By Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 August) — I first met Nicanor Jesus “Nick” Perlas over a decade ago when I was invited to attend one of his seminars called Mission Courage. Nick spoke clearly as he
“Pinangga” by Melchor MoranteAletheia Printing and Publishing HouseDavao City (Review read by Joan Mae Soco-Bantayan at the launch of Melchor Morante’s book, “Pinangga,” on 25 November 2023 at the BauHaus in Davao City) M26joanmae (DAVAO CITY) — I have somehow
FACES AND VOICES OF COVID-19 DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 October) — Young girls from poor urban communities have become vulnerable to online sexual abuse and exploitation with the shift in school setup from face-to-face to online classes, Talikala, Inc.,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 4 October) — Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reared its ugly head last year and prevented students from attending face-to-face classes, children running around open fields, climbing up and down tall trees, and singing
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 March) – Journalists from all over Mindanao will attend a 3-day training here on environment reporting organized by the Mindanao Media Forum. Scheduled on March 10-12, the training aims to increase the capacity of journalists to produce
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 December) – A film from Zamboanga City bagged the Best Picture award in this year’s Mindanao Film Festival held last week at the Gaisano Mall in this city. “Placebo”, a short feature produced by the same team
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews/21 October) — Government prosecutors have entertained the possibility that state agents were behind the killing of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio, in Arakan, North Cotabato. The Department of Justice is now looking into this angle with the
DATU PAGLAS, MAGUINDAO (MindaNews/10 August) – On a solemn Sunday afternoon, members of the Paglas clan and their constituents gathered for a kanduli, a thanksgiving banquet, to commemorate the third death anniversary of the late head of the clan, Datu
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/3 August) – As Davao City strengthens its bid to become one of the identified hubs for the infromation technology and business process outsourcing (BPI) industries, the need for an ecosystem that can propagate such development like that
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 July) – Although 86 percent of mothers in Region XI breastfeed their newborn babies, the percentage is declining as the months progress, according to Terry Cungson, regional officer of the National Nutrition Council (NNC). In a press
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 July) – The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has allotted a total of P269,000 for emergency or calamity loans for its members affected by the recent flashflood in Matina Pangi in this city. Deity Manampang, GSIS Southern
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/7 June) – The Davao City Council has endorsed the request of Aboitiz Power Corp. to put up the 300-megawatt Therma South Energy coal-fired power plant in Barangay Binugao in Toril District, infuriating oppositors who walked out of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 June) — An estimated 94,000 public school elementary p upils and 47,000 high school students in Region XI will have no chairs as schoolyear 2011-2012 opens Monday. The Department of Education (DepEd) in the region projects a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/June 2) – Two of the four Philippine Eagles retrieved since December 2010 had died due to health complications and injuries from captivity, according to Dennis Salvador, director of the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF). He said one of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 June) – The municipal government of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur has endorsed the proposal of Aboitiz Power to build a coal-fired power plant despite opposition to the operations of such facility for its supposed harmful effects
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – The Lumad communities have express alarm over the consecutive killing of three tribal leaders in Monkayo, Compostela Valley these past few years. The latest killing was of Bae Floreta Caya from the Mandaya tribe last
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 April) – The government has only one geologist assigned in Region XI, an area prone to natural disasters, Director Leo Jasareno of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) said in a press conference here Monday. Jasareno said
DAVAOCITY (MindaNews/25 April) — The site in Sitio Panganason, Barangay Kingking in Pantukan, Compostela Valley where a landslide occurred Friday has been closed to human occupancy after the local government ordered Sunday the forced relocation within 48 hours of some 30 families living in the area.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 April) – The local government aims to make the city one of the country’s sports hubs despite the lack of facilities by teaming up with the private sector. Officials said the Summer Fest on April 29 to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 April) – Two peace negotiators, one coming from the Philippine government and the other from the National Democratic Front (NDF) yesterday said the prospects for the recently resumed peace talks between the two parties were looking good.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 March) – The radiation released by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in the aftermath of the strong quake that rocked Japan on March 11 may reach the Philippines, a toxicologist at the University of the Philippines
