CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/05 December) – Complaints of sexual abuse and harassment were filed last week before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in this city against the publisher of two local dailies. Bobby Goking, president of the Cagayan
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/30 November) – His alleged attackers have turned the table on a broadcaster based in Maramag, Bukidnon who claimed to have been ambushed by them near Dayo Subdivision in Valencia City Saturday. In an affidavit, Rene Saligumba and
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/29 November) – On Saturday, he claimed to have been a victim of an ambush on the same day in Valencia City. But as far as the police are concerned, it was Randy Makiputin, a broadcaster in Maramag
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/29 November)—European Union’s top diplomat in the country bemoaned the portrayal of Mindanao as a “land of chaos” despite its economic potentials. Ambassador Alistair H. Macdonald, head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Philippines,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 November) – An anchor of an entertainment program in a radio station in Maramag, southern Bukidnon survived an ambush on his way home in neighboring Valencia City shortly after 7 p.m. Friday. Citing police reports, the November
In Davao City, a kongko refers to someone who asks favor, oftentimes cash, from sources after an interview. The term, coined in the 1990s, refers to someone who poses as a media person to extort cash from politicians or businessmen.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 Nov) – Families and colleagues of the 32 journalists who were killed in the gruesome Ampatuan Massacre will stage a caravan Tuesday to the carnage’s site in the outskirts of Ampatuan town in Maguindanao province to
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/22 November) – Pressure from local politicians and groups involved in syndicated crimes and illegal activities are among the main hazards facing journalists in Mindanao as well as in other parts of the country, participants to the two-day
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 Nov) – A year after the Ampatuan massacre that killed 58 people, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) hit President Aquino for failing to dismantle private armies which continue to perpetuate the state of
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/22 Nov) – Members of the Bukidnon news media are commemorating the first anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre with a mass on November 23 starting at 4 a. m. at the San Isidro Cathedral. The Bukidnon commemoration of
DAVAO CITY (20 November 2010) — The Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU) on Friday conferred on MindaNews the ”Ateneo Peace Award” for “making a marked difference in Journalism and Public Information in the country.” The university also conferred on the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 November) — The Mindanao Media Forum gave its 1st Agong Award to veteran journalist Patricio P. Diaz for his “well-researched and incisive commentaries on events affecting Mindanao and sharing the fundamental rights and problems of the indigenous
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 October) – Lumad leaders of a peace advocacy group have written the chair of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB), complaining that the representation of the Lumads (indigenous peoples) in the primetime telenovela Noah
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 October) – Police and Army personnel in Sarangani Province captured Thursday a fugitive aide of Ampatuan Massacre principal suspect Andal Ampatuan Jr. who was among the 189 suspects earlier ordered arrested by a Quezon City Regional
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 September) – Dismissed radio station manager Dodong Solis on Thursday sued his former employer, Radio Mindanao Network (RMN), for alleged illegal dismissal, saying he is going to fight the injustice done to him in Court. “I’m here
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/9 Sept) – Employees of Radio Mindanao Network DXDC mounted a show of support for their station manager, Maximo “Dodong “ Solis, staging a noisy picket outside the radio station in Anda Street this morning. Solis, DXDC area
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/2 Sept) – The Bukidnon provincial board has considered passing an ordinance requiring local government units in the province not to issue business permits to radio stations if they failed to accredit with provincial officials. Gov. Jose Ma.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 August) — Fifty-eight seedlings of the hardwood Lawaan species were planted on Monday at the foot of Mount Apo, the country’s highest peak, particularly at the watershed of the Kansal falls in Sitio Lapaan, Barangay Perez as
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 August) — Sarangani governor Miguel Rene Dominguez has called on both President Benigno S. Aquino III and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to “begin in earnest the resumption of the stalled peace talks to put an
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 July) – President Aquino appealed to the media in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) today to “police your own ranks” and “give new meaning to the principles of your vocation.” Aquino said now is the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 June) — A karate group here has offered a three-month free martial arts training for “legitimate members of the media” to help them defend themselves against assailants. The Davao City-based based Philippine Shotokan Karatedo Association International (PSKAI)
BARAS, Rizal (MindaNews/25 June) — Eight safety trainers including four Mindanao-based journalists yesterday graduated from a ten-day grueling course here. Coming from all over the Philippines, the graduates are expected to conduct safety training courses for fellow Filipino journalists. The
