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About MindaNews. MindaNews is the news service arm of the Mindanao Institute of Journalism. MindaNews was founded in 2001 by independent, professional Mindanawon journalists who left the country’s most widely-circulated Manila-based broadsheet to tell the stories of Mindanao from the lenses of Mindanao. With secondhand computers and funds ...
EU pours fresh P3.4-B grant for Mindanao projects - mindanews.com
Jul 12, 2020 · 3:13 pm. KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 12 July) – The European Union (EU) has poured a combined grant of 60.5 million euros (around P3.4 billion) for peace and development projects in Mindanao, with focus on the fledgling Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III announced on Sunday.
Magno takes oath as new MinDA chair - MindaNews
May 21, 2024 · Oath of office signed by Leo Tereso Abellera Magno, the newly-appointed chair of the Mindanao Developemnt Authority. Dureza was succeeded by Luwalhati Antonino (2010 to 2016). When Duterte took over as President in 2016, he named Abul Khayr Alonto as MinDA chair. Alonto took over in September 2016 but he passed away on May 9, 2022.
13 killed as heavy rains from Typhoon ‘Paeng’ batter ... - MindaNews
Oct 28, 2022 · The province of Maguindanao. Map courtesy of Google. COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 28 October) – At least 13 people were confirmed dead as landslides and severe flooding caused by Typhoon Paeng hit parts of Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur, Cotabato City and other parts of Southwestern Mindanao since Thursday evening.
Journalists urged to foster peace in Mindanao - mindanews.com
Aug 27, 2021 · KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 27 August) — Media practitioners must play an active role in fostering peace in Mindanao, which, in the national consciousness, is considered the country’s war zone, a veteran Mindanawon journalist stressed Friday. Carolyn Arguillas, MindaNews editor-in-chief, stressed the important role of journalists in peace ...
[MINDANAO 2022] Tampakan mines: ban on open pit mining …
January 1, 2023. 10:48 pm. KORONADAL, South Cotabato (MindaNews / 01 January) — Outrage gripped South Cotabato in May as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan lifted the controversial ban on open pit mining, removing the decade-long thorn in the throat of the $5.9-billion Tampakan project, Southeast Asia’s largest untapped copper-gold minefield ...
4 Mindanao bishops to Marcos Jr.: void FTAA of Tampakan project
Oct 13, 2023 · 5:29 pm. GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 13 October)—Four Catholic bishops in Mindanao have asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to void the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) granted to Sagittarius Mines, Inc, developer of the controversial Tampakan project, the largest untapped copper-gold minefield in Southeast Asia.
ANALYSIS: Notes on the NCIP resolution on ‘Lumad’
Mar 25, 2021 · The NCIP’s resolution claims that indigenous leaders are ‘clamoring’ for an end to the use of the name ‘Lumad’ to refer to the indigenous peoples of Mindanao. If there is such a clamor, then it is a very quiet one. I have been working with indigenous communities across Mindanao since the 1980s, and I have not encountered any ...
Mindanao records 28 more Delta variant cases
August 24, 2021. 10:33 pm. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 August) – Mindanao recorded 28 more Delta variant cases, bringing to 77 the total number of confirmed Delta cases in Mindanao as of August 24. A summary of a biosurveillance report released by the Department of Health (DOH) central office on August 23 showed Mindanao posted 24 additional ...
UPPER RIGHT HAND: Vulnerabilities of Lumad Communities in …
Jan 17, 2021 · UPPER RIGHT HAND: Vulnerabilities of Lumad Communities in Mindanao. KIDAPAWAN CITY (Mindanews/17 January) With the Philippine government’s all-out war against the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), Lumad communities in Mindanao have become vulnerable areas of conflict. They are the ...