Logistics sector seeks integration of port, shipping and road systems
As Mindanao agricultural exports and domestic out-shipments continue to rise despite the weakened global economy, the region’s private sector is calling for the development...
The Presidentiables
Villar: NP now more formidableThe Nacionalista Party (NP) is now seeing an unprecedented surge in the number of its members, growing ten-fold since the...
PPA awards contracts for P66 M RoRo ports
The Philippine Ports Authority Port District Office-Southern Mindanao in Davao City recently released the Notice of Award (NOA) for P66.87-M worth of projects to...
Davao banana industry cluster out to strengthen marketing
The banana industry cluster of the Davao region is expected to get a boost after the pilot project for its enhancement has already been...
Peace adviser to involve more women in talks
by Mai GeveraJoining the 8th Mindanao Working Group meeting, Peace Adviser Anabelle Abaya expressed her intention of involving more women and indigenous people in...
Nogie names school after Duterte’s father
House Speaker Prospero C. Nograles bared recently that the law he authored naming a school after the late Vicente Duterte, who was governor of...
MBC brings peace initiative to Manila
Officers of the Mindanao Business Council (MinBC), together with the ARMM Business Council and the Bangsamoro Development Agency, are set to convene with about...
DOH stand v. aerial spray ‘effeminate’, says PBGEA
Banana growers and exporters last week lamented the published statement of the Department of Health headed by Sec. Francisco Duque III recommending the banning...
Gabriela bares bet for Senate
On the 25th year anniversary of Gabriela last week, the militant group formally announced Rep. Liza Maza’s bid for senator in the 2010 elections....
Environment tops people’s priority in promoting peace in Mindanao
Around 5,000 Muslims, Christians and Lumads have banded together to give top priority to the protection of the environment in advancing the peace process...