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NBI witness in Fr. Tentorio’s killing said he wasn’t there, only forced to sign affidavit
By Keith Bacongco on May 22 2013 9:39 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) – The National Bureau of Investigation’s witness to the killing of Italian missionary Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, who was parish priest of Arakan, North Cotabato… »
Zubiri’s bets win all but 4 mayoral races in Bukidnon
By Walter I. Balane on May 22 2013 6:51 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) – The Zubiri-led Bukidnon Paglaum Party (BPP) dominated the winners for mayor in the province’s 20 municipalities and two cities except in four towns.… »
SouthCot LGU employees engaged in partisan politics to face charges
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 22 2013 2:22 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) – Five department heads and several other career rank-and-file employees of the provincial government of South Cotabato are set to face administrative charges… »
GenSan’s Brigada Eskwela gets P5M boost
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 22 2013 2:20 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) – The ongoing Brigada Eskwela here has received a major boost with the release of some P5-million worth of assistance from the first… »
DSWD staff, boat captain abducted in Basilan
By Mindanews on May 22 2013 2:15 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) – Gunmen suspected to be Abu Sayyaf bandits seized a social worker in Basilan Wednesday, a day after the abduction of a fishing boat… »
50 people in GenSan with full-blown AIDS – official
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 21 2013 6:34 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 May) — Around 50 residents in this city have been confirmed to be suffering from full-blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and more cases could be… »
Davao biz groups ask BIR to extend receipts expiry
By Mindanews on May 21 2013 6:30 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 May) — Six business groups have asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to extend the expiration date of existing official receipts, sales invoices and other commercial… »
Voting assistors: Helping PWDs or manipulating votes?
By Vera Files on May 21 2013 5:29 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/21 May) — An abnormally high concentration of supposed persons with disabilities (PWD) voting in a single barangay sounded the alarm for volunteers of the Zamboanga City chapter… »
SouthCot Rep. Fuentes favors postponing barangay polls
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 21 2013 4:50 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 May) — Saying the country is still reeling from “fatigue” brought by the May 13 elections, South Cotabato (2nd District) Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuentes expressed support on… »
Comics series on Bukidnon tribe out
By Walter I. Balane on May 21 2013 4:45 pm
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… »
Region 12 still top coffee producer in PH
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 21 2013 4:41 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/21 May) — Despite decreasing production, Region 12 or Soccsksargen region remained as the top coffee producer in the country last year, Department of Agriculture (DA) officials said.… »
Murad says victory of PNoy’s party is victory for the peace process; MILF to set up political party this year
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 20 2013 8:48 pm
DARAPANAN, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao (MindaNews/20 May) – The victory of the President’s party in last week’s elections is victory for the peace process, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chair of the… »
ARMM’s Hataman vows to lower poverty incidence to “single-digit during our term”
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 20 2013 8:38 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/20 May) – OIC Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), recently proclaimed winner in the ARMM gubernatorial race, has vowed to lower the… »
Barangay official killed in front of family
By Mindanews on May 20 2013 8:32 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/20 May) – A barangay official known as a staunch supporter of a defeated mayoralty aspirant was killed Sunday in front of his family members in Dinas, Zamboanga… »
PCG rescues vessel in distress off Palawan
By Mindanews on May 20 2013 8:25 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/20 May) – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued on Saturday a wooden-hulled ferry loaded with 78 people, including 20 children, in distress off Palawan, a PCG official said.… »
Endorsement for Tampakan project under new SouthCot execs unlikely
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 20 2013 3:50 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/20 May)— The ban on open pit mining in South Cotabato will remain a major stumbling block to the effort of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) to operate… »
Rep. Acharon to push GenSan as separate congressional district
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 20 2013 3:35 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 May) — The re-filing of a bill that seeks the separation of this city into a new congressional or legislative district will be the top priority… »
DSWD to open first water purifying station in Isulan
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 20 2013 3:28 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 May) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to open the country’s first-ever community-owned water purifying station in a remote village in… »
Still all in the family: 16 of 26 govs reelected; 12 provinces elect exec-legislative family teams
By Mindanews on May 19 2013 6:36 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 May) – Sixteen of 26 governors in Mindanao were reelected while 12 provinces elected members of the same families to both executive and legislative posts: three father… »
Priorities of Zambo City’s new mayor-elect: solve brownouts, criminality
By Mindanews on May 19 2013 2:43 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/19 May) – House Deputy Speaker for Mindanao Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar, now mayor-elect of this city, said the worsening power situation and peace and order will be among … »
‘Dragon Slayer’ ‘Kaka’ Bag-ao punches hole to Ecleo dynasty
By Vanessa L. Almeda on May 18 2013 5:05 pm
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/18 May)–Dubbed by the local media as the “Dragon Slayer,” Akbayan Rep. Arlene “Kaka” Bag-ao finally punched a hole to the well-entrenched political dynasty of the Ecleos, a… »
24-hour intermittent brownout hits Cotabato province
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 18 2013 12:15 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – A power outage totaling 24 hours hit the area serviced by the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) starting 11 p.m. Thursday, with an official saying the… »
Piñol flips, files electoral protest in Cotabato
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 18 2013 10:48 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May) – Two days after conceding defeat to incumbent Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza, former Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Piñol filed a protest before the Provincial Board of Canvassers… »
Soldier, 2 NPAs killed in Surigao Norte clash
By Erwin Mascariñas on May 18 2013 8:19 am
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/18 May)– A soldier and two alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed in a series of clashes in the hinterlands of Claver in Surigao… »
Zubiri, Calingasan proclaimed Bukidnon top execs
By Walter I. Balane on May 17 2013 8:13 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 May) – The Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBOC) in Bukidnon proclaimed governor-elect Jose Ma. Zubiri Jr. and vice governor-elect Alex Calingasan before 5 p.m. Friday, four days… »
Bambi Emano wins Misamis Oriental gubernatorial race
By Froilan Gallardo on May 17 2013 4:51 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/17 May)—The father had fallen, but not the son. Rep. Yevgeny Vicente “Bambi” Emano was proclaimed the winner of the gubernatorial race in Misamis Oriental. The… »
Ecleo daughter accepts mother defeated her
By Vanessa L. Almeda on May 17 2013 12:17 pm
SAN JOSE, DINAGAT ISLANDS (MindaNews/17 May)–Geraldine “Jade” Ecleo, who lost to her reelectionist mother Glenda in the tightly contested gubernatorial race, will not contest the outcome of the elections although… »
Rotational brownouts back in Zambo
By Mindanews on May 17 2013 11:20 am
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/17 May) –Electric consumers here will again experience daily rotational brownouts lasting three to four hours after enjoying an uninterrupted power service in the past few days due… »
2 MILF members hurt in clash with MNLF in NorthCot town
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 17 2013 11:16 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/17 May) – Two members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) were wounded after they engaged anew in a running gun battle with elements of the Moro… »
Mangudadatu rallies people behind “CHEAT Maguindanao”
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 16 2013 11:29 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/16 May) – Cheat? No, it’s CHEAT. Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu denied allegations his team resorted to election irregularities in last Monday’s elections and rallied his people behind… »
2010 question hounds Maguindanao’s elected in 2013: where to hold office?
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 16 2013 11:28 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/16 May) – “Kung saan safe ang mamumuno” (where the leaders are safe). This was Maguindanao governor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu’s response when asked Monday night at his proclamation… »
Ecleos still dominate Dinagat politics
By Vanessa L. Almeda on May 16 2013 5:35 pm
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands (MindaNews/16 May) — Despite having one family member lose the race for Dinagat Islands’ lone congressional district, the Ecleo family has remained the dominant political force… »
Fuentes wins South Cotabato gubernatorial race
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 16 2013 5:04 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/16 May)—South Cotabato Rep. Daisy Avance Fuentes (second district) won the hotly contested gubernatorial race, returning to the post she held for nine years, from 2001 to 2010.… »
No proclamation yet of councilors for Davao City 2nd district
By Mindanews on May 16 2013 5:00 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 May) — The City Board of Canvassers (CBOC) has yet to proclaim the elected councilors for the second district pending the transmission of results from the remaining… »
Former radio broadcasters win city council, prov’l board seats
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 16 2013 3:26 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 May) — Three former local media practitioners, all of them women, have secured seats in the legislative bodies here and in nearby Koronadal City and South… »
Valencia City ex-mayor Galario regains post
By Walter I. Balane on May 16 2013 3:21 pm
VALENCIA CITY (MindaNews/16 May) — After losing in 2007 and 2010, former mayor Jose M. Galario Jr. has regained his old post from two-termer Leandro Jose Catarata, candidate of the… »
Brownouts back in NorthCot Friday
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on May 16 2013 3:00 pm
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 May) — With the elections over, North Cotabato will again experience power outages starting Friday, an official of the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco) said. Cotelco general manager… »
Mangudadatu’s proclamation as reelected Maguindanao governor: shades of 2013 in 2010
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 16 2013 7:49 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/16 May) – Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu rode a Simba armored personnel carrier, escorted by a military convoy, to his proclamation as Governor of Maguindanao on May 15, 2010… »
Jalosjos brothers lose in Sibugay polls
By Paulnezar Tadle Lontua on May 15 2013 10:04 pm
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (MindaNews / 15 May) – A major upset loss struck the Jalosjos camp in Zamboanga Sibugay after the Liberal Party’s (LP) candidates for governor and second congressional… »
Mangudadatus, Sinsuat arrive for proclamation
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 15 2013 6:32 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu arrived at the venue of the provincial canvassing here at 5:15 p.m. to await his proclamation as winner of the gubernatorial… »
Poor communications signal in Lanao Sur slows down transmission of results
By Froilan Gallardo on May 15 2013 6:00 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The transmittal of results for the senatorial lineup from Lanao del Sur to Manila has lagged since Tuesday due to poor communications signal… »
Mangudadatu leads in count from 32 of 36 Maguindanao towns
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on May 15 2013 3:19 pm
UPDATED COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu is expected to be proclaimed winner of the Maguindanao gubernatorial race against lone opponent Sultan Kudarat mayor Datu… »
Mangudadatu leads Sultan Kudarat gubernatorial race
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 15 2013 3:15 pm
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 15 May) – Reelectionist Gov. Suharto Mangudadatu is widely leading the gubernatorial race here. And if he wins, this will make his family dominate the… »
Zambo City poll winners proclaimed
By Mindanews on May 15 2013 3:10 pm
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The City Board of Canvassers (CBOC) has partially proclaimed late Tuesday the winners of the local election here. They are mostly from the… »
Lumad families dominate Malaybalay’s city council
By Walter I. Balane on May 15 2013 3:01 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – A total of six of the 10 candidates in the winning circle for city councilor here can be traced to Lumad families, specifically… »
Darlene blames brownouts for upset loss
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 15 2013 2:41 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – Incumbent Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio has blamed the prolonged brownouts here in the past months and the public’s “unfounded” perception that the city… »
Moreno defeats incumbent Emano in CDO
By Froilan Gallardo on May 15 2013 2:01 pm
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – A combination of community issues centered on his handling of the Typhoon Sendong relief efforts ended the magic of Mayor Vicente… »
Zubiri slate wins in Malaybalay
By Walter I. Balane on May 15 2013 12:25 pm
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The tandem of reelectionist Mayor Ignacio W. Zubiri and councilor Roland Deticio of the Bukidnon Paglaum Party-administration team won wide margins over their… »
Infant killed, mother wounded in NorthCot grenade blast
By Ferdinandh B. Cabrera on May 15 2013 12:20 pm
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – A seven-month-old baby died while her mother was wounded when a grenade lobbed at their rooftop in Kabacan, North Cotabato exploded dawn today. Supt.… »
Problematic PCOS CF cards delay Sarangani proclamation
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 15 2013 12:00 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – The proclamation of winning candidates in nearby Sarangani Province has remained pending after the transmission of election results from three municipalities were… »
