OZAMIZ CITY (MindaNews/31 July) — Police operatives who raided the house of Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog took with them her computer’s hard disk containing the files of footage of a CCTV installed inside and outside her house in Barangay San Roque, the
OZAMIZ CITY (MindaNews/31 July) — The Philippine flag was flown at half-mast on Monday to mark the observance of official mourning for the death of Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr., who was killed along with his wife, brother and 12 other persons in
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 30 July) — Apart from restoring the physical facilities and infrastructure lost in the siege of Marawi, a Maranao educator urged the country’s education officials to make the rebuilding effort an opportunity to revisit the
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/24 July) — Desperate for relief assistance after two months in evacuation centers here, throngs of evacuees from besieged Marawi City now want to go back to their homes so they may start rebuilding their lives. “Mr. President, please let us end the
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/21 July) — Leaders of various faiths in Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur cautioned Christian groups assisting Marawi evacuees against using relief operations for evangelization. “We appreciate the effort by many Christian groups and communities in helping the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 16 July) –The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) expects President Duterte to certify as urgent bill the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) that will be submited to him on Monday, to increase its chances
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 16 July) — Islam is among the major victims of the Marawi siege. This was the view of leaders of various sectors in Mindanao convened by the Bishops-Ulama Conference (BUC) from July 12 to 14 to “seek
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/11 July) — Ending the Marawi siege will require cutting the militants’ resupply route, a top official of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said. Describing the Marawi fighting as turning into a war of attrition, MILF information and peace
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 08 July) — Bibles set in Maranao language were distributed as part of relief goods for Marawi evacuees on Thursday, raising eyebrows among several peace advocates and Muslim leaders.[] The same leaders are urging a dialogue
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 15 June) – Maranao traditional leaders in the Lanao provinces have asked President Rodrigo Duterte to give them a hand in driving away the Islamic State-inspired militants who are laying siege on Marawi for over three
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/29 May) — The city police office clarified that no lockdown has been ordered in the city in response to the ongoing clashes in neighboring Marawi City between government forces and members of the Maute group. Police issued the clarification Sunday night
OZAMIZ CITY (MindaNews/19 February) — In a strong display of diplomacy and statesmanship, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has called for calm and sobriety in Bangsamoro communities amid growing resentment over the failure of Congress to pass the proposed
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/18 January) — Government chief negotiator in peace talks with Moro rebels pitched anew for the enactment of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to help the county counter rising threats of terrorism in Southeast Asia. The BBL is
MANILA (MindaNews / 22 Nov) – Six years after the massacre of 58 persons, 32 of them from the media, the world is dismayed at the slow pace of justice for victims of the November 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan,
YANGON, Myanmar (MindaNews/13 November) — A top official of poll watchdog National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has cautioned Myanmar against going the way of the Philippines in improving its vote counting process, which is currently done manually. “I
YANGON, Myanmar (MindaNews/13 November) — Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s call for national reconciliation is starting to reach the right ears, days after leading her political party to an expected landslide victory in Sunday’s general elections. The military,
YANGON (MindaNews / 12 Nov) – Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s call for national reconciliation is starting to reach the right ears, days after leading her political party to an impending landslide victory in Sunday’s general elections. The
Tension over poll results eases as military hails impending NLD victory YANGON (MindaNews / 12 Nov) – While pointing to incidents of irregularities, Asian and European monitors generally gave a thumbs up for the “well-organized” conduct of Sunday’s general elections in
YANGON (MindaNews / 11 Nov) – The Union Election Commission (UEC) has confirmed the victory of Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi in Sunday’s general elections. The confirmation came via the 10th release of official election results around 10 a.
YANGON, Myanmar (MindaNews/09 November) — Supporters of Myanmar’s main opposition National League for Democracy have started celebrating over an expected victory in the Nov. 8 parliamentary elections that could catapult the party to power 25 years after being denied it
YANGON (MindaNews /08 November) – Amid intense international attention, residents here went out of their homes early Sunday to cast their ballots in Myanmar’s parliamentary elections, the second under the country’s 2008 Constitution written by the military junta but dubbed the
Burmese democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi negotiates her way through a huge throng of journalists after voting in Bahan Basic Education Primary School no. 3 in Yangon. Myanmar’s election on Sunday, its first democratic exercise in 25 years, is held amid
YANGON (MindaNews / 5 Nov) – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged international development institutions and donor agencies to make respect for press freedom and media protection among key criteria in providing aid to countries with high levels
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 25 May) – Leaders of Northern Mindanao have collectively expressed “all-out support” for the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), asking Congress “to pass the measure the soonest time.” In a joint resolution passed by the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 25 May) – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman has asked the Senate to follow the example of the House of Representatives and act soonest on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 5 March) —“I am a registered voter.” This is the disclosure of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal during a press briefing here Thursday. Amid cheers and exhortations, a beaming Iqbal showed reporters the
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/30 Nov) — A former mayor here has urged members of the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law to consider the proposed measure “in the larger context of reforming the political system in
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/29 November) — Warning that the rejection of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) would mean “more killings and destruction,” a lawmaker appealed to some 500 people who attended the House public hearing Friday on the proposed law to
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 26 Nov) – In a rare act as jurist, Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has thrown full support behind mounting local and international efforts to fight impunity in the country. Sereno made known her
JAKARTA (MindaNews/08 April) — Indonesians troop to the polls on Wednesday (April 9) to elect members of the national and local parliaments, an exercise that is widely expected to shape the Presidential elections in July. Activists and journalists agree that
ILIGAN CITY(MindaNews/ 1 December)—Politicians vying for one of the congressional seats in Misamis Occidental welcomed the recommendation of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to declare the province as an election hotspot. Recently, the Department of the Interior and Local Government
PAGADIAN CITY (MindaNews/05 November) — Some 80 civil society leaders in Western Mindanao and the Lanao provinces gathered here today in a bid to “exorcise the ever-present ghosts of the mining industry that have been haunting host communities in the
MILF Chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim (right) chat with Chief Negotiator Mohagher Iqbal at the holding room of Hotel Sofitel in Pasay City before they left for Malacanang to sign the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro Monday Oct. 15, 2012
MALACAÑAN PALACE (MindaNews/16 October) – For the first time in their lives, top leaders and ground commanders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) set foot in Malacañang Palace on a historic journey of peacemaking. Members of the MILF Central
