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WORM’S EYEVIEW: In CDO: Goodbye impunity, welcome propriety

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/18 June) — Impunity is one of the major manifestations of bad governance. Exempting a wrongful act or an illegal deed for any reason diminishes a… »

PEACETALK: Mindanao: dealing with the past

BARCELONA, Spain (MindaNews/17 June) — Dealing with the past is now one of the big challenges for the Philippines in its transition from war to peace in Mindanao. Moro and… »

SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Catholic vote, anyone?

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 June) — The winners of this year’s elections will assume office in the next few days. But hardline Catholics have not gotten over the issue of whether… »

MIND DA News: Complicating Implications Ahead

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 June) —  Contentious issues in the negotiation of the three remaining annexes to the Framework of Agreement on Bangsamoro have delayed progress in the roadmap to… »

WORM’S-EYE VIEW: Lessons from the elections

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 14 June) – The mid-term elections underscored yet again the effects of traditional politics, of money, and the abuse of the pork barrel on… »

Top Stories

IMEM to start in September when brownouts are expected to be back

PASIG CITY (MindaNews/18 June) — The Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM) is on track to start its commercial operation in September when brownouts are expected to hit the island anew,… »

NPA snatches 5 soldiers in Davao

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/18 June) — Five soldiers belonging to the 60th Infantry Battalion were abducted Monday afternoon by suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Davao City, Capt. Raul Villegas… »

UPDATED: 2 killed, 3 wounded in Tulunan clashes; hundreds flee

TULUNAN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/18 June) – An armed civilian and an alleged Moro rebel were killed while three others were wounded in in clashes Sunday between the Moro Islamic Liberation… »

DENR-12 to donate seized logs to schools

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/18 June) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 12 is working for the processing of around 140,000 board feet (bd.ft.) of illegally-cut… »

Bukidnon’s debt servicing: P405.4M in 9 years

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 June) — The Bukidnon provincial government has paid a total of P405.383 million for loans mostly for its major hospitals since 2004, according to the latest Statement… »

Around Mindanao

Comics series on Bukidnon tribe out

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – In a marked departure from their mainly oral tradition, the Bukidnon-Daraghuyan tribe has published a series of four comics depicting their history and culture. Titled… »

Bigger crowd seen this year in Mindanao’s biggest beach party

GUMASA, Sarangani (April 22, 2013) – The growing crowd each year flocking into the white sand beaches here in Glan never fails to hype Sarangani Bay Festival as Mindanao’s biggest… »

Muslim youth holds intramurals in Sarangani April 23-25

ALABEL, Sarangani (April 22, 2013) – Around 4,000 guests and delegates from the 49 Islamic schools in Sarangani are joining this year’s Musabaqah, an event the province is holding to… »

Nat’l Archives Congress to focus on multi-ethnic archiving

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 Nov) —  “Towards Multi-Ethnic Archiving in the Postmodern Era” is this year’s theme for the National Archives Congress which will be held at the Ateneo de Davao… »

Pellet toy guns banned in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/12 November) – Mayor Celso Lobregat has issued two executive orders banning the sale of pellet toy guns and regulating, controlling and limiting the pyrotechnics allowed to be… »

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