QUEZON CITY (MindaNews /17 May) – When members of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (AHCBBL) convene at the Nograles Hall on Monday afternoon, May 18, Committee Chair Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro expects they will
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) — We should be wary about traditional politicos who want to shift to the federal system of government but who cannot claim to exemplify its workings. If anything, federalism stands for decentralization, for making
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) — I talked on the phone last Saturday with Zambales Gov. Hermogenes ” Jun” Ebdane who was a colleague in the Arroyo Cabinet. He has set up a high-tech coastal watch monitoring system in his province, in
Cruising at thirty six thousand feet approximately on an early summer morning sunny, from inside the giant metal bird’s cold belly through the glass window awed I see sheep with glowing white fleece of shifting shapes and many sizes, hypnotic
A boy drinks from a hose before filling his containers with water in Sitio Landing, Malaybalay City on Sunday, May 17. Having no water connection of their own, his family buys water from a neighbor at P2 per 5-gallon container.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 May) – Peace groups supporting the passage of a “meaningful” Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) or one that respects the spirit and letter of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) signed by government (GPH) and the Moro
MAKATI (MindaNews/17 May) — International security analysts and Singapore based geopolitical experts led by former Ambassador Ong Keng Yong, former Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) lauded the Philippines for the Mindanao peace process that he said would decrease
