoples
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 19 Sept) – Government geologists have declared portions of an upland village in nearby Koronadal City as high-risk areas to landslides, especially during the rainy season. Jaime Flores, chief geologist of the Department of Environment
