Families of media victims seek UN support

NEW YORK (MindaNews/09 September) — The families of the media victims in the Nov. 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao province have asked the United Nations to help them achieve… »

P-Noy absent in Mindanao biz confab

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/4 Aug) – President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, who was supposed to keynote the 21st Mindanao Business Conference Saturday, did not set foot in this city. Joseph Omar… »

63 fishermen from Agusan town rescued

BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte  (MindaNews/01 August) – Sixty-three fishermen from the town of Buenavista in Agusan del Norte were rescued after huge waves swept them off their pumpboats on Butuan… »

PEOPLE’S MARCH.

PEOPLE’S MARCH. Militant groups march along Bankerohan Bridge in Davao City en route to the Freedom Park along Roxas Avenue Monday afternoon, (July 23)  for a rally on the “real… »

Hero’s welcome still awaits Pacquiao

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 June) — Despite losing his welterweight title in Sunday’s controversial match in Las Vegas, a hero’s welcome still awaits boxing sensation and Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao… »

Green Economy: Does it include Mindanao?

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 June) –  A Mindanao Economy and Environment Summit will be held next week in time for the June 5 celebration of World Environment Day whose theme this… »

Sweet 16

Volunteers from Balay Mindanaw, on the occasion of the group’s 16th anniversary, help build homes for Sendong survivors in Barangay Indahag in Cagayan de Oro City on 8 May 2012.… »

Tension grips Red Mountain anew as Mamanwas take over minesite

KM. 90,  Surigao del Sur (MindaNews/06 May) – Tension has gripped another mining company here as at least a hundred members of the Mamanwa tribe have taken over the minesite… »

CHR-ARMM

CHR-ARMM. Atty. Laisa Alamia (left), Director of the newly-created Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) takes her oath before CHR chair Etta Rosales… »

Proletarian Ride

PROLETARIAN RIDE. Workers riding on motorcycles celebrate May 1 Labor Day in Davao City on May 1, 2012. The workers are demanding a P125 increase on their daily wages. MindaNews… »

Malaybalay passes resolution stopping expansion of agri plantations

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 April) – The Malaybalay city council has passed a resolution imposing a moratorium on the expansion of agricultural plantations citing environmental and agricultural concerns. City Councilor Anthony… »

Barangay chair asks: “What road rehab?”

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 Feb) –   Residents of barangays identified as beneficiaries of former President Arroyo’s farm-to-market road projects in 2008 want to know if these  projects were indeed implemented as… »

CDO’s Bishop Ledesma hits City Hall over hydraulic mining

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/14 February) – Archbishop Antonio Ledesma reprimanded City Hall officials for maintaining a “business as usual” attitude on the destructive hydraulic mining in the hinterland villages… »

Troops seize bomb-making materials in Zambo City

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/08 February) – Combined military and police personnel out to serve a warrant of arrest against wanted persons instead seized bomb-making materials in an island east of this… »

Kagay-anons commemorate 40th day since Sendong

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/26 January) – More than 7,000 residents here gathered on top of the Kagay-an Bridge Wednesday night lighting candles and listening to the tales of the… »

Camera-toting priest from Mindanao awarded Ninoy and Cory Aquino Fellowship

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/07 December) — For giving voice to the minority Mindanaoans through video documentaries, courageously exposing truth in the name of justice and peace, and inspiring others through his… »

COMMENT: A Dangerous, Costly Game (Part II: Two Reports)

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/8 Nov) – With exception of few references to reports from Luwaran, the MILF official website, and to statements of top MILF officials, reports in national media… »

New type of bomb used in Sangali

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/29 October) – The improvised bombs that exploded or were detonated this week in Barangay Sangali here this week were new types of explosives, an expert said. A… »

13 Bukidnon villages in ILO child labor program

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/28 October) – Thirteen barangays in two cities and two towns in Bukidnon have been identified  for the International Labor Organization-funded child protection program starting November, Arsenio Alagenio,… »

300 gold tunnels ordered closed in South Cotabato

M24tunnels KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/24 October) — The provincial government of South Cotabato has served the closure order affecting at least 300 gold tunnels in the gold-rush town of T’boli, an… »

SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: IHL and cyber warfare (Second of two parts)

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 August) – Yesterday, this column shared the transcript of an interview with Cordula Droege, a legal expert at the International Committee of the Red Cross. The interview… »

Car bomb case now with Task Force EGO

TACURONG CITY (MindaNews/18 August) –  The search for the person who bought the white KIA Avella car that was laden with bomb and exploded just as the convoy of Maguindanao… »

Kadayawan Motocross

Ace rider Bornok Mangosong performs a “no hander” trick as he crosses the finish line during the Kadayawan Motocross Race on Sunday, 14 August 2011 at the Crocodile Park Complex… »

Grand Kanduli

GRAND KANDULI. The earlier announcement was State of the Province Address  but Friday’s even turned out to be a Grand Kanduli n celebration of what Maguindanao Governor Esmael Mangudadatu claimed… »

BJMP negotiating release of colleagues held hostage by NPA

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/23 July) – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology has approached different personalities, including a local official in Quezon town and a priest from the Diocese of… »

Bankerohan: Beans Vendor

BEANS. Jean Octavio cuts Baguio beans with a sharp razor at the Bagsakan Center in Bankerohan, Davao City on Tuesday, July 19, 2011. She sells the beans for P25 a… »

NPAs rescue inmate from BJMP custody in Bukidnon, hostage 4 jail personnel

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 July) – New People’s Army rebels rescued one of their comrades in a daring raid in Bukidnon at dawn today and also took as hostage four personnel… »

Threatened

THREATENED Dietmar Schug, country director of the Committee of German Directors spoke to a group of lumad women during the graduation rites of a health and nutrition training held in… »

Lake Mainit

LAKE MAINIT. A fisherman prepares to sail in in Lake Mainit in Jabonga town in Agusan del Norte. Lake Mainit is the fourth largest lake in the country. MindaNews photo… »

70 victims of trafficking rescued in Zambo

ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/19 June) – At least 70 victims of  trafficking, 30 of them women, were rescued here from June 13 to 17. On Friday, a combined police and military… »

After 2 years, justice remains elusive for slain farmer-leader

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/13 June) – Two years after his death, justice has remained elusive for a farmer-leader in Sumilao, Bukidnon who helped organized a march from the province to Manila… »

Chinese couple implicated in marine products smuggling in hiding

ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/10 June) – The Chinese couple suspected of smuggling black corals and stuffed turtles have gone into hiding, a police official said Thursday. The couple was also identified… »

2009 Calendar

  MINDANAO 2009 Calendar. Now on sale at P200 per copy (postage not included). Email your orders now at calendar at mindanews.com; call (082) 2974360; text 09285517750. The Mindanao 2009… »

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IN MEMORY OF. Families of some of the victims of the Nov. 23 Ampatuan Massacre visit their loved ones at the Forrest Lake memorial park in General Santos City on… »

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