NEW YORK (MindaNews/09 September) — The families of the media victims in the Nov. 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao province have asked the United Nations to help them achieve justice and expedite the prosecution and conviction of those involved
BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte (MindaNews/01 August) – Sixty-three fishermen from the town of Buenavista in Agusan del Norte were rescued after huge waves swept them off their pumpboats on Butuan Bay at around 4 a. m. Wednesday. Most of the
PEOPLE’S MARCH. Militant groups march along Bankerohan Bridge in Davao City en route to the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue Monday afternoon, (July 23) for a rally on the “real state of the nation.” MindaNews photo by Carolyn O. Arguillas
Volunteers from Balay Mindanaw, on the occasion of the group’s 16th anniversary, help build homes for Sendong survivors in Barangay Indahag in Cagayan de Oro City on 8 May 2012. MindaNews photo by Bobby Timonera
KM. 90, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/06 May) – Tension has gripped another mining company here as at least a hundred members of the Mamanwa tribe have taken over the minesite of a China-based company since Thursday evening. The Mamanwas are
CHR-ARMM. Atty. Laisa Alamia (left), Director of the newly-created Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) takes her oath before CHR chair Etta Rosales and Commissioners Jose Manuel Mamauag, Coco Quisumbing and Norberto dela
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 April) – The Malaybalay city council has passed a resolution imposing a moratorium on the expansion of agricultural plantations citing environmental and agricultural concerns. City Councilor Anthony Canuto Barroso, chair of the committees on agriculture and environmental
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/14 February) – Archbishop Antonio Ledesma reprimanded City Hall officials for maintaining a “business as usual” attitude on the destructive hydraulic mining in the hinterland villages here despite the risks it posed to the communities living
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/08 February) – Combined military and police personnel out to serve a warrant of arrest against wanted persons instead seized bomb-making materials in an island east of this city. Col. Buenaventura Pascual, commander of the Task Force Zamboanga,
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/26 January) – More than 7,000 residents here gathered on top of the Kagay-an Bridge Wednesday night lighting candles and listening to the tales of the survivors of the flood that killed hundreds and wiped out
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/07 December) — For giving voice to the minority Mindanaoans through video documentaries, courageously exposing truth in the name of justice and peace, and inspiring others through his stories, Fr. Eduardo Vasquez Jr. of the Oblates of Mary
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/8 Nov) – With exception of few references to reports from Luwaran, the MILF official website, and to statements of top MILF officials, reports in national media had the military, Malacañang, Senate leaders, and Office of the
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/29 October) – The improvised bombs that exploded or were detonated this week in Barangay Sangali here this week were new types of explosives, an expert said. A construction worker was killed while six other were injured when
M24tunnels KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/24 October) — The provincial government of South Cotabato has served the closure order affecting at least 300 gold tunnels in the gold-rush town of T’boli, an official said Monday. Siegfred Flaviano, acting chief of the Provincial
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 August) – Yesterday, this column shared the transcript of an interview with Cordula Droege, a legal expert at the International Committee of the Red Cross. The interview tackles the applicability of the principles of International Humanitarian Law
Ace rider Bornok Mangosong performs a “no hander” trick as he crosses the finish line during the Kadayawan Motocross Race on Sunday, 14 August 2011 at the Crocodile Park Complex in Davao City. The event is part of the activities
GRAND KANDULI. The earlier announcement was State of the Province Address but Friday’s even turned out to be a Grand Kanduli n celebration of what Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu claimed were achievements of his 13-month administration and to welcome Ramadan.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 July) – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has approached different personalities, including a local official in Quezon town and a priest from the Diocese of Malaybalay, to help negotiate the release of their four colleagues
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 July) – New People’s Army rebels rescued one of their comrades in a daring raid in Bukidnon at dawn today and also took as hostage four personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), including
THREATENED Dietmar Schug, country director of the Committee of German Directors spoke to a group of lumad women during the graduation rites of a health and nutrition training held in Barangay Dalwangan in Malaybalay in this file photo taken on
LAKE MAINIT. A fisherman prepares to sail in in Lake Mainit in Jabonga town in Agusan del Norte. Lake Mainit is the fourth largest lake in the country. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/19 June) – At least 70 victims of trafficking, 30 of them women, were rescued here from June 13 to 17. On Friday, a combined police and military team rescued 14 women on board a boat bound for
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 June) – Two years after his death, justice has remained elusive for a farmer-leader in Sumilao, Bukidnon who helped organized a march from the province to Manila to dramatize their quest for land under the Comprehensive Agrarian
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/10 June) – The Chinese couple suspected of smuggling black corals and stuffed turtles have gone into hiding, a police official said Thursday. The couple was also identified as the owners of the tons of corals and shells
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IN MEMORY OF. Families of some of the victims of the Nov.[] 23 Ampatuan Massacre visit their loved ones at the Forrest Lake memorial park in General Santos City on February 23. MindaNews photo by Carolyn O. Arguillas
