Former Agriculture Secretary Senen Bacani, a member of the government peace panel in talks with the MILF, stresses vital points of the peace process during the “Information and Advocacy Forum on Business and Peace” organized by the Mindanao Business Council
TALIPAO, Sulu (MindaNews/ 02 October)—The Philippine Marines based in this town early Wednesday hoisted the Philippine flag at the residence of Ustadz Habier Malik in Tuyang village. “This [Talipao town] is the base also of Maas,” said a resident, who
Atty. Johaira Wahab, a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, talks about key issues for the Bangsamoro Basic Law during the Forum on Business and Peace of the 3rd Mindanao Mining Summit on October 2, 2013 at the SMX Convention
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/02 October) — The city government here has launched a relief campaign for residents of Zamboanga City who were displaced by the standoff between government forces and members of the Moro National Liberation Front under founding chair Nur
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/02 October)– More small businesses are being put up in Sarangani Province due to the area’s improved economic condition in the last three years, an official said. Nenita Barroso, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Sarangani provincial director,
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/02 October)—The city police here have started monitoring the locality’s 54 villages for the inclusion of some of them into the so-called “hotspots” or election watch-list areas for the October 28 barangay polls. Supt. Joseph Nohara, city police
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/02 October)—The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has approved the investments of two large companies worth P390 million, an official said. Lawyer Ishak Mastura, ARMM Regional Board of Investment (RBOI) chief, said the board recently approved the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/02 October)—“Revolutions happen in quiet places.” This was a popular mantra printed on posters in the 1960s, the decade of fiery activism here and abroad. Plastered on walls in work places and dormitories of activists and
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay(MindaNews/02 October)—People from all walks of life gathered here Tuesday evening to light candles and pray for peace in Zamboanga City and the rest of the Zamboanga Peninsula. Initiated by Bishop Julius Tonel of the Diocese of Ipil,
Lustre Street in the aftermath of heavy fighting at Barangay Santa Barbara, Zamboanga City during the three-week standoff. MindaNews photo by Jowel F. Canuday | Watch Slideshow
Before the standoff between government forces and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under founding chair Nur Misuari began on September 9, the adjacent blocks of Lustre Street and Martha Drive were a vibrant trading and residential center of Barangay
Davao City parishioners gather at the San Pedro Cathedral on Tuesday in a candle lighting for peace in Zamboanga City on Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Archbishop Romulo Valles,who led the the candle lighting, was archbishop of Zamboanga City prior to
LAWYERS ARE taught early on to make the distinction between companies and their officers and shareholders. But Rona Ann Caritos, acting Executive Director of the lawyers’ election watchdog group Legal Network for Truthful Elections (LENTE), indicates that this may not
