DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 March) — Civil society organizations in Malaysia and the Philippines are urging Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Najib, President Benigno Aquino and Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III to “immediately declare a humanitarian ceasefire” to
NOTE: list of signatories as of 1:35 p.m. March 8, 2013 JOINT STATEMENT OF MALAYSIAN-PHILIPPINE CSOs March 7, 2013 Standoff in Lahad Datu: Engage in Dialogue Now with all stakeholders to resolve the crisis peacefully We the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/08 March) — Anti-mining and environmental groups in South Cotabato province and the neighboring areas have started gathering around 300,000 signatures in a bid to pressure the national government to call off the Tampakan copper-gold project of foreign-backed
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/08 March)—Insufficient power supply in the Mindanao grid and not power transmission problem triggered the four-hour daily brownout in this city, an official of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said. Lawyer Cynthia Alabanza, NGCP spokesperson,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 March) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has rejected the possibility of placing the coastal town of Glan in nearby Sarangani province under its control despite a broiling political rivalry in the area. Lawyer Remlane Tambuang,
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 08 March) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has placed seven of the 29 villages in Tulunan, North Cotabato as poll hotspot areas allegedly due to the presence of the New People’s Army (NPA) and the Moro
DAVAO CITY(MindaNews/08 March)—President Benigno Aquino III formally opened Thursday the four-day 2013 Meetings, Incentive Travels, Conventions, Exhibitions and Events conference (MICE Con) here, which was attended by at least 600 delegates or thrice the expected number of local and foreign
