It’s green and go for CWBL hoops

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 08/27/2017

AFTER a year on the shelf, the Country Wide Basketball League (CWBL) is set to get off the ground, with the opening set for October, said league founder Joe Lipa. The CWBL was supposed to launch last…

Moros, Lumads start “Lakbayan” today

Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/22/2017

Indigenous groups from Mindanao arrived in Cebu on Tuesday for their second “Lakbayan sa Nasudnong Minorya” to express objection to President Rodrigo Duterte’s policies that have affected the country’s minorities. About 200 Moros and Lumads are holding…

Moro and lumads from Mindanao to arrive in Cebu

Fe Marie D. Dumaboc, Jessa Mae Sotto 08/17/2017

LAKBAYAN 2017 Around 500 moro and lumad people from Mindanao will arrive in Cebu next week to express their grievances about land grabbing and plunder of their ancestral domain and the environment through the Lakbayan sa mga…

Digong’s request for troops an ‘intensified security posture’ — Palace

Inquirer.net 08/06/2017

President Rodrigo Duterte’s request for additional 20,000 troops in Mindanao is part of the “intensified security posture” in areas with “continuing security threats,” Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said on Sunday. “The deployment of troops to Marawi and…

Tomas: Failure of intel caused martial law in Mindanao

Inna Gian Mejia 07/24/2017

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said the government’s failure to set up an effective intelligence system is the reason why martial law is imposed in Mindanao. He said while he personally doesn’t approve of martial law, he…

Uncertainty amid Sona

07/23/2017

Clouds of uncertainty have hovered over the Duterte presidency in the past few months, and the growing public concern mostly stems from its willingness to resort to extreme measures such as martial law to justify its efforts…

Militants protest SC ruling on martial law declaration

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/07/2017

WAVING traditional red flags and laying black cardboard coffins on Colon Street, some 20 members of the militant group Anakbayan staged a rally yesterday morning to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of…

Supreme Court upholds martial law in Mindanao

Inquirer.net, Intern, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/04/2017

THE Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the validity of Proclamation 216 or President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law proclamation in Mindanao. During Tuesday’s en banc (full court) session, the high court, voting 11-3-1, dismissed the petitions filed by…

Travel fair to boost Mindanao tourism

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/22/2017

AMID the crisis happening in Mindanao at present, tourism players in that part of the country can expect to get a boost from the International Travel Festival (ITF) slated in Cebu City next month. Stephanie Villahermosa, managing…

Mindanao bishop: Give martial law a chance

Inquirer.net 06/18/2017

A bishop from Mindanao said people should give martial law a chance. Ozamis Archbishop Martin Jumoad told Radio Veritas that martial law under President Rodrigo Duterte is better than during the time of former President Ferdinand Marcos.…

AFP Central Command sends Army battalion to Mindanao

Benjie B. Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla 06/17/2017

  The Armed Forced of the Philippines -Central Command (CentCom) is sending one Army Battalion from Panay to the Western Mindanao Comand (Westmincon) today, following a directive from the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.…

Energy firm to pour P2B into Visayas, Mindanao projects

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/15/2017

Listed energy firm Vivant Corporation (VVT) is poised to spend roughly P2 billion this year until 2018 in a bid to increase its generation portfolio. The additional investment will be poured into projects in Visayas and Mindanao,…

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