PIKIT, North Cotabato (MindaNews/06 August) – At least 7,300 families have been displaced by floods spawned by the southwest monsoon in North Cotabato, officials and residents said. Most residents however preferred to stay in the homes of relatives in communities
VALENCIA CITY (MindaNews/06 August) – She had lived with floods in previous years. But for Leilani Cabanez, the flood that raged along Panlibatuhan Creek in this city on Tuesday was the worst she had experienced so far. Cabanez said it
A resident carries his laundry past the bridge on Panlibatuhan Creek in Purok 21, Valencia City that was damaged by the flood on August 4, 2015. The bridge was built just this year. Photo taken on August 6, 2015. MindaNews
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 August) — Around 400 foreign, national and local performers will take center stage in various cultural showcases next week in parts of Region 12 in line with the 10-day “Pyesta Kolon Datal: Koronadal International Folklore Festival.”
Nature’s wrath can be frightening and awesome at the same time, as this photo of the waves ramming the Sta. Ana Pier in Davao City on 5 August 2015 shows. MindaNews photo by Rene Lumawag
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /06 August) – The interpellation period for the substitute bill to the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) did not resume for the second day on Wednesday for the same reason it did not on Tuesday: lack of quorum.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 August) – The city has reduced its target rice output this year amid the threat of the El Niño phenomenon or dry spell that is expected to persist until August 2016, an official said. Babeta M. Samodal,
PIKIT, North Cotabato (MindaNews/06 August) — A church bombing suspect who is considered this town’s most notorious criminal was arrested after an informant tipped off his location to local police. Inspector Sindato Karim, the town’s police chief said Mastur Edu
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 August) — The City Agriculture Office (CAO) will open the Organic Trading Post on Palma Gil St. this year. The two-storey building will serve as a consolidation point of all organic products produced in Davao City. CAO’s
