DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 July) — The Union of Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) condemned the shooting of its former paralegal, Warren Cahayag, who was critically wounded in an attack carried out by unidentified gunmen in General Santos Monday
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 Sept) – The Davao region has yet to attain herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), recording only 3.3 million fully vaccinated individuals or 86.8% of the target population of 3.8 million as of September 19,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 July) – The chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) has not ordered a probe on the July 9 raid in Matalam, North Cotabato that left eight persons dead under alleged questionable circumstances, claiming no
PARANG, Maguindanao (MindaNews/06 July) – The parents of a 7-year-old girl raped and killed by her attacker has sought the help of President Rodrigo Duterte to obtain justice for their daughter. “Death by hanging for the killer of my daughter.
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT April 7, 2014 HIS EXCELLENCY BENIGNO SIMEON AQUINO III President of the Republic of the Philippines Malacanang, Manila Your Excellency President Aquino: Greetings of Peace and Solidarity! “Fiyo gai”. In our culture, this means Time has
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 March) – Amnesty International called on the Aquino government to solve the “increasing number of extra judicial killings” in the country after another member of the militant group Bayan Muna was killed in Baganga town, Davao Oriental
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/06 March) – Leaders of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines said they may file administrative charges against certain government officials for their failure to arrest the suspect in the killing of a Lumad leader in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 Nov) – The military and the police are either clueless about the existence of the Bagani armed group in Arakan, North Cotabato, or just turning a blind eye on the group’s existence, according to members
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 4 October)- At least 12 villagers in in Makilala, North Cotabato have been hospitalized since last week due to the dengue virus, a village official said. The dengue cases were monitored in Barangay Kisante from the last
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 September) — The number of underweight children with ages 0-10 years in the four provinces of Davao region is high, according to the results of the 2011 survey by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 27 Sept) – Fr. Peter Geremia, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and parish priest of Columbio in Sultan Kudarat, has assumed the parish in Arakan, North Cotabato left behind by slain priest Fausto
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/25 September)—Harnessing the potentials of indigenous peoples to produce medicines from plants and herbs as a livelihood opportunity is better than allowing mining in their ancestral domains, a lumad leader said. Bae Inatlawan Docenos Tarino, spiritual leader and
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/19 Sept) – Political and economic rights are on top of the eight-point legislative agenda of the indigenous peoples in Malaybalay City, according to a lumad leader. Umayamnon Datu Benjamin “Otto” Omao, mandatory representative of the indigenous peoples
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 August) — The unexpected death of Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo has left a void not only in the campaign for good governance but also in the fight for justice for slain Italian priest Fausto “Pops” Tentorio.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNew/23 July) — “Silent again on indigenous peoples.” This was the reaction of Lumad (indigenous peoples) leaders here to President Aquino’s nearly 90-minute State of the Nation Address Monday afternoon. Datu Mayda Pandian, a provincial board member representing
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 21 July)—An official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) has called on the alleged victims of human rights violations in the recent fighting in Magpet, North Cotabato to file their complaints directly
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/20 July)—Two minors and their uncle came out in public yesterday to prove that children have been used as “guides” during a recent military operation in Magpet, North Cotabato. Domeng, an uncle of Dodong, 13, and Jun-Jun, 12,
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/27 June) – Companies behind six proposed hydroelectric power projects in Bukidnon have applied for a free and prior informed consent (FPIC) process with the provincial office of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). Ma. Shirlene Sario,
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/09 June) – Tribal chieftains from Agusan del Sur and a town in Agusan del Norte have come out to claim ownership of some 2,400 confiscated Lauan logs seized along Agusan River here on June 3 and appealed
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – There has been n o marked improvement in the country’s human rights performance since 2008, a New York-based human rights monitor said Monday. In a statement posted on its website, Human Rights Watch said the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – Children should be in school instead of hauling logs, the director of the Social Action Center (SAC) of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro said in reaction to the recent expose on “batang
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 May) – Residents here have been warned to be extra cautious in dealing with dog bites following the death last week of a resident in Barangay Balindog due to rabies. Rubber tapper Samson Dayanan, 49, was bitten
CAGDIANAO, Claver, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/11 May) – Mamanwas vowed to continue barricading the mining site of Shen Zhou Mining Group Corporation here until the company shuts down and leaves port. Vilma Coter, a Mamanwa representative told MindaNews on the
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/30 April) – Stakeholders of the Bukidnon sugar industry is scheduled to sign on Labor Day a voluntary code of conduct for the elimination of child labor in the province, one of four provinces in the country where
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/29 April) – “Heaven and earth.” Adelaida Segumpan, Kilusang Mayong Uno (KMU) regional spokesperson said the disparity between the daily minimum wage rate and the estimated cost of living level in the area is now “heaven and earth”
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur (MindaNews/21 April) – A support group for indigenous peoples (IPs) is calling for support to “multi-stakeholder action and calls to cease provocations and de-escalate the situation” at the gold-rich Balabag Hill in Barangay Depore, following a
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/19 April) – A team from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) regional office in Cagayan de Oro is investigating the death of Dao, San Fernando village chief Jimmy Liguyon after the Kalumbay Regional Lumad Center filed a
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/18 April) – Are the internally displaced persons (IDPs, or “bakwits”) from Agusan del Norte’s hinterland areas who sought refuge in this city to avoid being caught in the crossfire in the military’s operations against rebels just being
BALABAG, Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur (MindaNews/15 April) — The Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) on Friday passed an “urgent” resolution asking the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) to immediately resolve the conflict between a large-scale mining firm and a
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/30 March) – President Aquino should dismantle all state-backed paramilitary groups along with private armies ahead of next year’s elections, the New York-based Human Rights Watch today said. In a statement, HRW said paramilitary forces in the Philippines
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/23 March)—A brewing rift between the military and a tribal community in the coal-rich town of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato was averted after the parties patched things up in a dialogue here Thursday. Present during the dialogue were
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/22 March) – Some 100 families or 425 evacuees in Agusan del Norte yesterday started a camp-in protest in the provincial capitol to demand a complete stop to the ongoing military operations in their areas. The mostly Mamanua
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/10 March 2012) — Indigenous People (IP) of the Higaonon tribe from the 13 barangays here and tribal leaders of Bukidnon together with the Manobo tribe from Agusan in Caraga region urged the communities and the
SONGCO, Lantapan, Bukidnon (MindaNews/09 March) – Representatives of eight Moro tribes and most of the Lumad or non-Islamized tribes in Mindanao yesterday signed a five-point kinship covenant in a gathering here filled with festive remembrance of historical relationships and aspirations
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 February) – Authorities filed this week murder complaints against Jimmy Ato, who was arrested almost two months ago in Arakan town in North Cotabato, and three others, after they were tagged as behind the killing in October
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 February) – The provincial government of South Cotabato has linked up with a local non-government organization to help provide cheaper medicine packages for various surgical and medical needs of poor residents in the area. South Cotabato
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/1 Feb) – Freelance sex workers are dramatically growing in number in Surigao City, leading to an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2011 compared to the previous year. Despite the campaign to stem the cases of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 January) — Police whisked off Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie to the airport around noon yesterday for his flight back to Sulu based on the court order issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 3 Judge Leo Jay Principe in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 January) – Police and military intelligence operatives arrested early Saturday human rights defender Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie who was implicated in the May 13, 2009 bombing in Patikul, Sulu that injured 12 persons including Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/14 January) – Members of the Bukidnon-Tagoloan tribe today held a ritual symbolizing their recovery of a spring along the Sawaga River bank, which their ancestors had used as a traditional sacred site, even if a private hog
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/13 January) — Break time is protest time. Since Monday, workers of the Pacific Cement Philippines Incorporated have been spending their breaks not in the canteen for snacks but in the front of the administration building, marching around
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 3 Jan) – Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from Northern Mindanao (Region 10) have returned the warrant of arrest to the Regional Trial Court branch 13 in Cotabato City where the case of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 January) – Kidapawan Bishop Romulo dela Cruz is “not prepared to dismiss and make light of the results of the work of the NBI-PNP-Department of Justice Team” in Thursdays’ arrest of a suspect in the October 17
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/31 December) — Fearing for his life and his family’s, the brother of the primary suspect in the killing of Italian missionary in North Cotabato, sought the help of Rep. Nancy Catamco and is now under her protective
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/29 Dec) – Posing as mining prospectors, National Bureau of Investigation agents went to a hinterland village in Arakan, North Cotabato and arrested this morning the alleged gunman of Italian missionary priest Fausto Tentorio. A brief
MARAMAG, Bukidnon (MindaNews/04 December) – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of South Bukidnon believes it can meet its target to distribute the lands covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) before the year ends. But Task Force Mapalad
MARAMAG, Bukidnon (MindaNews/03 December) – Gonzalo Pinuti held his hammer tight as he detached the barbed wire from a fence of a former cattle ranch amid the blistering heat of the sun. With help from a fellow farmer, it took him about five minutes to detach the barbed wires and put down three wooden posts and let his colleagues enter the ranch with carpentry tools, round timber and tents for their temporary shelter.
