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Friday, 03 September 2010

SKYLAB RIDE. Riding a “Skylab” vehicle from the national highway in Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, to the hinterland village of Mimbahandi, some 20 kilometers away is an experience of a lifetime, especially for city dwellers. But for residents in these areas, it is the only means of transport. MindaNews photo by Bobby Timonera

NorthCot’s Pinol, 3 others demand copy of draft interim pact

by Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews
Friday, 23 April 2010 09:36
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 April) – North Cotabato Vice Governor Emmanuel Pinol, his brother, Rep. Bernard Pinol (2^nd district, North Cotabato) and two board members of the province in a letter Thursday to the Philippine government through the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), demanded “a copy of the draft of the Interim Peace Agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) which Malacanang would like to sign before the end of the term of Presidential Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.”

Iligan, N. Mindanao join Earth Day celebration

by Violeta M. Gloria/MindaNews
Friday, 23 April 2010 09:28
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/22 April) -- Environmentalists in this city and other parts of northern Mindanao joined with the rest of the world for Earth’s Day celebration with various activities.

GRP, MILF to craft interim pact in early May but ok return of ‘bakwits’ and dealing with UXOs

by Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews
Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:09
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 April) – No interim agreement was signed by the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at the end of the two-day 18^th Exploratory Talks in Kuala Lumpur Wednesday but the parties vowed to meet again in early May to “craft the interim document.”

GRP, MNLF sign MOU in Libya to continue implementing ’96 peace pact

by Carolyn O. Arguillas/MindaNews
Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:07
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 April) -- The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Tripoli, Libya to continue working on the implementation of the Final Peace Agreement of September 2, 1996, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said.

GRP needs permanent negotiators in peace talks, says Senate bet

by Rico Biliran/MindaNews
Thursday, 22 April 2010 07:04
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 April) -- The government needs a panel of “permanent negotiators” to push the peace negotiations with the Moro and communist rebels to its logical conclusion and bring lasting peace to Mindanao, a senatorial candidate under the administration party said.

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 special edition calendar, from the thelandofpromise.com photographs of Bobby Timonera, one of the editors at MindaNews, is a project of the Mindanao News and Information Cooperative Center (MNICC). The Asia Foundation provided some assistance for printing.

This section is a partnership of the Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD) and MindaNews, in cooperation with the Commission on Human Rights under its Strengthening the Human Rights Infrastructure in the Philippines Program supported by the United Nations Development Programme.