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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 Apr) – "We should stop blaming and start working on what can be improved," the president of a mountaineers’ federation said amidst a plan by environment and tourism officials to ban a climbers’ group from Mt. Apo.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 Apr) -- The Mindanao Economic Development Council announced the inclusion of the airports in General Santos and Puerto Princesa cities among areas where airlines in the BIMP-EAGA sub-region can bring both cargo and passengers.

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/23 April) -- Authorities have stepped up security measures here as the United States issued an advisory warning its citizens against traveling to this city for the annual Palarong Pambansa.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/23 Apr) – One was killed and more than 30 other jeepney passengers were seriously injured when the vehicle lost its brakes and turned upside down along a blind curve along Kilometer 114 in Barangay Paco, this city 1 p.m. Sunday.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 Apr) – The Mt. Apo Range Natural Park Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) will ban the mountaineering group Mindanao Alliance Mountaineering Club (MALMOC) from Mt. Apo, an environment official said.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 Apr) – An important local government report could have been a good tool for voters to assess if incumbent officials are worthy of reelection, an interior and local government official said.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 Apr) -- National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales cancelled a security briefing among government heads here in the last minute.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 April) – “Road safety is no accident.” This is the theme of the First United Nations’ Global Road Safety Week on April 23 to 29. The holding of a week devoted to road safety was decided upon in a resolution of the  United Nations General Assembly in October 2005.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/22 April) -- Police and military authorities arrested two suspects who are believed to have been behind the morning blast in Midsayap, North Cotabato Sunday.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 April) -- Travel advisories issued by the American and Australian governments have some basis but threats of terror attacks are isolated cases and do not represent the general picture of the security situation in Mindanao, a military official said.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 April) – Gone are the days when writing a candidate’s name on condoms could spell his or her defeat. At least this is what a nationwide survey conducted in March by Pulse Asia showed.

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/20 April) -- Non-government organizations and private companies based in South Cotabato joined hands with the provincial government in launching a comprehensive nutrition program aimed at reducing significantly cases of malnutrition in several parts of the province.

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/19 April) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the provincial  government of South Cotabato have allocated some P16.8 million for the implementation of "food security projects" in Koronadal City and three other municipalities in South Cotabato.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 April) -- The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said it can release results of the probe on the March 31 killing of nine-year old Grecil of New Bataan, Compostela Valley,  only next week as its investigation suffered several constraints, including continued military operations in the area.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 April) –  Cagayan de Oro is getting more Information  and Technology (IT) business because it has more support from the local government unit than Davao City’s IT has from its own, an executive of one of Davao's two call centers said.

TULUNAN, North Cotabato (MindaNews/18 April) -- The remains of villagers who were killed during a vehicular accident in Matalam town on April 10 will be buried on Saturday behind the San Vicente Ferrer chapel in Barangay Banayal.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 April) -- The United Nations Children's Fund and the Moro National Liberation Front signed on Saturday an agreement that seeks to realize “extra-ordinary efforts and projects” for women and children in conflict-affected and inaccessible areas, the separatist group announced in its website.

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 April) – Allocations for foreign debt servicing must be reduced and those for poverty reduction increased to alleviate the living conditions of poor Filipinos, the partylist group Assalam said.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/14 April) – A group of indigenous peoples in Southwestern Mindanao has asked the government to remove Janet Serrano as commissioner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples for alleged misrepresentation.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / April 13) – "We are ready to apologize."
This was the curt message of Brig. Gen. Carlos Holganza on the death of nine-
year old girl Grecil Buya, eldest daughter of Virginia Buya and Gregorio Galacio, during an encounter between government forces and the New People’s Army in Purok 6, Barangay Kahayag, New Bataan, Compostela Valley.

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / April 13) - Ceasefire and peace negotiations would be up for the national government to decide, military officials said a day after Davao bishops called for a ceasefire and a return to the negotiating table with the communist rebels. 

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / April 13) – The Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE) will launch a new education module on labor relations here next week,
a regional labor official said.