11 March 2010
ILIGAN CITY – The people of Lanao hailed the holding of the reflective dialogue here because they were enlightened of the ticklish issues to be resolved in the peace process. TAGUM CITY – All of the 421 participants who attended the “Dialogue Mindanao” at the Elena Tower would like to see a peaceful settlement to the [...]
10 March 2010
COTABATO CITY – Nine persons who were to arrange a wedding for a relative in South Cotabato died in a vehicular accident in North Cotabato. Two others were also injured in the accident that observers said was the worst in recent years along portions of the North Cotabato-Maguindanao-Sultan Kudarat-South Cotabato highway. The incident happened around 4 a.m. [...]
09 March 2010
KORONADAL, South Cotabato – Shouts can be heard all over the city as Koronadal residents protest the atrocities of the Maoist New People’s Army (NPA) in this southern city in the Philippines in a rally for democracy. Local officials led by South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance Fuentes and Koronadal Mayor Fernando Miguel together with military officials [...]
06 March 2010
COTABATO CITY – The total number of firearms seized by the local police here has risen to 36 with the number expected to increase as implementation of election gun ban intensified, police here said. Senior Superintendent Willie Dangane, city police director, said as of March 5, 30 persons have been charged for illegal possession of firearms. Among [...]
06 March 2010
Two camps of the New People’s Army (NPA) were overrun Friday by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troops after more than two hours of fighting against an estimated 70 heavily-armed communist terrorists at Sitio Panon, Barangay Baylo, Monkayo town, Compostela Valley (ComVal) province. A report received at the Davao Gulf-based AFP Eastern Mindanao Command (EasMinCom) [...]
05 March 2010
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has provided P25 million in financial assistance to finance the implementation of the development of the province’s mariculture and aqua tourism projects in Lanao del Norte province. The financial support for fishery project is a big boost to the fishing industry in that [...]
05 March 2010
BUTUAN CITY – The power shortage in Mindanao now at 820 megawatts (MW). In its latest advisory, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said that the total available capacity of 820-MW in the Mindanao grid would still be insufficient to meet the peak demand of 1,470 MW. From 498 generation deficiency on Wednesday, the additional [...]
04 March 2010
KORONADAL CITY- Indi na sundon sang Cotabato Electric Cooperative Inc., (Cotelco) ang ginapatuman nga pagbuhin sang load sang National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) sa mga lugar nga nasakupan sini. Sa isa ka emergency meeting nadesisyunan sang board members sang Cotelco nga indi na pag-utdon sang kooperatiba ang suplay sang kurente sa mga sub-station sini. Ini [...]
04 March 2010
BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Task Forces (TF) on the El Niño phenomenon of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Northern and Northeastern Mindanao regions were reactivated Wednesday to conduct mitigating measures on the dry spell that started besetting the region. Agriculturists and technical men started lining up mitigating plans at their respective DA regional offices [...]
03 March 2010
COTABATO CITY – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has assured officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao that it will enhance development initiatives in the region by pursuing a barrage of foreign aids and interventions to help bring peace and growth in Southern Philippines. Michimasa Numata and lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, ARMM executive secretary, joined [...]
03 March 2010
BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Task Forces (TF) on the El Niño phenomenon of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Northern and Northeastern Mindanao regions were reactivated Wednesday to conduct mitigating measures on the dry spell that started besetting the region. Agriculturists and technical men started lining up mitigating plans at their respective DA regional offices [...]
26 February 2010
VERUELA, Agusan del Sur – The Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMincom) based in Davao Gulf identified on Thursday morning the four government soldiers (not five as initially reported) who were killed in an ambush Wednesday afternoon by communist terrorists in La Fortuna, Veruela town, Agusan del Sur. EastMinCom spokesman Maj. [...]
26 February 2010
TAGUM CITY – At least 42 people were hurt when a passenger bus fall into a ditch along the Agusan-Davao highway particularly in Canocotan road last Wednesday, field report received at the command and tactical operation center of the AFP’s Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMincom) based in Davao Gulf. This field report received by EastMincom also stated [...]
25 February 2010
TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – At least 145 employees from various departments who lack the basic computer skills underwent a two-day training early this week on basic computer programs, particularly in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point at the provincial capitol in Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The provincial government is making available this computer skills program [...]
25 February 2010
BUTUAN CITY – Four Army soldiers and one Army officer were killed when undetermined number of heavily armed communist-New People’s Army (NPA) rebels ambushed a convoy of soldiers and civilians Wednesday afternoon at Barangay La Fortuna in Veruela town, Agusan del Sur province, a sketchy report reaching the command and tactical operation centers of the [...]
24 February 2010
BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has announced the inclusion of 18 towns in the Caraga region as beneficiary of the expanded “Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS)” this year. Region XIII Regional Director Mercedita P. Jabagat made the announcement during the DSWD 59th founding anniversary [...]
24 February 2010
COTABATO CITY – Regional Gov. Ansaruddin Adiong has appointed a Maguindanaon businessman as acting provincial governor of Maguindanao, replacing acting vice governor Narimon Ambolodto who was earlier designated as acting provincial governor. Lawyer Najib Sinarimbo, ARMM executive secretary, said Gani Biruar as acting governor of Maguindanao whose governor, Andal Ampatuan Sr. was incapacitated and detained following [...]
23 February 2010
SURIGAO CITY - Claiming it is the only means to achieve sustainable Community-Based Enterprise (CBE) for Indigenous People in the Philippines, Canada’s University of Manitoba Research Fellow Mavis McRae recommends establishment of entrepreneur boot camp. McRae who works for the University’s Stu Clark Center for Entrepreneurship told more than 80 participants in the recently concluded two-day [...]
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