DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /17 January) – Before super typhoon ‘Odette’ unleashed its fury and displaced thousands of residents in northeastern Mindanao on December 16, a total of 23,730 families or approximately 116,661 individuals continued to be displaced as of November
TAGUM CITY (MindaNews / 17 January) — A sudden declaration of Alert Level 3 by local officials cut short the “Black Friday” protest rally in front of the provincial capitol here against the grant of the congressional franchise to the Aboitiz-owned
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / January 17) – The military has tagged the Daulah Islamiya as allegedly responsible for the Mindanao Star bus bombing in Aleosan, North Cotabato last week that killed a five-year-old boy and injured six others. This developed
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 17 January) —The Philippine Navy has conducted a humanitarian mission to Panguan Island, which is populated by the Sama Bajau ethnic tribe and the country’s last frontier with neighboring Malaysia, officials said. Panguan Island is part
A report circulating in Dinagat islands that the province is going to be placed under lockdown is fake news. The Facebook page of Dinagat Islands Provincial Information Office (PIO) first flagged the circulating fake report on January 9 and repeated
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 16 January) — Dina Zaman (co-founder of Malaysian think-tank IMAN) and I compared youth activism in our podcast for today. This month, Malaysia’s government finally to implement a constitutional amendment that brought down the voting age to
