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Bagobo-K'latas in Kahusayan protest alleged encroachment of their land
By Germelina Lacorte on April 29 2011 12:53 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 Apr) – On the second day of their march for justice and land, at least 300 Bagobo K’lata lumads and farmers from sitio Kahusayan in barangay Guianga… »
Slain anti-mining activist knew threat to his life, says wife
By Germelina Lacorte on April 17 2011 10:04 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 April) — The wife of the anti-mining activist slain Tuesday in Pantukan, Compostela Valley said her husband felt he was already targeted even before a triggerman had… »
NDF’s Agcaoili tells gov’t to honor agreement on security, immunity
By Germelina Lacorte on April 14 2011 7:08 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 Apr) – One of the top negotiators of the National Democratic Front (NDF) said the passports granted to three NDF consultants to join the Oslo talks last… »
NDF sets 10-point agenda as condition for truce
By Germelina Lacorte on April 13 2011 7:06 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 April)—The National Democratic Front (NDF) will agree to a truce with the government if President Benigno S. Aquino III signs the 10-point agenda earlier proposed by the… »
Greenpeace challenges claims of an impending power shortage in Mindanao
By Germelina Lacorte on April 10 2011 4:40 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 April) — The city council’s second committee hearing on the proposed 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant by Aboitiz Corporation briefly turned into a debate on the alleged impending… »
Davao City council sets second hearing on coal-fired power plant
By Germelina Lacorte on April 8 2011 12:15 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 April)—Some 400 people from the communities of Binugao and other areas in Toril are expected to attend the second public hearing Friday on the 300-megawatt coal-fired power… »
Nothing wrong with Aboitiz pocket money – Duterte
By Germelina Lacorte on April 6 2011 7:04 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/5 April) – For Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the city councilors committed nothing wrong when they accepted the P6,000 pocket money from Aboitiz Power Corp. during a field… »
Aboitiz-owned Hedcor plays godfather to Sibulan indigenous community
By Germelina Lacorte on April 3 2011 8:33 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 April) — What the government failed to do in health, infrastructure and even education services, the Aboitiz-owned Hydro-Electric Development Corporation (Hedcor) provided host communities in Sibulan, Bagobo… »
Anti-coal plant group demands for ‘energy audit’
By Germelina Lacorte on March 25 2011 8:09 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 March) – People wearing green stickers on their breasts that read “No to coal-fired plants” crowded the session hall of the city council here Thursday as it… »
Davao rebel’s kin in hiding, fear military reprisal
By Germelina Lacorte on March 20 2011 8:54 am
DAVAO CITY — Dry leaves litter the grassy alley leading to the house in Bago Galera, Toril District here that once belonged to the Pitao family. Beyond the open gate… »
GPH, NDF set 3-year timeframe for talks
By Germelina Lacorte on March 19 2011 7:09 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 March) —The government has given itself only 18 months to three years to negotiate with the communist-led National Democratic Front the three substantive and most difficult agreements… »
P-Noy not keen on mining ban
By Germelina Lacorte on March 17 2011 12:20 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 March) – President Aquino admitted that the country is “extremely vulnerable” to climate change but said he was not fully endorsing the idea of an outright mining… »
Vice Mayor Duterte asked to sit as observer in GPH-NDF talks
By Germelina Lacorte on February 20 2011 6:43 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 Feb) –Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has been asked to sit as an observer in the peace negotiations between the National Democratic Front and the Philippine government, Mayor Sara Duterte said Thursday night. ”The vice mayor will be invited as an observer and as need arises will contribute his two-cents worth on dealing with the insurgency,” the younger Duterte said during the opening of the consultation workshop for the drafting of the Mindanao People’s Agenda for the government and NDF peace talks.
Mindanao leaders asked to support nuke plant revival bill
By Germelina Lacorte on February 11 2011 7:05 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 February) — Mindanao leaders and environment groups have been asked to support a bill reviving the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant as a solution to the power… »
Aboitiz eyes 51-hectare area as site for coal-fired plant in Davao
By Germelina Lacorte on February 10 2011 12:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/9 Feb) – Aboitiz Power Corporation is eyeing a 51-hectare property spanning Binugao and Inayawan barangays in the boundary areas of Santa Cruz town in Davao del Sur… »
MinDA chair wants ARMM polls deferred
By Germelina Lacorte on February 8 2011 12:09 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 February) – Postponing the elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is an “urgent need” and will give President Aquino enough space to solve the region’s… »
Hedcor eyes five more run-of-river hydro plants in Mindanao
By Germelina Lacorte on February 6 2011 12:04 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 February) — The Aboitiz-owned Hydro-Electric Development Corporation (Hedcor) is eyeing five more run-of-river hydropower plants in at least three provinces in Mindanao, most of them within ancestral… »
MILF official to Egyptian leaders: Listen to the people
By Germelina Lacorte on February 5 2011 12:04 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 February) — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) urged Egyptian leaders to listen to the demands of their people in the light of the massive street protests… »
Aboitiz firm denies its plants caused Sta. Cruz floods
By Germelina Lacorte on February 2 2011 12:03 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 February) — A top executive of the Aboitiz-owned Hedcor Inc. said their Sibulan hydropower plants could not have caused the floods that killed three persons in Darong,… »
Ensure stable power supply in Mindanao, biz sector tells NEDA
By Germelina Lacorte on January 29 2011 7:45 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 January) – Basic infrastructures, including stable power supply, topped the concerns raised by participants from the business sector during the regional consultation on the country’s development plan… »
P2 billion worth of questionable receipts during Ampatuan reign – Mangudadatu
By Germelina Lacorte on January 27 2011 12:07 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 Jan) – Maguindanao Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu said he is awaiting the results of the audit report that traced over P2-billion worth of questionable receipts from the… »
Source of Bt Eggplant gene stock endangers rats – study
By Germelina Lacorte on January 27 2011 12:05 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 Jan) – An environmental epidemiologist has released a study showing that the consumption of Bt Brinjal – where the gene stock of the Bt Eggplant was sourced… »
Corruption is violence, corruption kills
By Germelina Lacorte on January 26 2011 12:06 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/25 January) — Over a year after the massacre of 58 persons, 32 of them from the media, corruption continues to kill people, not only journalists, participants to … »
Antonino happy over Mindanao’s increased share in infra budget
By Germelina Lacorte on January 21 2011 1:04 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Jan) – Mindanao is getting 24 percent of the country’s total infrastructure budget this year, proof enough that the campaign for increased share for Mindanao in the national budget has been working, Mindanao Secretary Luwalhati Antonino said.
Complainant in 7 counts of rape shot dead
By Germelina Lacorte on January 20 2011 12:03 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 January) – A working student who had filed seven counts of rape against a detained suspect was shot dead last Sunday in Davao City. Authorities suspected that… »
Sta. Cruz barangay placed under state of calamity
By Germelina Lacorte on January 20 2011 12:00 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 January)—The municipal council of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur today declared its flood-stricken barangay Darong under a state of calamity to expedite the release of P2.38 million… »
New nurses need training – Davao hospital exec
By Germelina Lacorte on January 18 2011 11:00 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 January) — Competent, volunteer nurses working for free and new nursing graduates undergoing training to enter the profession are two separate issues that should be treated separately,… »
Gov’t hospital in Davao City capable of treating meningococcemia – official
By Germelina Lacorte on January 17 2011 10:03 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 January)—A health official here assured the country’s biggest government hospital is equipped to handle diagnosis and treatment of highly contagious diseases like meningococcemia. Dr. Leopoldo Vega, head… »
Army ‘peace and dev’t teams’ accused of harassment, other abuses
By Germelina Lacorte on January 16 2011 9:42 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 January)—Accusations of harassment and other abuses against civilians and groups suspected of supporting the underground movement greeted the initial deployment of the Army’s so-called peace and development… »
BPI suspends UP Mindanao biosafety permit
By Germelina Lacorte on January 15 2011 12:07 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 Jan) – The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) has suspended the biosafety permits of the University of the Philippines in Mindanao (UP-Mindanao) and another field testing site… »
Advocates worried over corruption at Bureau of Customs
By Germelina Lacorte on January 14 2011 6:26 am
Germelina Lacorte / MindaNews DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 Jan) – Anti-corruption advocates warned that unchecked corruption at the Bureau of Customs could loosen up the entry of illegal drugs and arms… »
NPA arrest could have jeopardized long standing agreement with rebels – Duterte
By Germelina Lacorte on January 12 2011 6:09 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 Jan) – Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said the arrest of the New People’s Army (NPA) fighter on New Year’s Day could have jeopardized a long standing agreement… »
NPA claims slain Davao Sur barangay captain tried to fight back
By Germelina Lacorte on January 11 2011 1:31 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 January) — The Communist New People’s Army (NPA) said the barangay captain killed on January 8 in an NPA attack in Barangay Datu Danwata, Malita Davao del… »
VM Duterte wants regional police chief out for New Year’s day arrest of NPA
By Germelina Lacorte on January 10 2011 7:52 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 January) – Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte warned he would demand the ouster of the regional police director and withdraw the city government’s support to the police if… »
BOI eyes more jobs in manufacturing sector
By Germelina Lacorte on January 8 2011 12:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 January) —The Board of Investments (BOI) targets more projects in the manufacturing and other labor-intensive sectors this year to fulfill the Aquino government’s commitment to generate more… »
3 soldiers slain in NPA ambush in Tagum
By Germelina Lacorte on January 7 2011 12:03 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 January)—Three soldiers deployed for “peace and development outreach” in barangay Magdum in Tagum City were killed in an ambush by New People’s Army guerrillas at 7:15 Thursday.… »
Captured NPA wants out of CIDG jail
By Germelina Lacorte on January 7 2011 12:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 January) — The New People’s Army guerrilla arrested on New Year’s Day in Toril District here said he wanted to be taken out of his detention at… »
Captured NPA rebel rues trusting truce declaration
By Germelina Lacorte on January 5 2011 9:44 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 January) — The New People’s Army member who was arrested on New Year’s Day in Toril District here expressed regrets he trusted the mutual ceasefire between the… »
NPA rebel's arrest not truce violation — police
By Germelina Lacorte on January 4 2011 7:31 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 January) — The military had nothing to do with the arrest of a New People’s Army rebel in Toril district here at dawn of New Year’s Day,… »
Davao City seeks faster processing of business permits
By Germelina Lacorte on January 4 2011 7:31 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 January) — After making it to the country’s second fastest in terms of business permit processing, Davao City is looking for more ways to cut down unnecessary… »
NPA decries ceasefire violation with the arrest of a comrade in Toril
By Germelina Lacorte on January 3 2011 1:05 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 January) — The Communist New People’s Army said the government has violated the mutually-declared ceasefire with the NPA, with the New Year’s day arrest of their comrade… »
No ceasefire violation in Davao region - 10ID
By Germelina Lacorte on December 31 2010 12:14 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 Dec) – It’s still very quiet in Southern Mindanao and other areas under the area of responsibility of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division as both the government… »
UP Min says Bt eggplant field test followed biosafety rules
By Germelina Lacorte on December 30 2010 8:09 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 December) — The University of the Philippines in Mindanao insisted it has not violated any biosafety requirement in pushing through with the field testing of Bt eggplant… »
10th ID spokesperson on peace talks: It must take place under a truce
By Germelina Lacorte on December 29 2010 12:03 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 December) — Soldiers also look forward to the resumption of peace talks between the government and the communist-led National Democratic Front (NDF) but it should take place… »
'Civilians to suffer if peace talks won't resume'
By Germelina Lacorte on December 28 2010 12:06 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 December) – Civilians will continue to bear the brunt of the armed conflict in Southern Mindanao unless the peace talks between the government and the communist-led National… »
Duterte says City Council has final say on coal plant
By Germelina Lacorte on December 25 2010 12:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 December) —Mayor Sara Duterte is standing pat on her earlier stand against the coal-fired power plant in the city but it would be the city council, not… »
NPA invites Dutertes to Dec. 26 anniversary celebration
By Germelina Lacorte on December 25 2010 12:01 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 December) — Invited to come down from the hills to visit their families on Christmas day, the communist New People’s Army (NPA) in Paquibato city instead asked… »
UP Diliman student reported abducted; military says no abduction took place
By Germelina Lacorte on December 23 2010 10:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 December) — A student of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman was reported abducted in Tarragona, Davao Oriental Tuesday morning and allegedly brought to Camp… »
EU Ambassador hopeful that peace talks will resume
By Germelina Lacorte on December 22 2010 8:57 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 Dec) – European Union Ambassador to the Philippines Alistair MacDonald said he is hoping for the peace talks to resume so that Mindanao communities affected by conflict… »
Davao wants BPI to revoke UPMin permit to field test Bt eggplants
By Germelina Lacorte on December 21 2010 2:35 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Dec) ¬- City Hall has asked the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) to revoke the permit of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Mindanao to conduct the field testing of the genetically-modified eggplants in the city. Mayor Sara Duterte said UP Mindanao failed to notify the city about the conduct of the field tests, a crucial requirement in the Department of Agriculture Administrative Order 8 governing the conduct of the field trials.
