Blacksmiths hammer a metal bar to be used in making plow in a shop in Pikit, North Cotabato on Sunday (July 27, 2014). MindaNews photo by Keith Bacongco
Hundreds of protesters from different organizations march in Cagayan de Oro City in time for the fifth State of the Nation Address of President Aquino on July 28, 2014. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
Militants march through the major thoroughfares in Davao City on Monday (July 28, 2014) as President Aquino delivers his State of the Nation Address in Congress. MindaNews photo
Bangsamoro women call for President Benigno Aquino III to honor the Bangsamoro Basic Law drafted by Bangsamoro Transition Commission during a rally in Cotabato City on July 28, 2014, hours before the president’s State of the Nation Address. MindaNews photo
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/28 July) – Gunmen believed to be Abu Sayyaf bandits staged an ambush early Monday killing 16 people and wounding 13 others in Sulu, a military official said. Capt. Ma. Rowena Muyuela, Western Mindanao Command information officer, said
President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address on 28 July 2014. Malacanang Photo
ALEGRIA, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/28 July) – The illegal drug trade has continued to proliferate in Alegria town in Surigao del Norte, Vice Mayor Uldarico S. Uriarte, Jr. on Monday said. He said this is one of the local problems
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 July) — The national government has invested around P14. 7 billion in the last three years for the implementation of various priority infrastructure projects in parts of Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region. Reynaldo Tamayo, Department
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 July) — The national government has released a total of P6.36 billion in cash grants in the last three years to beneficiaries of its flagship conditional cash transfer program in Region 12 and parts of the
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/28 July) – Four soldiers were wounded while another one was unscathed in an ambush Sunday staged by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur, a police official disclosed. Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre, Zamboanga
Rain does not stop Muslims in Cotabato City from celebrating Eid ul Fitr at the city hall grounds on July 28, 2014. MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/28 July) — People generally don’t comment, but walking around certain barangays reveals a marked contrast between two distinct residential areas. One area is the privately built and managed subdivision or “township” delineated from the rest
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/28 July) – With his credibility “gravely tarnished by the Disbursement Acceleration Program,” President Aquino’s only option is either to repent or resign, eight bishops of the United Church of Christ of the Philippines said Monday. In a
The BS Aquino government’s peace negotiation with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is ‘insincere, dishonest, and deceptive. Pres. BS Aquino cannot flaunt in his 5th State of the Nation Address the success of the GPH-MILF peace talks. Two months
A streamer installed at Tantawan Park in Cotabato City and other strategic areas calls for President Benigno Aquino III to abide by the letter and spirit of the the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro in this photo taken July 27,
Shaded and surrounded by rambutan trees, a young boy tries to assist his mother in selling rambutan along the Davao-Cotabato highway in Kidapawan City on July 27, 2014, at 15 pesos per kilo. MindaNews photo by TOTO LOZANO
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 27 July) — Amid the uncertainties brought about by the still unresolved issues hounding the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) over the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law, Zahria Muti-Mapandi, executive director of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 July) – Militant groups here will mount simultaneous protest actions and a “SONA sa Katawhan” on Monday, hours before President Benigno Simeon Aquino III delivers his State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the House
