Residents from Barangay Maitumaig in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao flee to Crossing Salbo in neighboring Datu Saudi town following a clash between government forces and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on Friday, February 27. A portion of the Cotabato-General Santos
Farmers bike to and from their farms on ordinary mornings in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao. But January 25 this year, a Sunday, was no ordinary morning, the day the village became the site of a deadly clash that left 44
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 Feb) – The Department of Education (DepEd) in Region 12 called on the military and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) on Friday to spare the children and local schools from the armed conflict. Dr. Allan
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 Feb) — Police and jail operatives separately recaptured on Thursday the four inmates who bolted the Malapatan District Jail in Sarangani Province in a violent jailbreak Wednesday night. Chief Insp. Felixberto Gabayeron, Malapatan police chief, said
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 Feb) — The city council has asked the City Agriculture Office and the City Planning and Development Office to study the feasibility of operating a central fish port to help the fisherfolk in different parts of the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/27 Feb) — Federalism should not be viewed as a panacea for our problems in politics and government. Shifting to a federal system can also be a ploy of entrenched traditional politicians (trapos) to expand and
“Nandito ako para makilala ang ibang lugar, makita yung mga tao mula sa ibang lugar dito sa ARMM. ‘Pag may activity, pumupunta talaga ako. Curious lang.” Leomila Benjamin is sitting at the grandstand with her children, watching the opening ceremonies
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 Feb) — When words are not enough to tell a story, music and melody come into play to bring life to various human experiences—the inspiration of the songs encased in the first ever studio album published and
Ay, Gregorio Pio A-Tapang A-Tao… DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 Feb) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff’s ill-timed, ill-advised declaration of all-out war against the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) at noon on Freedom Day (February 25) was
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, February 27, 2015 – The fatal difference that went against the 44 PNP SAF commandos who perished in the Mamasapano mis-encounter last January 25 was the failure of the Philippine National Police to coordinate with the Moro
