Participants to the two-day basic disaster awareness and preparedness training learn how to use their t-shirts as a makeshift stretcher in barangay Ampayon, Butuan City, February 14, 2014. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 February) — Tourist arrivals in Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region increased by about 18 percent last year with a marked improvement in the region’s peace and order condition. Nelly Nita Dillera, Department of Tourism (DOT)
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/14 February) — One wonders why, as our society gets more sophisticated, our bureaucracy growing larger, and social media’s widening outreach at their beck and call, communication between us (the people) and our government remains marginal
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/14 February) – A total of 1,056 families or 5,774 individuals displaced during the standoff between government forces and the Moro National Liberation Front-Misuari faction last year have been transferred to temporary shelters, officials said. These families are
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 February) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 12 will prioritize the planting this year of various high-value agro-industrial crops for the continuing implementation in the region of the flagship National Greening
Because each motorist wants to be the first to cross the temporary one-lane Lapayan Bridge in the boundary of Linamon and Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, no one wants to give in, some even occupying the opposite lane, resulting in a
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews/14 February) — Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental will have to wait until November this year for the completion of its navigational system, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) told local officials and traders from Cagayan
A fire dancer from Fyrotrexx gives the audience a free pre-Valentine’s Day treat at the Magsaysay Park in Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday night, Feb. 13. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
A flower vendor makes bouquets along San Nicolas Street in front of Surigao City Public Market on Thursday noon, February 13, 2014. As expected, prices of flowers increased at least twice their prices on ordinary days a few days before
