By Erwin Mascariñas on March 6 2013 11:59 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 March) – Amnesty International called on the Aquino government to solve the “increasing number of extra judicial killings” in the country after another member of the militant… »
By Walter I. Balane on March 6 2013 11:59 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/06 March) – Leaders of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines said they may file administrative charges against certain government officials for their failure to arrest… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on November 11 2012 5:00 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 Nov) – The military and the police are either clueless about the existence of the Bagani armed group in Arakan, North Cotabato, or just turning… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on October 4 2012 10:49 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 4 October)- At least 12 villagers in in Makilala, North Cotabato have been hospitalized since last week due to the dengue virus, a village official said. The… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on September 28 2012 9:08 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 September) — The number of underweight children with ages 0-10 years in the four provinces of Davao region is high, according to the results of the 2011… »
By Keith Bacongco on September 28 2012 7:52 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 27 Sept) – Fr. Peter Geremia, of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) and parish priest of Columbio in Sultan Kudarat, has assumed the parish… »
By Walter I. Balane on September 25 2012 9:52 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/25 September)—Harnessing the potentials of indigenous peoples to produce medicines from plants and herbs as a livelihood opportunity is better than allowing mining in their ancestral domains, a… »
By Walter I. Balane on September 20 2012 6:26 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/19 Sept) – Political and economic rights are on top of the eight-point legislative agenda of the indigenous peoples in Malaybalay City, according to a lumad leader. Umayamnon… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on August 22 2012 10:39 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 August) — The unexpected death of Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo has left a void not only in the campaign for good governance but also in the… »
By Walter I. Balane on July 24 2012 8:17 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNew/23 July) — “Silent again on indigenous peoples.” This was the reaction of Lumad (indigenous peoples) leaders here to President Aquino’s nearly 90-minute State of the Nation Address… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on July 22 2012 8:05 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/ 21 July)—An official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) has called on the alleged victims of human rights violations in the recent… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on July 21 2012 3:20 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/20 July)—Two minors and their uncle came out in public yesterday to prove that children have been used as “guides” during a recent military operation in Magpet, North… »
By H. Marcos C. Mordeno on June 29 2012 9:01 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/28 June) – President Benigno S. Aquino III has failed to fulfill his promise to hold accountable the security forces responsible for serious abuses since taking office two… »
By Walter I. Balane on June 28 2012 4:33 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/27 June) – Companies behind six proposed hydroelectric power projects in Bukidnon have applied for a free and prior informed consent (FPIC) process with the provincial office of… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on June 10 2012 1:38 pm
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/09 June) – Tribal chieftains from Agusan del Sur and a town in Agusan del Norte have come out to claim ownership of some 2,400 confiscated Lauan logs… »
By H. Marcos C. Mordeno on May 22 2012 6:02 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – There has been no marked improvement in the country’s human rights performance since 2008, a New York-based human rights monitor said Monday. In a statement… »
By Cong Corrales on May 14 2012 9:42 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) – Children should be in school instead of hauling logs, the director of the Social Action Center (SAC) of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 13 2012 7:11 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 May) – Residents here have been warned to be extra cautious in dealing with dog bites following the death last week of a resident in Barangay Balindog… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on May 12 2012 7:57 am
CAGDIANAO, Claver, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/11 May) – Mamanwas vowed to continue barricading the mining site of Shen Zhou Mining Group Corporation here until the company shuts down and leaves… »
By Walter I. Balane on May 1 2012 7:05 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/30 April) – Stakeholders of the Bukidnon sugar industry is scheduled to sign on Labor Day a voluntary code of conduct for the elimination of child labor in… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on April 30 2012 9:01 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/29 April) – “Heaven and earth.” Adelaida Segumpan, Kilusang Mayong Uno (KMU) regional spokesperson said the disparity between the daily minimum wage rate and the estimated cost of… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 22 2012 1:10 pm
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur (MindaNews/21 April) – A support group for indigenous peoples (IPs) is calling for support to “multi-stakeholder action and calls to cease provocations and de-escalate the situation”… »
By Walter I. Balane on April 20 2012 7:00 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/19 April) – A team from the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) regional office in Cagayan de Oro is investigating the death of Dao, San Fernando village chief… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on April 19 2012 8:16 am
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/18 April) – Are the internally displaced persons (IDPs, or “bakwits”) from Agusan del Norte’s hinterland areas who sought refuge in this city to avoid being caught in… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on April 15 2012 10:29 pm
BALABAG, Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur (MindaNews/15 April) — The Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) on Friday passed an “urgent” resolution asking the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) to immediately… »
By H. Marcos C. Mordeno on March 31 2012 9:15 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/30 March) – President Aquino should dismantle all state-backed paramilitary groups along with private armies ahead of next year’s elections, the New York-based Human Rights Watch today said.… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 24 2012 11:59 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/23 March)—A brewing rift between the military and a tribal community in the coal-rich town of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato was averted after the parties patched things up… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on March 23 2012 8:38 am
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/22 March) – Some 100 families or 425 evacuees in Agusan del Norte yesterday started a camp-in protest in the provincial capitol to demand a complete stop to… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on March 11 2012 1:52 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/10 March 2012) — Indigenous People (IP) of the Higaonon tribe from the 13 barangays here and tribal leaders of Bukidnon together with the Manobo tribe… »
By Walter I. Balane on March 10 2012 8:03 am
SONGCO, Lantapan, Bukidnon (MindaNews/09 March) – Representatives of eight Moro tribes and most of the Lumad or non-Islamized tribes in Mindanao yesterday signed a five-point kinship covenant in a gathering… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 25 2012 7:38 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 February) – Authorities filed this week murder complaints against Jimmy Ato, who was arrested almost two months ago in Arakan town in North Cotabato, and three others,… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on February 24 2012 6:50 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/23 February) – The provincial government of South Cotabato has linked up with a local non-government organization to help provide cheaper medicine packages for various surgical and… »
By Roel Catoto on February 2 2012 6:05 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/1 Feb) – Freelance sex workers are dramatically growing in number in Surigao City, leading to an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2011 compared to the… »
By Mindanews on January 18 2012 8:50 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 January) — Police whisked off Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie to the airport around noon yesterday for his flight back to Sulu based on the court order issued by… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on January 16 2012 9:37 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 January) – Police and military intelligence operatives arrested early Saturday human rights defender Temogen “Cocoy” Tulawie who was implicated in the May 13, 2009 bombing in Patikul,… »
By Walter I. Balane on January 15 2012 8:13 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/14 January) – Members of the Bukidnon-Tagoloan tribe today held a ritual symbolizing their recovery of a spring along the Sawaga River bank, which their ancestors had used… »
By Roel Catoto on January 14 2012 7:50 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/13 January) — Break time is protest time. Since Monday, workers of the Pacific Cement Philippines Incorporated have been spending their breaks not in the canteen for snacks… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 4 2012 8:29 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 3 Jan) – Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from Northern Mindanao (Region 10) have returned the warrant of arrest to the Regional Trial… »
By Mindanews on January 1 2012 4:18 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 January) – Kidapawan Bishop Romulo dela Cruz is “not prepared to dismiss and make light of the results of the work of the NBI-PNP-Department of Justice Team”… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on December 31 2011 11:23 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/31 December) — Fearing for his life and his family’s, the brother of the primary suspect in the killing of Italian missionary in North Cotabato, sought the help… »
By Froilan Gallardo on December 31 2011 8:27 am
NBI agents take off the handcuffs from Jimmy Ato, alleged gunman in the killing of Italian missionary Fr. Fausto Tentorio, at the NBI regional office in Cagayan de Oro City… »
By Froilan Gallardo on December 30 2011 8:47 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/29 Dec) – Posing as mining prospectors, National Bureau of Investigation agents went to a hinterland village in Arakan, North Cotabato and arrested this morning the… »
By Roel Catoto on December 7 2011 11:21 pm
CLAVER, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/07 December) — Who wouldn’t want to live around rolling hills set against the backdrop of a scenic coastline? Definitely not the Mamanwa tribe residing in… »
By Keith Bacongco on December 5 2011 8:38 am
MARAMAG, Bukidnon (MindaNews/04 December) – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of South Bukidnon believes it can meet its target to distribute the lands covered by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform… »
By Keith Bacongco on December 3 2011 11:27 pm
MARAMAG, Bukidnon (MindaNews/03 December) – Gonzalo Pinuti held his hammer tight as he detached the barbed wire from a fence of a former cattle ranch amid the blistering heat of the sun. With help from a fellow farmer, it took him about five minutes to detach the barbed wires and put down three wooden posts and let his colleagues enter the ranch with carpentry tools, round timber and tents for their temporary shelter.
By Mindanews on December 1 2011 9:33 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/1 Dec) – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will probe anew the extrajudicial killings in the city that linked possible involvement of local officials and the police… »
By Vanessa L. Almeda on November 28 2011 8:31 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/27 Nov) – Members of the Mamanwa tribe in Agusan del Norte and some parts of Surigao del Norte appealed to the city government to implement the law… »
By Cong Corrales on November 12 2011 8:28 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/11 November) — The embattled junior police officers who claimed they were mauled inside a camp by their own senior non-commissioned officers said they will file… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on October 27 2011 10:05 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/26 October) – Father Fausto Tentorio disliked ceremonies, especially those that drew attention to himself, and if he were alive, Kidapawan Bishop Romulo dela Cruz said as he… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on October 25 2011 6:32 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/25 October) – When the 39-year Italian missionary Fr. Tullio Favali was gunned down by a paramilitary group on April 11, 1985, the 33-year old Fr. Fausto Tentorio… »
