MinDA board welcomes reps from private sector
Members of the Mindanao private sector are bracing for a greater involvement in vital issues and concerns affecting Mindanao’s development, having recently completed...
Sarangani IDPs find home
Previously internally displaced persons (IDPs) of Sarangani Province, mostly marginalized fisher folk, have availed of new homes at the MJ Village shelter assistance...
CSC to public servants: file SALN
The Civil Service Commission (CSC), which has the primary responsibility in the administration and enforcement of RA 6713, otherwise known as the Code...
Mindanao to get big share in nat’l budget
Mindanao Development Authority Chairperson Lualhati Antonino announced that more government agencies are pouring in bulk of their budget for Mindanao. “This came after...
All set for door-to-door measles immunization
It will be all systems go for the planned month-long measles-rubella door-to-door immunization this coming April 4 to May 4. According to Department...
Region 11 behind in MDGs
Data from the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) Region XI show Davao region is still eight years behind its target of the Millennium...
DENR clarifies ‘gray areas’ in total log ban
Only trees in natural and residual forests nationwide are covered by President Benigno Aquino III’s Executive Order No. 23 dated February 1,...
A tired, old refrain: Civil society groups calls for total log ban in Davao
Civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Davao region have called for the enforcement of total log ban and the stoppage of plantation expansions...
Study confirms mercury in SoCot river
A study conducted by a New York based international non-profit group funded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, among others, has shown...
Japanese envoy signs P44-M grant contracts for projects in Mindanao
Japanese Ambassador Makoto Katsura will sign nine grant contracts valued at US$ 1,022,553 (about P44 million) in assistance to peace and development projects...