GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 December) — The number of missing fishermen from this city and nearby Sarangani Province rose to 323 on Wednesday as more small and light fishing boats from the area were reported to have not returned following
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 December) — Typhoon “Pablo” should remind Filipinos that climate change is real and has worsened the economic burdens of poor families such as hunger and water scarcity, Juland Suazo of Panalipdan-Southern Mindanao said Tuesday. Suazo said storms
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 December)—Japanese trading firm Toyota Tsusho Corp. has acquired 25 percent of the Alcantara-led Sarangani Energy Corp., developer of a 210-megawatt coal-fired power plant in nearby Maasim, Sarangani, company executives said on Wednesday. Oscar Benedict E. Contreras
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has allotted P27 million in cash grants to beneficiaries under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for typhoon “Pablo” victims without the usual conditions. Rebecca Santamaria, chief of
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 December) — Indonesia has repatriated 40 more fishermen from this city and the neighboring areas who were earlier jailed in North Sulawesi province for violating its fishing and immigration laws. City Councilor Ronnel Rivera said the
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/12 December) – Women coming from internally displaced families in Cotabato City and Maguindanao have received “soft loans” through the Women’s Peace Fund as part of the peace-building effort in Mindanao’s conflict-affected areas. The first batch of recipients,
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 December) – Members of the local business community are expecting a “black” Christmas this year due to the current power situation in Mindanao. Richie Joy Mamburao-Gapasin, owner of China Gap Events, said the daily brownouts the city
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 December) – Typhoon Pablo may have spared residents here from its wrath and fury when it swatted across large areas in eastern Mindanao. But the pain and anguish are tearing apart families and loved ones of
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/12 December) – Apparently learning from storm Sendong that hit the town in December last year, the people of Baungon were more prepared when typhoon Pablo struck last week, although they still felt the pain of loss, said
An angry resident uses a fallen tree to block a highway in Barangay San Antonio, Cateel town, Davao Oriental. On Dec. 11, 2012. Residents are resorting to blocking the highway to stop relief trucks after they alleged that they were
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 December) — Problem: How do we speed up distribution of relief in order to save lives and prevent further human suffering? This is a human rights issue. No, the solution is not to go out on the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 December) — Problem: How do we speed up distribution of relief in order to save lives and prevent further human suffering? This is a human rights issue. No, the solution is not to go out on the
Residents of Hinatuan town in Surigao del Sur wait for their turn to get relief bags on Dec. 7, 2012. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao (MindaNews/11 December) — Rido or clan wars may erupt among political families in Lanao del Sur if suspected Ponzi operator Jachob “Coco” Rasuman would renege on his self-imposed deadlines to pay back his investors by February
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 December) — The law office of lawyer Michael Ajoc was strafed early dawn today by unknown gunmen, Carlos Isagani Zarate, secretary general of the Union of People’s Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) said. Ajoc is UPLM Dipolog
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 December) — The corn industry in central and northern Bukidnon and some areas of Misamis Oriental lost at least 80,000 metric tons of corn worth P1.1 billion to typhoon Pablo, according to Roderico Bioco, president of the
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/11 December)— A biodiversity and research center has risen in a state-run school in Region 12 to sustain conservation efforts for the biologically diverse Ligawasan Marsh, Mindanao’s largest wetland covering an area of about 288,000 hectares, officials said.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 December) — Seven more crewmembers of tuna fishing vessels from this city that went missing at the height of typhoon “Pablo” a week ago were rescued on Monday off Mindanao’s eastern seacoasts, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 December) — Despite taking a devastating loss last Sunday, a hero’s welcome still awaits boxing sensation and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao when he returns home to this city and nearby Sarangani province later this week.
SAN FERNANDO, Bukidnon (MindaNew/11 December) – Past floods failed to force farm laborer Nelson Lumilang, 24, to leave his house along the bank of Tigua River. But when ‘Pablo’s’ heavy rains poured on December 4, the overflowing river washed out
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/11 December) – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing an additional $3 million to address the humanitarian needs of typhoon Pablo victims in Mindanao and in the Visayas. In a statement Monday, the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 December) – The National Anti-illegal Logging Task Force (NAILTF) has cleared Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region from among the areas in the country with existing illegal logging hotspots. Dr. Noel Dungca, Forest Resources Development Division
