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Mamanwa ‘bakwits’ come home
By Roel Catoto on June 24 2011 8:04 am
ZAPANTA VALLEY, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte (MindaNews/23 June) – Mamanwa “bakwits,” or internally displaced persons, returned to their homes in this hinterland part of Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte last Wednesday,… »
212 villagers flee after NPA-AFP clashes in NorthCot
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on June 15 2011 7:09 am
MAKILALA, North Cotabato (MindaNews/14 June) – At least 212 villagers, mostly women and children, from a remote area in this town evacuated to safer places after elements of the Army’s… »
Bayan Muna rep asks Surigao mayor to help Mamanwa evacuees
By Roel Catoto on June 15 2011 7:08 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/14 June) – Bayan Muna Partylist Rep. Teddy A. Casiño appealed last week to City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas to assist the Mamanwa evacuees who have been camping… »
Surigao City mayor to send Mamanwa ‘bakwits’ home
By Roel Catoto on June 9 2011 12:46 am
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/08 June) – Facing pressure from some residents, City Mayor Ernesto Matugas assured that Mamanwas who fled their homes in a village in Kitcharao town, Agusan del Norte… »
Aid to bakwits has reached P1.2-B
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 8 2011 7:52 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/07 May) — Assistance to internally displaced persons, or bakwits, due to the armed conflict between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has reached a… »
Displaced Kabacan residents return home
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on February 15 2011 5:22 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/14 February) — At least 96 families displaced by more than a month of armed fighting between two warring Moro clans in Barangay Nangaan in Kabacan town returned… »
Houses burn, thousands flee as MNLF, MILF clash in Kabacan
By Froilan Gallardo on February 11 2011 7:18 am
KABACAN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/10 February) — From the top of a hill, Sittie Tagigaya saw the houses in her village, Barangay Nangaan in Kabacan town, burn as the sound of the gun battle echoed along the Pulangi River last Wednesday. “The smoke was thick across the sky. It was very terrifying,” Tagigaya narrated.
The bakwits of Mindalano: finally, a roof over their heads
By Violeta M. Gloria on December 23 2010 9:56 am
MINDALANO, Salvador, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews/22 December) – Two-year old Norhanif was a picture of serenity as he slept in a hammock fashioned out of a malong (multipurpose tube-like clothing)… »
Fast food chains back UN anti-hunger program for children in Mindanao's conflict-affected areas
By Bong S. Sarmiento on December 7 2010 6:41 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 December) — Fill your hunger and ease a child’s empty stomach this holiday season. Eating at Pizza Hut and Taco Bell branches in the country will… »
Land feud sparks clash in Pikit
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on December 5 2010 8:27 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/05 December) – A land dispute has led to an armed clash between members of the Civilian Volunteers Organization and suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels in… »
MILF: IMT can stay 'til Feb. 28; Peace groups say panels should meet now
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on December 5 2010 5:45 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 December) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has announced it will “interpose no objection” to the Philippine government’s request for a three-month extension of the tour… »
Rep. Rodriguez files bill penalizing 'war profiteers'
By Mindanews on November 6 2010 10:16 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/05 November) – “War profiteers” taking advantage of relief goods for internally displaced persons (IDPs) face between six and 12 years of imprisonment under House Bill 48 filed… »
KC visits Datu Salibo the second time as WFP's ambassador vs hunger
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on October 12 2010 8:51 pm
DATU SALIBO, Maguindanao (MindaNews/12 October) - Unmindful of the ankle-deep floodwaters that greeted her arrival at the Pagatin Elementary School, actress KC Concepcion yesterday led a feeding program for children… »
Bakwits to get "guaranteed employment" in gov't project for 100 days a year
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on September 22 2010 11:34 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/21 September) — Internally displaced persons, more popularly known as “bakwits,” will be entitled to a hundred day “guaranteed employment” in a government project every year, Presidential Adviser… »
Bakwits spend 10th Ramadan in evacuation center
By Keith Bacongco on September 6 2010 1:30 pm
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao (MindaNews/05 September) – Around 150 evacuees who have not returned home since the “all-out war” waged by then President Joseph Estrada, have been observing Ramadan at the evacuation… »
Pres. Roxas ‘bakwits’ refuse to go home
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on September 4 2010 1:14 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/03 September) — Displaced families from Barangay Salat in President Roxas, site of the recent armed fighting between warring Moro groups, have refused to return home for fear… »
