Chinese national Zhong Hengyuan, 43, (left) being interviewed by local journalists in Barangay Tumpagon, Cagayan de Oro City on Oct. 25, 2012. Zhong was one of the two arrested foreigners during the anti-illegal mining crackdown The Chinese national can only
Army soldiers rest along the Iponan River during the anti-illegal mining operation launched against foreign-operated barges on Oct. 25, 2012. Two Chinese nationals were arrested by the joint army, police and DENR task force. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/26 October) – A week after the tragedy in Barangay Kimlawis in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur that left a pregnant mother and her two sons dead, no government office or official has issued a pronouncement on the incident.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/ 26 October) – Two Chinese nationals without working permits were arrested during a raid by a multi-agency task force on a dozen barges illegally mining for gold in the Iponan River here. Lt. Col. George Banzon, commanding
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/ 26 October)- Higaonon tribal leader Amay Mantangkilan Cumatang is the first Asian to win the Darryl Posey Fellowship Award from the International Society of Ethnobiology, Dr. Mary Stockdale, the group’s co-chair, said. Stockdale represented the ISE on
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/26 October) — The peace agreements entered into by the Philippine government with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) must be harmonized to achieve the long-desired peace in Mindanao, the
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 26 October)– A 50-year old New Zealand national was arrested on Thursday in Davao City for allegedly raping two teenage girls from this city. Supt. Renante Cabico, this city’s police chief, said the local police along with
GENERAL SANTOS CITY—(MindaNews/ 26 October) Images not only of flooded streets but entire villages used to be unthinkable for those who have been living in General Santos before it became a city. Wednesday’s torrential rains, which lasted for at least
DAVAO CITY(MindaNews/ 26 October)—The Davao Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) wants an audience with the government peace panel to discuss the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB). On Thursday’s regular meeting at the Grand Men Seng Hotel here, the council approved a
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 26 October)—Flashfloods spawned by typhoon “Ofel” killed two persons, including a 70-year old woman, in Tulunan, North Cotabato on Thursday, officials said on Friday. Another one remained missing as of Friday afternoon. Sr. Insp. Ronnie Cordero, chief
A vendor sorts newly arrived malong stocks in her store inside the Barter Trade Center in Cotabato City. MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco
(RA 8371, signed 29 October 1997) Activity: A Cultural March called “Mamantad,” co-organized by Teduray Lambangian Women’s Organization Incorporated (TLWOI), Timuay Justice and Governance (TJG), and Indigenous Peoples’ Council for Reform and Development (IPCRD) on Mt. Firis, sacred ground of
