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WEB2 days ago · Davao City Council hit for almost 2-year delay in releasing reports of hearings on Samal-Davao bridge project. Ian Carl Espinosa September 18, 2024 10:54 pm. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 Sept)—Environment groups here lambasted the City Council’s committee on environment and natural resources for releasing reports of its hearings on.
KISSA AND DAWAT: Notes on DepEd’s Madrasah Education …
WEBJan 13, 2017 · KISSA AND DAWAT: Notes on DepEd’s Madrasah Education Program. AMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 13 January) — The target beneficiaries are the Bangsamoro children and youth. The term “Bangsamoro” is an umbrella term for the 14 ethno-linguistics groups in Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan. The Bangsamoro are primarily Islamized ethno-linguistic groups ...
MINDANDAO 2015: Arts and culture: From Mindanao to the world
WEBDecember 28, 2015. 8:40 pm. YEAR-END REPORT. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 Dec) – The showcase of Mindanawon artistry and creativity extended from local initiatives to international projects. Each defined the collective vision of the thriving community that has so much story to tell and pictures to paint.
FACT CHECK Viral #OdettePH photos of Iligan damage were taken …
WEBDec 17, 2021 · A viral Facebook post on Thursday, December 16, showing the extent of damage wrought by Typhoon Odette (international name Rai) in Iligan City, Northern Mindanao was a false claim. The photos were taken 10 years ago during the onslaught of Typhoon Sendong (Washi). The post has so far gathered around 3,000 likes, 1,300 comments and 22,000 shares.
Life in Liguasan Marsh: A garden in a flood zone
WEBAug 16, 2014 · It looks daunting but people living in Liguasan Marsh have learned to deal with the floods that often visit their communities. For them, life must go on. In the village of Balong, for instance, young parent Jamela Abo and mothers like her ride the “awang” (boat) almost every day to visit and manage a small vegetable farm.
“Fadlog Tubad Blaan”
WEBOctober 15, 2016. 11:55 pm. By Ronald de Jong. Fadlog Tubad Blaan, this means; “Don’t give up Blaan” strong and promising words coming from a remarkable woman. Her name is Maricel Salinda Kasaligan; she is a pure blooded Blaan and is living in Malungon, Sarangani province on the island of Mindanao, Philippines.
35 years after the 1976 Moro Gulf tsunami: whatever happened to …
WEBMar 21, 2011 · Tsunami hazard maps. Thirty five years after the 1976 tsunami, residents in the tsunami prone areas like Linek, have yet to have an inundation map, even as the law on Disaster Reduction and Management of 2010, requires this. The barangay captain was out of town when MindaNews visited Linek. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management ...
Many residents saved from ‘Odette,’ thanks to lessons
WEBDec 29, 2021 · Typhoon “Odette” came exactly 10 years after tropical storm “Sendong” inundated the riverside barangays of Cagayan de Oro. “Sendong” left 1,472 people dead in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. More than 1,049 are still missing to this day. A resident looks for the names of his relatives on the “Sendong” Memorial Wall at ...
The Bud Dajo Massacre a hundred years later: will America
WEBOct 15, 2005 · 1st of two parts. BUD DAJO, Patikul, Sulu (MindaNews/15 October) – History books refer to it as the “Battle of Bud Dajo” although it was more appropriately referred to by critics as a massacre of 600 men, women and children (other reports say 900) between March 5 and 7, 1906. The New Orleans Times-Democrat called it “a frightful ...
SPECIAL REPORT: The ruling clans of Mindanao: same families in …
WEBDAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 May) – The Dimaporos of Lanao del Norte and the Plazas of Agusan del Sur are the longest-surviving political clans in Mindanao, having ruled their areas for at least half a century, interrupted only briefly when the People Power revolt ousted the Marcos dictatorship in 1986, replaced local chief executives with OICs (officers–in-charge) and elected a new set of ...