DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 March) – One hundred ninety alleged former rebels from Regions 12 and 13 (Caraga) were flown to Manila on Monday for a scheduled dinner with President Rodrigo R. Duterte in Malacañang and a tour around
Samal in the Island Garden City of Samal is a respite for families and tourists. Located across Davao City, this summer destination is a 15-minute barge or pumpboat ride away. Photo by JULES BENITEZ
A fisherman in Barangay Union, Dapa town in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte returns home on Saturday, March 3, 2018, with no catch of mud crab. Overfishing, unsustainable fishing that includes using dynamite remains unabated in this village. MindaNews photo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 March) — The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Monday said Senate Bill 1717, the substitute bill to the four versions of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) earlier filed, is “generally acceptable”
(Sponsorship Speech on Senate Bill No. 1717 or the “Bangsamoro Basic Law” under Committee Report No. 255, delivered by Senator Juan Miguel F. Zubiri, chair of the Senate Sub-committee on BBL, on 28 February 2018) Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, I
(Co-sponsorship speech on Senate Bill 1717 or the Bangsamoro Basic Law, delivered by Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government, on 28 February 2018) Because of the violent conflict in Mindanao, too many lives have been
(Co-sponsorship Speech on Senate Bill 1717 or the Bangsamoro Basic Law, delivered by Senator Risa Hontiveros on 28 February 2018) The conflict in Mindanao has been a democratic and developmental struggle that has spun decades, claimed hundreds of thousands of
