SHANGHAI (MindaNews/10 September) — Twenty overseas Filipino workers from
North Cotabato working in Shanghai, China who claimed they were victims of
illegal recruitment by a retired teacher in Kidapawan City have formally
filed their complaint before the provincial government.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 September) – Saying their place is also a “durian
country,” city officials opened Sunday its durian festival, which is now on
its second year and features a month-long trade fair and other activities
that aim to promote durian and its by-products.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/09 September) — Senate President Manuel Villar has assured he would facilitate the passage of a bill on tuna handline fishing and a regulatory mechanism for the use of tuna handline fishing boats before the start of the political campaign season next year, South Cotabato First District Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 September) – “Fly on the Wall,” Gail Tan Ilagan’s columns in book form will be launched Monday at the Ateneo de Davao University where Ms Ilagan teaches.
Gail writes “Wayward and Fanciful” for MindaViews, the opinion section of MindaNews.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 September) – A senator has questioned the sincerity of Malacañang’s order last month to law enforcement agencies to solve the spate of killings of leftist activists, citing the murder Thursday of Bayan Muna Bohol provincial chairman Victor Olayvar as proof that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has failed to rein in the military which has been blamed for most of the political and media killings.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 September) — Indie writer-producer Raymond Lee was certainly kidding when he said Angelo Ilagan, who plays the lead role in his Cinemalaya offering of Sarong Banggi (literally meaning One Night), is my long-lost son. He can't be. Hindi ho ako maaga naglandi to have a son three years older than my Liane.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/09 September) – A group of Moro and Christian leaders in Mindanao has echoed fears that the unabated military operations in Sulu and in other areas in the region will lead to a spate of human rights violations against Moro civilians.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/Sept. 8) – A Maranao business leader here suspects that a ‘rido’ or clan war, was likely behind the grenade explosion at the public market here Thursday night that killed two persons and injured six others.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/September 8) — Church and community groups in remote Cateel town in Davao Oriental want Environment Secretary Angelo Reyes to ban logging in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley provinces, citing unchecked activities of illegal loggers.
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews/Sept. 8) – The National Electrification Administration (NEA) recently approved the restructuring of the Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative, (Lasureco), allowing the cooperative to create three business districts and constructing more electric lines to unserved areas in the province.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/September 7) –The Inter Church Basketball League-Duterte Cup kicks off, Saturday, Sept 9 at the Davao City Recreation Center here with 12 church teams vying for the title according to Pastor Gary Visitacio.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/September 7) – The Assumption College of Davao ruled the recently concluded Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte Inter-School Karatedo Tournament at the NCCC Mall of Davao, here.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 September) – The opening of Cebu Pacific
Airways flights next month will transform the local cargo and air travel
scene into an “open market,” South Cotabato Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio
said.
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews/07 Sept) — The government's continuing
implementation of the expanded value-added tax (E-VAT) scheme has taken its
toll on one of its biggest anti-poverty programs.
2 killed, 7 injured in GenSan market blast
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 Sept) — Two persons were killed while
seven others were injured when a grenade exploded in the public market here
at around 6:40 tonight (Thursday).
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 Sept) –"Is he a terrorist or an anti-terrorism
expert? Which is which?" Davao City's feisty mayor, Rodrigo Duterte asked.
Everything went well until he came up with this, Duterte said of Samson
Macariola, his consultant on managing firearms and ammunition services.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 September) — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has denied
having ordered a weapons expert to sneak bomb components into two commercial
flights on August 14. Duterte told Sonshine TV Network Wednesday night that he is ready to be investigated but stressed he never ordered anyone to test airport security measures and denied the man managed to carry bomb components in the plane undetected.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Sep) — Parents of nursing graduates here who passed the recent board examinations are asking the Court of Appeals to allow their children to take their oath, saying the alleged examination leakage did not reach Mindanao.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Sep) — Suspecting that the half-finished big boat being constructed in Maitum, Sarangani was built with illegally-cut timber, environment officials in the province seized the boat and called on the owner to come out and produce proof that he got the raw materials legally.
SHANGHAI, China — A giant company in the United Kingdom has expressed interest in importing banana chips from North Cotabato. Greg Maclean, general manager of Sainsbury’s Asia Lt., has talked to Gov. Emmanuel Piñol during the World Food China Exposition held at the Shanghai International Expo Center Sept. 4-6.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/6 Sep) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will not be downgraded into a staff agency but would remain as a line bureau of the Department of Agriculture (DA) based on the department’s proposed rationalization program, Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban said.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/5 Sep) — Government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front negotiators are now in Kuala Lumpur for the resumption of talks after being stalled by the contentious ancestral domain issues.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/5 Sep) — The Philippine government should be a regulator and protector of the welfare of its people, not a promoter of mining operations in the country, an official of an international human rights group said.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/5 Sep) — The long-delayed inspection of local fishery operations by European Union (EU) safety inspectors may not happen this year due to the unavailability of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) during the scheduled inspection next month.
KORONADAL CITY (Mindanews/5 Sep) — The provincial government of South Cotabato plans to put up a revolving fund for medicines at the South Cotabato Provincial Hospital to encourage the indigent beneficiaries of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) avail of its health services.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/5 Sep) — The grueling pre-trial of the administrative charges filed against village officials here started yesterday with the defense denying knowledge of the existence of the documents presented by the prosecution.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/5 Sep) — The foreign-funded project that aims to contribute to poverty reduction in Southwestern Mindanao is set to turn over on Thursday infrastructure and livelihood projects to poor farmers in Bubong, a fifth class municipality in Lanao del Sur.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/4 Sep) — The Department of Trade and Industry, through its “PCs for Public Schools” (PCPS) program, has donated 10 computer units, complete with accessories and peripherals that will enable the units to connect to the Internet, to seven schools in this city.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/4 Sep) — The Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corporation (PNOC-EDC) has already paid the local government unit here some P73 million real estate taxes.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 Sep) — The tuna fishing industry may soon get fuel subsidy as the government is trying to find means to help the crisis-hit sector, according to Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 Sep) — The government has started negotiations with the Indonesian government for the repatriation at least 10 fishermen from this city who are currently jailed in Indonesia for alleged illegal fishing violations, tuna industry leaders here revealed.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/4 Sep) — In a bid to ensure the quality of marine and aquaculture exports from the city, the government plans to establish another fish quality control laboratory here that would feature various modern facilities and equipment, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/4 Sep) — Business tycoon Lucio Tan’s plan to pour in P1.25 billion in investments in this city is now fast becoming a reality, according to Mayor Vicente Y. Emano.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/03 September) – Will lowering the tariff on
Philippine tuna shipments to the United States contribute to the peace process in Mindanao?
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/03 Sept) — Provincial officials of Cotabato led by Governor Emmanuel Piñol will go to China Monday for the World Food China Expo on September 4-6 at the Shanghai International Exhibition Center.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 September) – The message came in at 5:12 pm, 31 August 2006. It baldly read, "My buk gets national buk award."
"Yes! I am so proud of you!" I texted back. I imagine Mac texting me the very first minute he could find a quiet space to share his newfound victory. That would have been all the press release he'd put out himself. Now it was up to me. The trust is well founded, I think. It's no secret that I am his number one fan.
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QUEZON (MindaNews/03 Sept) — When I asked them how many they were in this samahan, he said that they speak in terms of balangays (clusters of families) and as of the moment, they have 71 balangays spread across the country with most of them being in Luzon. Most of those in Kinabuhian are members of their samahan; others live in various parts of the country.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/September 3,) – Jose Maria College Kings edged Agro Industrial Foundation College Sailors 101 – 99 victory to win the 5th Monsignor Antonio Ll. Mabutas Cup Saturday night at the Holy Cross of Davao College Gymnasium.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 September) — Former President Fidel Ramos became
known for selling ideas like the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asia Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA). Now he is selling his Sunday column in the Manila Bulletin, and with the same zeal he had when he used to sell the country's potential to foreign investors when he was still the president.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/02 September) – Transportation and Communications
Secretary Leandro Mendoza has assured the agribusiness sector in Cotabato of a functional airport before the year ends.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/02 September) — One hundred barangays in selected
municipalities in North Cotabato will soon have their own rubber nurseries.
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QUEZON (MindaNews/02 Sept) — As Mt. Banahaw is considered a place for healing, the local herbs are aplenty and are sold in the various small stores spread all over Sta. Lucia. One could see barks of trees, leaves, limestones being displayed and sold for their medicinal value. Some of these find their way to Quiapo and other outlets for herbal medicine and the like.
KABACAN, Cotabato (MindaNews/September 1) – Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban inaugurated Thursday the P20-million post-harvest corn processing plant and trading center in Barangay Osias here, the first in North Cotabato.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/01 September) — What is there to celebrate on September 2, 2006? Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos will the commemoration of the 1996 Final Peace Agreement of the government with the Moro National Liberation Front and even invited Professor Nur Misuari, chairman emeritus of the Moro National Liberation Front and a principal signatory.
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/01 September) — Ten years ago, on September 2 1996, I was in Malacanang with a few friends to represent Silsilah in the historical event of the signing of the peace agreement between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), represented by Nur Misuari and witnessed by representatives of the Organization of Islamic Conference.
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QUEZON (MindaNews/01 Sept) — For students of Spirituality – as an academic discipline – interested in indigenous mystical practices of our ancestors, here in the samahan one is afforded a glimpse into what could be one model or lived experience of mysticism that goes a long way back to our pre-colonial era. While listening to Nanay Isabel, I was conscious of a deep desire: that there would be serious Filipino scholars who would pursue this type of research as it would be most helpful in rediscovering our very deep sense of the divine as well as the roots of our own indigenous spirituality.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/31 August) — South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes vowed to give up her post as chair of the Confederation of Governors, City Mayors and Municipal Mayors’ League Presidents of Mindanao (Confed) should the group endorse the proposed amendment the 1987 Constitution through the controversial people’s initiative approach.
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QUEZON (MindaNews/31 August) — There are also landmarks placed in strategic areas by the National Historical Commission. One informs the nationalist pilgrim that the hero Macario Sakay and his men retreated to this part of Mt. Banahaw during the height of their anti-colonial struggles. The confluence of these signs and symbols – political, cultural, religious – provides the unique character of Mt. Banahaw as it affirms the sojourner's citizenship, cultural identity and religiosity.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/31 August) — Two contenders from Davao City made it to the shortlist from which the next Mindanao ombudsman will be chosen, the spokesperson of the Office of the Ombudsman for Mindanao said.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/31 Aug) – Moro National Liberation Front Chairman Nur Misuari has been invited by Saudi King Abdullah, Head of State of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the World Muslim Leaders Summit on September 6 to 9 in Jeddah, Hajji Gapul Hadjirul, national coordinator of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Central Committee said.
