GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 7 December) – At least 175 fishermen from this city and the neighboring areas have remained missing as a number of fishing boats owned by various local tuna fishing companies were still unaccounted following the onslaught
NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/7 December)–Aboard the Presidential chopper, President Benigno Aquino III made a quick visit to this calamity-stricken town on Friday, bringing with him eight Cabinet secretaries on board five other choppers. At 11:10 a.m., Aquino’s chopper landed
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 7 December) – At the “Ground Zero” here during the time of Typhoon Sendong – specifically, Bayug Island and Orchid Homes Subdivision, which suffered the most casualties in the worst disaster here ever – the scene
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/7 December)—Organizers are expecting at least 3,000 protesters to march from Digos City in Davao del Sur to this city for the third edition of “Lakbayan,” a campaign against the mining operation of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI).
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/7 December) — About 17,000 motorcycle owners in Region 12 have secured import commodity clearance (ICC) stickers for their helmets since the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched the free inspection and marking in July. Mary Ann
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/December 7) – The Philippines will now have competition in the pocket of high seas that was recently opened exclusively for Filipino tuna fishermen as the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) failed to reach a
A couple lay out a table under a tent that will become their makeshift home after their houses was destroyed by typhoon Pablo in Sta. Josefa town in Agusan del Sur on Dec. 6, 2012. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
Using ropes, rescue volunteers pull 14-year-old Ella Payot over turbulent flood waters in Purok 8, New Bataan in Compostela Valley on Dec. 6, 2012, two days after Typhoon Pablo hit the area. MindaNews photo by Ruby Thursday More
MONKAYO, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/06 December) – Outside the Angel Funeral Homes here, relatives are waiting anxiously for caskets to arrive so they could bring their loved ones home – if their houses survived Typhoon Pablo at all. Occasionally they would
COMPOSTELA VALLEY, Compostela Valley Province (MindaNews/06 December) – Hundreds of residents displaced or rendered homeless by Typhoon Pablo have pitched makeshift tents on portions of the Compostela-Cateel highway, awaiting assistance, particularly food, water, tents, blankets, mat, clothing, flashlights and candles.
Rolly S. Arias, one of three fishermen from General Santos City rescued while floating in the sea off Lianga in Surigao del Sur on Wednesday 5 December 2012, shows injuries he sustained when their boat capsized dawn on Monday. They
Cameron Walker, a law student from New Zeland on an integration program with banana workers in Compostela Valley, meet members of NAMAOS-KMU whose houses were devastated by Typhoon Pablo on his way to Taha Bridge at Cateel Road on 5
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 Dec) – Death toll due to Typhoon Pablo in the Davao Region alone rose to 322, according to data gathered from the Davao Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) Wednesday. The Davao Region
