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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 July) — The theater production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues (TVM) has been translated into Cebuano and is open for invitations to be shown in the city and other areas from August to October this year.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 July) – The Commission on Elections office in the city has fallen short of its target to register at least 1,000 new voters daily since the start of registration on May 6 for the 2016 elections. Lawyer
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 June) — Coconut farmers across the country vowed to stage a hunger strike in September if the government continues to deny their demands to utilize the coco levy funds. Jerry Dela Cerna, chairperson of the Davao Gulf
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 June) — Environmental group Panalipdan Southern Mindanao said Saturday it is poised to present to the City Council alternatives to proposed oil palm plantations in Paquibato and Marilog districts here. Malaysian and Thai companies had
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 June) — The National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Summit here on August 20-21 will help promote the city as a tourism and venue for big meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE), organizers said. With the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 June) — The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) expo in Abreeza Mall here on July 28-31 aims to earn P3 million in sales.[] Atonio Dela Cruz, president of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 June) – Human rights groups in Mindanao can avail of funding for their own protection through the Defending the Human Rights Defenders Program of the Alternative Law Groups (ALG). A funding mechanism, the program will
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 June) – The Golden Valley bus apprehended last Saturday in Tagum City was the 11th unit apprehended for colorum operations nationwide and first in the Davao Region to pay much higher fines, from the previous
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island (MindaNews/11 June) — Some 20 surfers lined up at Cloud 9 surfing spot in Barangay Catangnan shortly after lunch time on Tuesday. The swell was not higher than a house ceiling but the waves were just
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 June) – The rains have come but the city might still experience the onset of the El Nino phenomenon or dry spell this month, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. PAGASA based its
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 June)—Seventeen farmers, small animal raisers and fisherfolk from the Davao Region emerged as winners in the 2014 Gawad Saka Outstanding Agri-Achievers awarded by the Department of Agriculture (DA) with Davao Oriental, badly hit by super typhoon Pablo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 May) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-11 said Friday fishing will be banned in the Davao Gulf between June and August this year to rehabilitate its declining fishery resources. Studies by the BFAR-11 National
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 May) – Marking the International Day of Action for Women’s Health last May 28, women leaders called for the implementation of policies related to women’s access to health care and to stop privatization of health
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 May) – The city government has given this year more attention to solving acute malnutrition among children below five years old. Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, city health officer, said Wednesday in the “Generation Nutrition” forum at the Royal
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews s/ 29 May) – City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said during a forum here on malnutrition Wednesday that the Philippines may never achieve food security. “I don’t think it is really coming to us. We will forever be
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 May) — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) urged consumers to make sure they buy only non-toxic school materials including pencils, pens and crayons, which children often place in their mouths. Although all school supplies should
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 May) – The National Union of Journalist of the Philippines (NUJP) and progressive Partylist Bayan Muna condemned the killing of radio broadcaster Samuel Oliverio in Digos City last Friday. Oliverio, 57, was shot by two
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 May) – At least 11 persons were injured when a 10-wheeler truck from Kitaotao, Bukidnon rammed into at least 14 vehicles along the national highway in Calinan district late Sunday afternoon. Calinan Police Chief Inspector Randy Sambalod
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/2 May) — Always in tandem, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Communist Party flags were the first things that struck me when I landed in Vientiane a year ago. It’s a country, indeed, and a communist-led state.
XAYABOURY PROVINCE, Laos (MindaNews/30 April) — A distant small village woke up to loud Lao and Thai music on the first day of Pii Mai or the Lao New Year. Permeating throughout Natoung village on a Monday morning, the music
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 22 April) – Walking in the Lao Zoo at Keun village on the outskirts of Vientiane on a weekday was not a tour in a park, but like a jungle adventure. While the 20-year-old zoo might
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 27 March) – Lao high school students identified as youth ambassadors of non-profit organization Fair Trade Laos (FTL) committed to help in promoting fair trade values among young consumers. “By spreading awareness about fair trade, we
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/21 March) — An independent film that depicts the indigenous tradition and beliefs of the Palawan tribe in the Philippines opened a curtain with new light in Lao cinema. Young Lao filmmakers and audience, including Filipinos and foreign
Earning a living by making table salt in the middle of landlocked Laos VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 18 March) – Away from the sea, Laos produces salt by mining in Vientiane basin that shares potash deposits of Sakon Nakhon basin
By Lorie Ann Cascaro and Jesse Pizarro Boga HANOI, Vietnam to VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 5 March) – A corner in the outskirt of the Old Quarter in Hanoi became our instant dressing area amid the hustle and bustle of
VIENTIANE PROVINCE, Laos (MindaNews / 22 Feb) – Perhaps his words were lost in translation before they got to me. Last Thursday, I had a very brief conversation with Khek, who tends a bike shop at Dongpayna in Vientiane. He
By Lorie Ann Cascaro and Jesse Pizarro Boga HUE CITY, Vietnam (MindaNews / 13 Feb) – Our journey to Hue from nearby city Danang in Central Vietnam had us go through a mandatory discomfort in a small, cramped bus (and
By Lorie Ann Cascaro and Jesse Pizarro Boga HOI-AN, Vietnam (MindaNews / 5 Feb) – The road to Hoi An, a small city in Central Vietnam, was literally long and winding. From the south, we took the train to Danang
Secretary General of the Lao Securities Commission Mrs Vathana Dalaloy recalls memories of the first eight years of her life, when she and her family lived in the caves with Lao revolutionaries. By Lorie Ann Cascaro Northern provinces, Laos —
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/24 Dec.) — In a small country where majority are Buddhists, Christmas is definitely not elusive. Back in my home the Philippines, Davao City is already teeming with Christmas decorations. The façade of the city hall, for example,
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (MindaNews/11 Dec.) — Despite the lack of venues to show movies on big screens, Lao filmmakers are striving to produce features and documentary films and build links with counterparts from neighboring countries in an effort to improve
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 22 Nov) – Welcome to “Disneyland”! It is a mosaic of blue, black and white polyester unevenly blended with brown soil surrounded by green shrubs and bushes. It was a gloomy Monday morning and the air
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 22 Nov) – Some of the Filipino expatriates who gathered in a pledging session at the Philippine Embassy here Thursday evening were teary-eyed while watching a video on the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda (International name: Haiyan)
The Republic of Korea has become a tourist destination for Lao people who want to see and experience being in a megacity as they indulge in Korean pop culture. By Lorie Ann Cascaro SEOUL, Republic of Korea (MindaNews/20 November) —
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/19 October)–In Ban Sai Fong Neua, 17 kilometers south from the city center, at least 40 women, each holding a wooden oar, trekked down a steep slope into the Mekong River barely an hour before sunset on Tuesday.
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 16 Oct) – Buying a new cookstove is not easy. Sellers offer heaps of different models that look alike and as a buyer, how do you know how it performs at home? Not to mention that
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/24 September) — The sky is still dark when 48-year old Ms Kham Phanyavong leaves her house at 3:30 AM on Saturday. She has to be at That Luang organic market before the customers arrive. She pays 40,000
One year after the government closed the bars and put an end to drug outlets in Vangvieng, the village is struggling to get back to business. We spent a weekend. It’s past midnight and the “jungle party” is in full swing. Maybe
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 5 Aug) – Images of people’s movements portrayed with layered oil-based colours on canvases filled the white walls of the two-story M Gallery at Samsenthai Road in this city. The paintings were created by two artists,
LUANG PRABANG PROVINCE, Laos (MindaNews/08 July) — Some developments within or surrounding the protected areas in the country might have negative environmental impacts, affecting the people’s livelihood and pushing them to hunt wildlife again. The Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected
