A worker removes water hyacinths that got stuck at Matampay Bridge in Cotabato City on Friday, 17 May 2013. Water hyacinths block the flow of water causing floods during rainy season. MIndaNews photo by Toto Lozano
Dinagat Islands Gov. Glenda Ecleo speaks to supporters while daughter Gwendolyn Ecleo stands at the back during their grand rally last May 11. The matriarch wins the gubernatorial race against her daughter Geraldine Ecleo. Gwendolyn, however, loses to Akbayan Rep.
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/18 May)–Dubbed by the local media as the “Dragon Slayer,” Akbayan Rep. Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao finally punched a hole to the well-entrenched political dynasty of the Ecleos, a family name synonymous to Dinagat Islands. Hers was a political
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – A power outage totaling 24 hours hit the area serviced by the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) starting 11 p.m. Thursday, with an official saying the interruption was not yet part of the rotating load curtailment
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – Two days after conceding defeat to incumbent Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, former Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol filed a protest before the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) to exclude the votes from the towns of Pikit
III. What Will Work (Continued 1: Past and Present) GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/18 May)– Some shreds of the past show how Government and successive Presidents have handled the Moro Problem and Muslim demands. MILF has keenly seen them. Looking
Ang akong mga amiga-amigo hilabihan ka bibo mga miembro sa KMU mga batch-mates nagkita-kita nagtapok-tapok, nangatawa wala’y undang ang kumbira kada adlaw daw fiesta sikat ang mga balikbayan pirme’ng tapokan ambot unsa’y hinungdan hinaut dili utangan pero wala ju’y makapilde
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May)– A soldier and two alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a series of clashes in the hinterlands of Claver in Surigao del Norte, an official said. 1Lt Joe Patrick Martinez, head
