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Two Army parachutists land at the parade ground of the 4th Infantry Division during its 45th anniversary in Camp Evangelista, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City Thursday (5 Feb 2014). MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

Two Army parachutists land at the parade ground of the 4th Infantry Division during its 45th anniversary in Camp Evangelista, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City Thursday (5 Feb 2014). MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

Special Action Force pallbearers carry the casket of SPO1 Lover Inocencio after a mass in Panabo City Wednesday (4 Feb 2015). Inocencio was among those who died in a clash at Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Jan. 25. MindaNews photo by Toto
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 5 Feb) – As the morning sun burned away the mists over Central Mindanao on January 29, 42 flag-draped caskets were lined up on the tarmac of the Cotabato City airport for the long, last flight
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 5 Feb) – I hear the drum beats for war in any circle: in the news, in the faculty room, in the neighborhood store, in family gatherings, in meetings, even in church chats. My wife would

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/04 February) — Mindanao’s lone Cardinal, Orlando B. Quevedo, OMI, the Archbishop of Cotabato, was in Bergamo, Italy to celebrate the Santo Nino mass for 3,000 Overseas Filipino Workers on January 25 when news broke out about what was
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 5 Feb) – Police troopers under the 13th Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) captured a suspected New People’s Army (NPA) guerilla together with high-powered firearms and an improvised explosive device (IED) after a 15-minute firefight in
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/05 February) – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) is set to distribute this year 5,940 hectares of land to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) here in Region IX. This year’s target in land distribution is higher by 3,385
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 5 Feb) – Authorities are virtually facing a blank wall on Wednesday’s bus bombing incident in Claver town in Surigao del Norte that injured two persons. Senior . Supt. Julito M. Diray, police provincial director, told
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 5 February) – First District Rep. Celso Lobregat said Thursday the death of Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir alias Marwan is a big blow to the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) group. Lobregat’s statement came after the Federal
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 5 Feb) – The 12-hour encounter, more or less, between the Moro rebels and the Philippine National Police Special Action Force (PNP-SAF) in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao from 2:30 a.m. (4:00 and 4:30 a.m. in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 5 Feb) – Timuay (chief) Alim Bandara stated, “we cannot keep silent anymore,” in his testimony about nine indigenous leaders who were killed from May 1 to the end of 2014, as well as the attempted
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 5 Feb) – Had the spirit of autonomy been promoted since the Local Government Code (R.A. 7160) was enacted in 1991, we would all have developed proficiency in autonomy or self-governance by now, easing




