DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 November) — A Davao City-based movement is spearheading an online campaign to support presidential candidate Leni Robredo in the upcoming national elections. Organizers of the Davao for Leni Movement said the five-month old advocacy aims
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 December) – In a region generally known for its negative aspects, nine towns and one province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are showing the way for good governance, with eight of their innovative programs
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 December) – A decade ago, Bongao, the capital town of Tawi-tawi, earned less than P50 million. It earned only P42 million in 2000. Collectors were reportedly handling money unprofessionally, some bringing the collected cash home, others using
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 November) — Whatever happened to the promises made by government officials immediately after the massacre of 58 persons in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on November 23, 2009, that government was going to go after the assets of the Ampatuans
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 Oct) — The country’s largest women alliance has given the Aquino government a failing mark for leaving out Mindanao and women’s issues from its priority agenda. Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan said there was no mention about Mindanao
BULUAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/20 October) – He would have delivered his State of the Province Address (SOPA) in early August. In fact, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (provincial legislature) had been waiting for him to spell out his legislative agenda. But the governor
BULUAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/19 October) — Governor Esmael Mangudadatu may refer to his office as “Satellite Office” but several Maguindanao residents believe the governor has transferred the Capitol to his hometown here, prompting suggestions, though jokingly, for the provincial capitol to
BULUAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/18 October) – Maguindanao Governor Esmael “Toto” Gaguil Mangudadatu lives in a two-storey house here that relatives refer to as the “White House.” The “White House” pales in comparison to the pink and peach mansions of the former
KIDAPAWAN City (MindaNews/14 Oct) — Starting next year, the city government of Kidapawan will lose at least 63 percent in its real property taxes due to the exemption granted to the Energy Development Corporation (EDC), one of the country’s biggest
BULUAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/10 October) — Maguindanao Governor Datu Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu led other provincial officials at the inauguration Sunday morning of the province’s mobile hospital, which he considers a major achievement of his administration’s first 100 days in office. Aside
CARMEN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/07 October) – He’s wanted for allegedly trying to ambush the governor of Sulu in Patikul town on May 13 last year and outside the arrival area of the Zamboanga City airport on August 5 this year
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 September) – Officials of six government agencies under the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanaoforged an agreement over the weekend with civil society groups in the region to promote
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 September) — City Hall will support the filing of criminal charges against the driver and operator of the “uso-uso” jeepney that rammed against a softdrinks delivery truck on Friday, killing nine passengers and injuring others. At the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 September) — Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte shrugged off reports on renewed killings in the city but sternly warned reckless jeepney drivers they will not be given a “second chance.” “These people will really kill,” he said, referring
VALENCIA CITY (MindaNews/23 Sept) — Bukidnon is planning to set up a provincial child labor committee to fight child labor, Arsenio Alagenio, provincial social welfare and development (PSWD) officer, said. Governor Alex Calingasan tasked Alagenio to lead provincial government officials
