THE PHILSOUTH LINE: Fighting for honor… and blood

By Frencie Carreon on February 5 2013 7:06 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/04 Feb) — It is a tragic time in some areas in Sulu, among warring groups of the Moro National Liberation Front and the Abu Sayyaf Group and… »

Kidnapped Filipino TV crew freed; Jordanian journalist remains in captivity

By Frencie Carreon on February 3 2013 5:48 pm

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/03 Feb) — Two Filipino crew members of Jordanian TV journalist Baker Atyani who were kidnapped along with him seven months ago, were released Saturday night in Jolo,… »

Peace Forum kicks off Mindanao Week of Peace 2012

By Frencie Carreon on November 26 2012 1:16 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/25 November)– A multi-sectoral peace forum on the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), dubbed as the “roadmap to peace” in Mindanao, was held here Saturday to kick… »

Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro is a ‘political document’—GPH legal adviser

By Frencie Carreon on November 26 2012 12:15 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/25 November) –The Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), dubbed as the “roadmap to peace” in Mindanao, is a “political document,” said lawyer Johaira Wahab, legal adviser to… »

PNoy in Laos for Asia-Europe meet

By Frencie Carreon on November 4 2012 6:45 pm

VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/04 November) — President Benigno Simeon Aquino arrived here Sunday to attend the two-day 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 9) that begins Monday. Aquino was set to meet Sunday… »

Aquino arrives in Australia for state visit

By Frencie Carreon on October 24 2012 8:50 pm

CANBERRA, Australia (MindaNews/24 October)—Australia’s Governor-General, Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO, formally welcomed Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III at 11:15 this morning (8am in the Philippines), at the Government House in… »

PHILSOUTH LINE: Simplifying the law for Mindanao’s young

By Frencie Carreon on September 16 2012 8:41 pm

SYDNEY (MindaNews/16 September) –I visited a group of high school students from various schools in Sulu, Basilan, and the Misamis provinces at the Lady of the Pillar Retreat House in… »

PHILSOUTH LINE: Two journos-turned-solons and the 2013 Zambo mayoralty race

By Frencie Carreon on August 8 2012 9:34 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/07 August) — The incumbent Congressional representatives from the two legislative districts of Zamboanga City are both eyeing the mayoralty seat of Asia’s Latin City for the May… »

PHILSOUTH LINE: Philippine military blunders and the Metropolitan Churva-ness on Mindanao

By Frencie Carreon on July 30 2012 10:02 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/30 July) – Perhaps, the Philippine military have yet to realize that for every blunder they commit, reporting the death of even a soldier, they project themselves further… »

PHILSOUTH LINE: ‘Our SONA’ and the foreign media’s ‘local counterparts’

By Frencie Carreon on July 24 2012 8:18 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/23 July) — I listened, among the millions of Filipinos and non-Filipinos who thought it was worth their time to listen, to President Benigno Simeon ‘Noy’ Aquino deliver… »