Friends have put up a makeshift altar at the residence of the Shottons in Sitio Cala-Cala, Barangay Tibasak, Cagayan de Oro, in memory of American Paul Shotton and his wife, Felina and all their three children who perished in the December 16-17, 2011 flashfloods brought about by Typhoon
A Sendong survivor lights candles in Sitio Cala-Cala, Barangay Tibasak, Cagayan de Oro City on All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, 2012. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
Fr. Rodolfo Encabo says a prayer for the slain victims of Typhoon Sendong at Mandulog Bridge during Kalag-kalag on Nov. 1. The bridge collapsed as thousands of logs from the mountains carried by floodwaters via the Mandulog River, battered the structure
Press Release November 1, 2012 NCIP launches IP MNCHN Project-Mindanao, celebrates 15thIPRA anniversary with Pres. Aquino Manila City- In line with the 15th year celebration of the signing of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), the National Commission on Indigenous
KORONADAL CITY(MindaNews/ 01 November)—Family members of media workers killed in the infamous Ampatuan Massacre marked All Saint’s Day with visits to cemeteries and calls for a speedy trial as the gory manslaughter approaches its third anniversary on November 23. Emily
PRESS RELEASE 1 November PSNA Condemns Attempted Murder of Another Environment Defender New Zealand – The Philippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa (PSNA) condemned the attempted killing of another environment defender just a week after Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III
From : Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights Email : cps_hr@yahoo.ca Website : http://www.canadaphilippinessolidarity.org/ 29 October 2012 AN OPEN LETTER To His Excellency Benigno Simeon Aquino III Mr. President: The Canada-Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights (CPSHR) joins Filipino human rights defenders, indigenous
Twelve ouf or 32 media workers slain in the November 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, were buried in a block at the Forest Lake Memorial Park in General Santos City. A total of 58 persons were massacred. The principal suspects are behind bars
Fr. Leo Labiste officiates a Mass for Typhoon Sendong victims morning of All Saints’ Day 2012 in Barangay Hinaplanon in Iligan City. Being adjacent to the Mandulog Rive r, which swelled with water coming from the mountains carrying thousands of
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 31 Oct) – A Bukidnon industry cluster grouping among present and would-be investors in the rubber industry was formed after the success of a rubber production seminar Tuesday. Junar Merla, Department of Trade and Industry senior
MASAPELID ISLAND, PLACER, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 31 Oct) – The search for fisherman Lemuel “Awing” Polistico has widened but he remains missing as of Wednesday. Abelardo Lambus, councilor of Barangay Lakandula said he joined the search operations since
Photographs of recovered bodies, wedding rings and other personal effects as well as missing persons posted on the wall of a funeral parlor in Iligan City on Dec. 23, 2011. At least 1, 200 persons were killed in the cities
BAGANGA, Davao Oriental– More or less 2,500 marched in Lingig, Surigao del Sur on Tuesday in support of the government’s peace building efforts that banner sincere messages of reconciliation and unity. The said peace march is a culminating activit y
The scene at the San Pedro Memorial Park in Davao City at around 5 p.. m. October 31. By November 1 and 2, the park will be so crowded those who gather here to offer flowers and light candles will have a hard time
At the public assistance center of the police at the San Pedro Memorial Park in Davao City, a tarpaulin posted outside the gate lists down what are not allowed inside: firearms, bladed weapons, loud music, gambling, liquor, smoking and illegal
