SURIGAO City–The New People’s Army (NPA) in the Caraga has confirmed that it has seized miner Carzon Ceasar Lademora on Saturday morning as “punitive action” for his family’s alleged “long record of abuse, crime, destruction of people’s livelihood and exploitation of small miners.” Ka Ariel Montero, spokesperson of the Regional ...

Bencyrus Ellorin LAST weekend, mannequin challenge became the joke that was the traffic snarl at the CM Recto Avenue. This part of the city is a study in contrast. On one side, it manifests the booming economy of Cagayan de Oro. The city proper has four big malls: Gaisano City ...

Ike Señeres OUR natural resources are part of our environment. We preserve our natural resources, we preserve our environment. It is as basic as that. Obviously, that is the reason why we combined these two concerns in one agency, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). However, the preservation ...

Batas Mauricio AS expected, there was no other way for the Committee on Justice of the House of Representatives but to order the dismissal–as it indeed ordered the dismissal on Monday–of the impeachment complaint that Magdalo Rep. Gary Alejano filed against President Duterte. I have always maintained even just after ...

SINCE the all-out war declaration of the Armed of Forces of the Philippines, four consultants of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines have been illegally arrested while threats and harassment against a negotiating panel member and consultants continue. These are clear violations of agreements between the Government of the ...

The Department of Trade and Industry in Lanao del Norter in collaboration with the LGU of Linamon conducted the seminar on Marketing Strategies & Simple Bookkeeping to eiltrepreneurs from the processed food sector, trading & services and Agri-business, and some potential entrepreneurs of the municipality. The seminar provided the participants ...

DAVAO City–Human rights group Barug Katungod Mindanao criticized the police and military for arresting on Friday in Ozamiz City Bishop Carlo Morales of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), his wife Ma. Teofilina, church driver Isadome Dalid, and alleged National Democratic Front (NDF) consultant Rommel Salinas. The criticism came even as ...

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William Adan NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental–What are the problems obtaining in our current government system that may be addressed to and hopefully solved by adopting federalism? And what problems are likely to worsen under federalism? Inefficiency. The existing highly centralized mode of governance is very inefficient. The national government attends to ...

Maria Christina Concepcion FOR many people, life is difficult. If we really look hard enough we will see that there’s a lot of suffering going around, and the reason for such are aplenty. For example, there’s poverty. Then there’s sickness and death due to diseases, illness, and accident. A little ...