

A government physician, with the help of assistants, performs circumcision procedures on several children in Barangay Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City on May 21, 2014. The city government conducts annual Operation “Tuli” or circumcision every summer. MindaNews photo by Froilan

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/21 May)—Touted here as the “Pinoy Aquaman,” lawyer-triathlete Ingemar Macarine tried but failed to conquer Wednesday the treacherous Surigao Strait, which connects Mindanao to the Visayas. Although the 37-year old president of the Surigao Runners Club and Surigao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – A New York-based human rights group has asked the Philippine government to investigate an alleged “death squad” in neighboring Tagum City implicated in 298 killings between January 2007 and March 2013 and allegedly involving the
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 May)– People will be more safer and resilient if science and local knowledge and wisdom on risk resilience and adaptation will be fused, Fr. Pedro Walpole, SJ, coordinator for Reconciliation with Creation of the Jesuit Conference of
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – Authorities intercepted a plan to bomb vital installations in this city with the recent arrest of an alleged Abu Sayyaf bomb expert here, said Senior Supt. Angelito Casimiro, acting city police chief. He said the

Vendors of vegetables wait outside their shop at the West-bound transport terminal and public market in Barangay Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City on Tuesday, 20 May 2014. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 May)— In our last two-article COMMENT (Impact Overrated, MindaNews April 10 and 14, 2014), we noted the misperception about peace and economic development in Mindanao as shown in the April 1 editorial of Philippine Daily Inquirer. By this misperception, we noted




