At least 250 houses were razed by fire at a coastal village in KM 11, Sasa, Davao City on Thursday, 22 August 2013. The fire , which displaced at least 300 families, started at around 8:20 a.m. and declared fire
KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews / 23 August) – House Deputy Speaker Pangalian Balindong and two other Mindanawon representatives sent here by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte to sit as observers in the GPH-MILF peace talks are hoping that the remaining annexes on power-sharing
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/23 August)—The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) police command still has no solid evidence to back the sedition case it plans to slap against Nur Misuari, founding chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Chief Supt.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/23 August)– A revered “bong fulong” or tribal elder in the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) was killed Friday morning in another fresh violence at the controversial Tampakan copper-gold project, allegedly by soldiers pursuing
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 August) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 12 expects more harvests of export-quality premium rice in the coming months with the ongoing expansion of production areas in parts of North Cotabato province. Zaldy Boloron,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 August)– Weavers of “hinabol” or abaca cloth in Bukidnon need to shape up and adhere to a common product standard for them to get more export orders, said Noemi Solia, manager of Lindungawan Showroom and Cafe, a
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 August)- The Bukidnon Kaamulan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. is promoting the use of giant bamboo sticks to be processed into panel boards as a lucrative livelihood opportunity in Bukidnon, Roberto Tinsay Jr, chamber vice president
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 August)—Amid the opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a government scientist has assured that field trials of golden rice “are safe to human health and the environment,” and that calls for banning or labeling GMO products in
A worker is busy making the body of a giant puppet in time for the Higalaay Festival during the celebration of the Feast of St. Augustine, patron saint of Cagayan de Oro City. The Higalaay Festival on Aug. 27 will
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 August)– The 39th Exploratory Talks between the Philippine Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace panels opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday morning and will end on Sunday, August 25. The main agendum of the four-day
