MILF Vice Chair for Political Affairs Ghazali Jaafar (left) welcomes the PNP Board of Inquiry led by Director Benjamin Magalong (center) in the MILF’s Camp Darapanan, Simuay, Sultan Kudarat municipality in Maguindanao on Wednesday (25 Feb 2015). MindaNews photo by Froilan
Children in Iligan City join a march and rally Wednesday (25 Feb 2015) commemorating People Power at Edsa, where they expressed their stand against all-out war and justice for the victims of the Mamasapano tragedy. MindaNews photo by Aubrey Rocin
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 25 Feb) – Advocates of the federal system of government had better be sure about how they define it, how it is implemented, what role the people will play in its dynamics, and how
Cotabato residents rally to express their support to President Benigno Aquino III and the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law at the Tantawan Park in in Cotabato City on Wednesday (25 Feb 2015). The residents also condemned senators they perceived as anti-BBL.
SITIO ALILING, Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 25 Feb) –“Tingnan nyo, basta may coordinate, wala talagang problema (See, if there’s coordination, there is really no problem), Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commander Haramen said as he and his men watched
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 25 Feb) – Since its proclamation as a national park in 1990, and later as a full-fledged protected area in 2000 through Republic Act 8978, timber smuggling and other illegal activities have been minimized, if not
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 25 Feb) – Birdwatching activities in the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park have been suspended effective Feb. 17, according to the Office of the Protected Area Superintendent (PASu). Superintendent Danilo Somera said that on advice of
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 25 Feb) – Seven people – five suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits and two soldiers – were killed while 23 others were wounded in a firefight Wednesday in Sulu, the military said. Capt. Ma. Rowena Muyuela, Western
A member of the MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces watches from a distance from under the shade of a banana plant the arrival of the Philippine National Police’s Board of Inquiry on Tuesday (24 February 2015), at the cornfields in
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 25 Feb) – The challenge faced by the ummah (community) comes in many forms requiring understanding that should sink in into our consciousness so we heighten our faith or iman. Every challenge, in fact, presents as ayah or sign, which every
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 25 Feb) – At least 43 fishermen from this city who were arrested and detained in Indonesia last year due to illegal fishing have finally returned home following their repatriation by the Indonesian government. The
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNEws / 25 Feb) – Anti-drug operatives arrested late Tuesday night an elected barangay official in Banga town in South Cotabato in a drug buy-bust operation in the area. Agent Vince Lachica, public information officer of the Philippine Drug
