CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/ 02 November)- A memorial service was offered on All Saints’ Day (November 1) for the hundreds of people who died from the tragedy brought by tropical storm Sendong, which continues to haunt survivors eleven months
GRIEF. A woman offers a prayer in her lonesome for her granddaughter who was laid to rest at the Shepherd’s Meadow Memorial Park in Malaybalay City, on All Souls Day, November 2, 2012. She said her granddaughter died of cardiac
A boy repaints the name on the tomb for 200 pesos at the public cemetery in Barangay Golden Ribbon in Butuan City on November 1. The fee includes cleaning and repainting of the tomb. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 02 November)– A former town councilor in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao who was allegedly involved in the gruesome Ampatuan Massacre has been arrested in Surallah, South Cotabato, a police official said on Friday. Senior Supt. Randolf Delfin,
The Davao Roman Catholic Cemetery glows as thousands flock here to light candles for their departed loved ones on Thursday, November 1. It has been a Filipino tradition to visit the dead on November 1 and 2, All Saint’s and
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Police investigators in Region 12 are reviewing carnapping cases in the city and the neighboring areas in the last several months that allegedly involved the notorious Baktin carnapping network. Senior Supt. Romeo Campomanes, Philippine National Police-Highway
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/02 November)—Owners of around a fifth of the 11,000 motorcycles registered with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) have turned in their helmets for the mandatory quality standard stickers from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as of
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 02 November)– In a bid to improve the competitiveness of Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region, the Regional Development Council (RDC) has created a special body that will oversee various trade and economic-related programs and policy
Misa alang sa mga Kalag sa mga Namatay sa Sendong Malapuson Iligan Survivors Movement 2 November 2012 Malampuson nga napahigayon ang Misa paHANDUM alang samga namatay niadtong panahon sa bagyong Sendong ubos sa Hinaplanon bridge gahapon (1 Nov 2012). ang
Flowers and candles offered for the dearly departed loved ones at the Wireless cemetery in Davao City. MindaNews photo by Bùi Trần Như Phương
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 1 Nov) – For the families of victims of enforced disappearances or “desaparecidos,” Undas or the Day of the Dead is commemorated not in the cemeteries. “They are neither dead nor alive. We don’t know which cemetery
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 1 Nov) – At least 2,500 sacks of exhumed cadaver bones are piled up in two repositories at a public cemetery here, waiting for transfer to newly built ossuaries as the cemetery undergoes rehabilitation. Frayed and dusty,
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 1 Nov) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) here has turned down 600 registrants, the election registrar telling them they could no longer be accommodated because of the computers’ limitations. City election registrar Diosdado Javier said
