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THEN AND NOW. Dust blankets the road to Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat from Datu Paglas in Maguindanao. The stretch is just about 17 kilometers but driving through this road may take about 45 minutes. This has been so for

These fertilizers and pesticides worth P2.3 million at the National Irrigation Authority in Valencia City are being put on hold followi ng complaints by farmers over alleged substandard quality, overpricing, and rigged bidding. Mindanews Photo by Walter I. Balane

ROLL ON, ROLL OFF. Passengers from Ozamiz City in Misamis Occidental disembark from a ferry in Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The presence of the ferry service has cut the trip to Ozamiz from Tubod by at least an hour as

A farmer sorts coconut at his farm in Mati, Davao Oriental before carving out the meat for copra, which is a raw material in producing coconut oil. Mindanews Photo by Keith Bacongco

DOWNPOUR IS NO LETDOWN. Heavy rains could not stop this couple from remaining in their seats to watch and take pictures of the performers during the opening of Panagtabao, a showcase of Indigenous Peoples’ cultural performances, Monday evening at at

SECOND-HAND A shopper looks at second-hand shoes in a shop in Malaybalay City on August 14, 2010. MindaNews Photo by Froilan Gallardo

ALL IN THE FAMILY.  Family members carve out coconut meat in Barangay Buliok, Pikit, North Cotabato during lulls from war. Displaced by the 2003 war, this family is still trying to recover seven years later. Mindanews Photo by Keith Bacongco

ABANDONED. This old  provincial capitol in Simuay, Sultan Kudarat town along the Davao-Cotabato highway has been abandoned since then governor Andal Ampatuan, Sr., moved the capitol to his hometown in Shariff Aguak town along the Cotabato-General Santos highway, citing security

RITUAL. Indigenous Peoples from Bukidnon,  Agusan del Sur,  Surigao del Sur and  Davao Oriental conduct a ritual in front of the DENR office in Quezon  City Tuesday, 10 August 2010, to call for an end to violence in rural  development

MOVING FORWARD. Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)  talks about moving forward in the peace process with the month-old Aquino administration in an interview with MindaNews at the peace panel’s office in Darapanan, Sultan

GUESS WHERE? GUESS WHAT?  This house shaped like a lion makes travelers along the Butuan-Davao highway stop. It’s actually an orphanage along the highway in Tagliked, Purok 1, Bayugan Dos, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur.  MindaNews photo by Carolyn O.

CLEAN-UP DRIVE.  No, Davao City’s clean-up drive is not for protection against dengue only, it is also about cleaning up walls of  election paraphernalia. [] Here, a worker  removes  election campaign posters at Agdao area in Davao City on Friday

Farmers take cover when armed men with covered faces opened fire. Around 10 gunmen fired at a group of farmers who occupied a ranch owned by a prominent supporter of President Benigno Aquino III in Maramag town, Bukidnon on Wednesday

FATHER AND SON. A Tboli blacksmith prepares a traditional knife while his son assists him in keeping his foundry melting hot in their backyard.  Toto Lozano / AKP Images

ROAD LESS TRAVELLED. A “habal-habal” driver tries to maneuver his way on a muddy road in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat with help from his fellow drivers. Toto Lozano / AKP Images

AFTERMATH. Locals say the barren portions of this mountain in Sibutad, Zamboanga del Norte were part of the areas mined by Philex Mining Corp. with the use of the open pit method. Debates on the open pit method have heated

Farmers in Bukidnon are not complaining of the monsoon rains. They are busy preparing their fields to plant new crop of rice in Maramag, Bukidnon on July 29,2010. Mindanews photo by Froilan Gallardo

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Eastern Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer salute the colors at EastMinCom grounds in Davao City. Mindanews Photo by Keith Bacongco

An employee of the National Power Corporation monitors operations at the Agus VI hydroelectric power plant at the foot of Maria Cristina Falls in Iligan City. File photo by Bobby Timonera / MindaNews

SIPA 2010. Indigenous peoples (IPs) perform ritual during the opening of the State of the Indigenous Peoples Address (SIPA) in Lantapan, Bukidnon on Monday. Contributed Photo /  LRC-KsK Friends of the Earth Philippines

TAKING OVER.  Landless farmers occupy the 100-hectare Ocaya farm in Barangay Kuya, Maramag town in Bukidnon, Monday morning,  July 26. Photo by John Louie Dela Victoria/Task Force Mapalad

LONG WAIT. It’s a long wait for justice for the victims of the November 23, 2009 massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao.  Fairadz Demillo , who lost a relative  to the massacre, wipes away tears  while listening to updates on the case

NEVER  AGAIN.  Justice Secretary Leila de Lima greets the families of the victims of the Ampatuan massacre in Tacurong City on July 24 with Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu  behind her. “Never again should the powerful, corrupt and evil, be allowed

Barangay Chairperson Francisco Tito of the Barangay Diwata, Monkayo, Compostela Valley led protest on Wednesday of small-scale miners opposed to the “sellout” of the Diwalwal gold rush site to the foreign investors . Photo by Rene Lumawag / Pixels &

RESCUE DRILL Members of  a rescue team train a firehose during a drill at Limketkai Center in Cagayan de Oro City on Wednesday. Mindanews  Photo by Froilan Gallardo

Nulraldin Yusoph (center) is flanked by Jesus Du reza, of the Mindanao Development Authority and ARMM DENR Secretary Usman Sarangani Sr. as they leave a hotel in Cagayan de Oro for a flight to Manila where he will join his

TIME WARP? Residents of Scorpio and Earth streets in GSIS Village, Matina, Davao City woke up Tuesday morning, July 20, to find this hated remnant of the past administration — a billboard of  “Pangulong Gloria”  announcing a road rehabilition, “thru

Nuraldin Yusoph, son of election Commissioner Elias Yusoph,(in white tshirt). steps out from a friend’s house in Cagayan de Oro after he was released by his kidnappers late afternoon July 19, 2010. He is accompanied by Brig. Gen. Ray Ardo.

Heavy rains failed to dampen the street dancing activity on Sunday during the culmination of the 11th Tinalak Festival in Koronadal City, South Cotabato.Mindanews Photo by Toto Bacongco

Riders perform their stunt during a motocross competition in Koronadal City on Friday.  Motocross is one of the highlights of the week-long 11th T’nalak Festival  in South Cotabato.  Photo by Ric Samanion

Fruit bats flock on the wall of Monfort Bat Cave in Samal Island.  The Guinness Book of World Records has cited the Monfort Bat Colony as the world’s largest colony of fruit bats (Rousettus Amplexicaudatus) with an estimated 1.8 million

BAGSAKAN. This portion of Bankerohan Public Market is the only vegetable trading center, locally known as “bagsakan” in Davao City. The city government is set to open eight more bagsakan in the city. Ruby Thursday More / AKP Images

University of  the Philippines College of Law Dean Marvic Leonen. File Photo by Romy Elusfa.

The week-long T’nalak Festival in Koronadal City opened Wednesday morning, in celebration of the  44th foundation anniversary  of South Cotabato province. The festival pays tribute to the abaca cloth woven by the T’boli tribe.[] Mindanews File photo by Bobby Timonera

Soladita Kinumpas, Datu Alfredo Ganinay and Johnni Gelohan have their heads shaved on Tuesday to dramatize their demand for the revocation of the Free and Prior Informed Consent granted by the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples to a rancher in

Lumad leader Alfredo “Datu Mahawan” Ganinay of the Panalsalan Dagumbaan Tribal Association  (Padata) used a megaphone to call for the cancellation of  the Compliance Compliance Certificate of Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) issued by the NCIP to a land

Tricycles cross rundown bridge at remote village in Sultan Sa Barongis, Maguindanao– one of the poorest provinces in the country. Mindanews Photo by Froilan Gallardo

Fr. Picx during his 9-day “lakbo” (lakad-takbo, or walking and running) from Davao to Iligan City during the last Holy Week. Here he was sighted running the Sayre Highway in Sumilao, Bukidnon. Mindanews File Photo by Bobby Timonera

Philippine Marine walks amid the ruins of Sitio Sarmiento, Barangay Langkong in Matanog, Maguindanao, which was laid waste by an onslaught of government offensive. Former MILF military chief Al Haj Murad Ibrahim. File Photo by Froilan Gallardo

ABUSE OF POWER. So you think this beautiful villa built in Barangay Overview in Quezon town, Bukidnon is privately owned. This villa was built by the Department of Public Works and Highways and its chief, Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane. Its gates

DETAINED File photo of Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-KsK) Davao team leader Jean Marie Ferraris.  Photo Courtesy of LRC-KsK Davao.

INTO THE MARKET Moro women carry their produce to the market from Barangay Dungguan in Pagalungan, Maguindanao to the town proper. Most of the women in this village are into fishing, mat weaving, and vegetable farming. Ruby Thursday More/ AKP

SLOW DAY Meat vendors at Agdao market in Davao City take a break just hours before the the “peak-hour,” which is usually late in the afternoon. MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco