Mamasapano school children stage a “peace walk” Thursday as they marched around town calling for an end to the violence in their municipality. MindaNews photo by Ferdinandh Cabrera | Read story
MAMASAPANO, Maguindanao (29 Jan) – Hundreds of elementary and high school students here have appealed to authorities, and even to lawless elements, to help bring about peace in their communities. To dramatize their concerns, the students staged what they called
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Jan) – The helter-skelter way our government conducts peace-building keeps on backfiring. They seem never to learn. It reminds one of The Gang who couldn’t Shoot Straight by Jimmy Breslin about the pre-Watergate
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 29 January) – An indigenous peoples’ alliance accused Senator Alan Peter Cayetano of fanning anti-Moro sentiment and of being “painfully unversed in the intricacies of the peace problem in the country.” In a statement Thursday, the Kalipunan
Fel low police officers carry the caskets of slain policemen involved in the Mamasapano clash to be loaded into Philippine Air Force C-130 planes that will take them to Manila Thursday morning (29 Jan 2015). MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo |
AWANG AIRPORT, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 29 Jan) – The Philippine National Police held a sendoff ceremony for 42 policemen slain in Mamasapano whose remains were airlifted to Villamor Airbase in Manila Thursday morning. Fellow policemen carried the 42 caskets, each
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Jan) – Developers of a reclamation project here that would develop the coast along Magsaysay Park to Bucana into a mixed-use project would need to focus on mitigating the traffic in accordinace with a city
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Jan) – The Davao Region’s corn production last year increased by 23.5 percent compared to the previous year, harvesting a total of 280,293 metric tons compared to 2013’s 227,013 MT as corn production areas continued
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 29 Jan) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 12 has adopted this city as among the priority expansion areas in the region this year of the World Bank-supported Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP).
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Jan) – The 11.2-hectare Davao Park District, the first township development in Mindanao of property developer Megaworld, has been gaining ground as it already attracted clients and different companies to locate in the project. Jericho
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 29 Jan) – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will expand to 11,000 households this year the coverage of its health insurance program for residents in various conflict-affected areas in Mindanao. Ramon Aristoza Jr., PhilHealth
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /29 January) — The President has called for a day of mourning for those who perished in Mamasapano. When we fly our flags at half mast on Friday, and call upon the God whom we know to
