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… »
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.… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on May 15 2013 11:55 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) – South Cotabato Rep. Daisy Avance-Fuentes (second district) is leading the gubernatorial race based on the partial and official results released by the Commission… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 12 2013 4:20 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – Government troops have intensified their security operations in several upland villages of Tampakan town in South Cotabato following the reported movements of… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 8 2013 1:25 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in nearby Polomolok town in South Cotabato has belied reports that a local political camp has allegedly… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 7 2013 1:10 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 May) — Except for a few technical problems, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the ongoing final testing and sealing of the precinct count optical scan… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 6 2013 5:16 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 6 May) – The daily rotating outages here and parts of nearby South Cotabato and Sarangani provinces are now down just two hours as the… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 2 2013 6:26 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/2 April)– The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Region 12 warned local politicians on Tuesday to properly comply with all election laws and rules to avoid facing… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on April 2 2013 6:18 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/2 April)– The local governments of South Cotabato and Koronadal City have asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to exempt their emergency financial assistance programs from the… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 26 2013 6:44 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/26 March)– This city and parts of nearby South Cotabato and Sarangani provinces could save up to 5.4 megawatts (MW) of electricity if about 20 percent of… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 26 2013 6:26 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/26 March) — Jail authorities have temporarily shut down the South Cotabato Detention and Rehabilitation Center to visitors following a supposed attempt by a visiting minor to… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 22 2013 4:32 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/22 March)—The communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels’attack on a police outpost in T’boli, South Cotabato last Wednesday was intended as a “punitive action” for the presence of… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 20 2013 10:08 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) – The national government is planning to acquire and deploy modular generator sets here and in other key cities to help offset the… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 20 2013 9:31 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) – Unidentified heavily armed men launched separate attacks in different parts of Region 12 on Wednesday, leaving one person wounded, officials said. Col. Dickson… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 13 2013 5:51 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 March) — Calling it an effective strategy in educating local voters, Catholic Church leaders are adopting the controversial “Team Patay-Team Buhay” campaign of the Diocese of… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 11 2013 6:48 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) – The detailed design and engineering studies for the proposed $806-million coal-fired power plant that would supply the needs of the controversial Tampakan… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on March 10 2013 9:14 pm
LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato (MindaNews/10 March) — A paradise lost. Seventy-five year old Sindoy Cuyan recalls how as a young T’boli girl, swimming in Lake Sebu was “pure fun,” its… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on March 8 2013 7:27 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY(MindaNews/08 March) — Anti-mining and environmental groups in South Cotabato province and the neighboring areas have started gathering around 300,000 signatures in a bid to pressure the national… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 28 2013 5:30 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/27 February) – A Canadian mining company has disclosed higher gold and silver reserve at a minefield in T’boli, South Cotabato as commercial production gears towards full stream… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on February 26 2013 8:00 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 26 Feb) – Police and environment personnel in Region 12 have launched a deeper investigation into the recovery of an estimated 8,000 board feet of… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 26 2013 4:50 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 26 February) – The Tampakan copper-gold project of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) is shaping-up as a major political issue in the May 13 local elections.… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on February 24 2013 7:55 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 February)— Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares urged Saturday the national government to order the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the local government units (LGU) to… »
By Fr. Joel Tabora SJ on February 22 2013 9:26 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 Feb) — I thought the country was looking for a way of doing responsible mining. And that the Aquino administration was serious in pursuing this. There are… »
By Press Release on February 21 2013 12:58 am
News Release February 20, 2013 SMI’s ECC approval will ignite fiercer resistance - BAYAN General Santos City, Philippines – In a press conference held here Wednesday morning, the regional militant… »
By Press Release on February 20 2013 10:32 pm
PRESS RELEASE February 20, 2013 Reference: Cong. Neri Colmenares 09178350459 The issuance of ECC to the Sagittarius Mining shows PNoy, callous to the Mindanao People’s situation Bayan Muna condemns the… »
By Press Release on February 20 2013 10:31 pm
Press Statement February 20, 2013 Reference: Cristina “Tinay” Palabay, Secretary General, 0917-3162831 Angge Santos, Media Liaison, 0918-9790580 ECC to SMI-XStrata a green light to more HRVs –Karapatan http://www.karapatan.org/node/689 Karapatan… »
By Statement on February 20 2013 10:28 pm
LRC KsK Statement (19 February 2013)
By Press Release on February 20 2013 10:23 pm
Philippine Movement for Climate Justice34 Matiyaga St. Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City 1100 Metro Manila, PhilippinesPhone: +63.2.925.3036 Website: www.climatejustice.ph |Email Address: pmcj2012.sec@gmail.com PressRelease February 19, 2013 Groups… »
By Statement on February 20 2013 10:23 pm
Statement February 20, 2013 Alyansa Tigil Mina strongly condemns, argues environment permit issuance to SMI-Xstrata Mines Manila—Alyansa Tigil Mina strongly condemns and questions the issuance of a conditional environmental… »
By Press Release on February 20 2013 10:21 pm
NEWS RELEASE February 19, 2013 Faith-based group slams issuance of ECC to SMI: ‘Sa tuwid na daan, ipapatag ba ang mga bundok?’ Leaders of the church-based group Philippine-Misereor Partnership Incorporated… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 20 2013 5:46 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato rallied behind the provincial environment code that bans open pit mining method as the local Catholic Church urged the… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on February 20 2013 5:45 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 20 Feb) – The issuance of a conditional environmental compliance certificate (ECC) to foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc. (SMI) does not guarantee that the company would… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 19 2013 8:46 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/19 February)—Castigating Environment Secretary Ramon Paje for flip-flopping on the agency’s decision to now give foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. an environmental compliance certificate (ECC), South Cotabato Gov. Arthur… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 17 2013 10:48 pm
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/17 February)—The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will file a case against the soldiers involved in the operations that resulted to the death of three civilians last October… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on February 8 2013 6:51 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/7 February)– The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 12 is pushing for the development of two unique caves in the region into prime… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on February 3 2013 11:27 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/2 February)—At least 50 individuals, mostly women and children, have fled the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. for fear of the growing militarization in the… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on January 31 2013 6:49 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 January) – Another member of a tribal clan opposing the Tampakan copper-gold project of Sagittarius Mines, Inc. was killed in an alleged encounter with the military. Capt.… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 24 2013 9:56 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/24 January) — After almost three months of delay, a foreign conservation group has resumed its field studies on tarsiers in the mountains of South Cotabato after… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on January 24 2013 7:09 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/23 Jan) – The proposed $5.9-billion Tampakan copper-gold project of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. continues to suffer a setback locally after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato stood… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 24 2013 2:33 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 23 Jan) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 12 is pushing for the creation of a special regional body that… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 19 2013 7:04 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 18 January) — Health authorities in South Cotabato province confirmed Friday the death late last month of another human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patient in nearby Koronadal… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on January 18 2013 7:00 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 17 Jan) – The military here confirmed ongoing military operations near the boundary of South Cotabato and Cotabato provinces that could include areas near the… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on January 17 2013 7:02 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/16 January) – A large number of soldiers were deployed Tuesday under cover of darkness in the mines development site of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc., which a wanted… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on January 11 2013 12:00 am
In Region 12, quality of life better in South Cotabato KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/ 10 January)—Quality of life is better for people living in South Cotabato than the three other provinces… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 10 2013 11:58 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 January) — Police authorities are closely watching the political developments in two mining towns and a remote village in South Cotabato province due to the possible… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on January 7 2013 11:14 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/07 January) – Nineteen villages here and in nearby South Cotabato province were submerged in floodwaters as several rivers and irrigation channels swelled anew late on Sunday… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on December 18 2012 10:11 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/18 December)– Intelligence operatives in South Cotabato province have identified at least 10 personalities as allegedly behind the rampant illegal “banlas” or sluice mining activities in the… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on November 12 2012 2:57 pm
Last of two parts TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato (MindaNews/12 Nov) —Potentially the largest foreign direct investment in the Philippines, the $5.9 billion Tampakan mining project faces two major challenges: the ban… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on November 11 2012 8:21 pm
1st of two parts TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato (MindaNews/11 Nov) — How huge is the proposed open pit mine that will gouge out a mountain here to extract 17.9 million ounces… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on November 6 2012 2:53 pm
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/06 November) — The provincial government of South Cotabato plans to open by early next year the province’s first production hub for engineered bamboo products in nearby… »
