The power of our votes
By Churchill Aguilar I MAY not agree with who you are voting for in the coming elections but I will not hesitate to fight with you on your right to cast it. Our votes are the essence of democracy. It...
View ArticleLow intelligence
By BenCyrus Ellorin WHILE in town last weekend, I took time to interview the de facto father of Cagayan de Oro City, Rufus Rodriguez. That is how I perceive the 2nd District congressman based on how...
View ArticleFocus of the New Papacy
By PATRICIO DIAZ, Mindanews GENERAL Santos City––At his inauguration last Tuesday, Pope Francis bared the focus of his papacy in his homily before 150,000 to 200,000 in St. Peter’s Square from Rome and...
View ArticleBlunders
By Erick San Juan SO much has been said and written on what has happened in Sabah. Nothing can bring back the lives lost in this tragic incident and if only the government listened to some unsolicited...
View ArticlePolitics, Philippine style
By Rey Zaldy Serna IT’S funny, so it seems, that politicians could just jump from one party to another at their whims. Their reason is so shallow and absurd to think that political parties are supposed...
View ArticleA Jesuit Pope: What it may mean?
By Fr. Leo Pabayo “I THOUGHT that Jesuits do not become popes.” This was what a grand niece of mine said upon hearing that a Jesuit was elected pope. A lady anchor of the Catholic TV station, EWTN...
View ArticleEarth hour
By Ben Contreras TODAY, the world celebrates “Earth Hour 2013.” Here, Sulog, in coordination with EnterpriseWorks Worldwide (Phil.) Inc., Bangon Kagayan, Earthsoul Solutions, Task Force Macajalar,...
View ArticleDOE: Govt addressing Mindanao’s power issues
THE Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday assured the public that measures are now being undertaken to address the energy issues in Mindanao from now until 2015. In a statement, the energy department...
View ArticlePolice press charges against man linked to Korean store break-in
By Nitz Arancon POLICE yesterday filed charges against a 23-year old who was arrested hours after he allegedly burglarized a grocery store owned by a South Korean in Barangay Bonbon. Authorities filed...
View ArticleExecs start checking list of 8 Pinoys charged in Sabah court
By Carolyn Arguillas Mindanews DAVAO City––The eight alleged members of the “Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo” who were charged with waging war and terrorism have been...
View ArticlePDEA files raps vs Echavez, 4 other drug suspects
By Nitz Arancon THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) yesterday pressed charges against a drug suspect who allegedly claimed to be a congressman’s driver and four other suspects who were...
View ArticleThe oxymoron chief
By Peter Clarete I WAS able to monitor last Saturday morning a Tinu-oray, Kontrobersyal, One-on-One (TKO) episode of ABS-CBN featuring the master of deception. He attempted to sweet-talk the people by...
View ArticleAbducted Aussie freed after 15 months
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Abu Sayyaf Group released before dawn Saturday an Australian national they kidnapped 15 months ago in Zamboanga Sibugay province, officials said. Chief Insp. Ariel Huesca, Western...
View ArticleLibarios picks up, overtakes Fortun in Urios University survey
By Ben Serrano BUTUAN City––Former repre-sentative Roan Libarios, the United Nationalist Alliance’s official congressional bet in Butuan City and Las Nieves, topped the latest opinion survey sponsored...
View ArticleSurigao Norte cops on guard against NPA
SURIGAO City—The Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office has placed its units on high alert ahead of the 44th founding anniversary of the New People’s Army (NPA) on March 29. Senior Supt. Roel...
View Article‘Kris’s quarrel with ex-hubby could hurt PNoy, LP’
By Mark Francisco KRIS Aquino drew flak over her and ex-husband James Yap’s move in bringing their nasty child custody battle to national attention. And no one here seems to be sympathetic to the...
View ArticleOro police’s security plan for Holy Week in effect starting today
By Nitz Arancon CITY police director Graciano Mijares raised the alert level in the city as the local police starts implementing a security plan in time for the Holy Week starting day. The National...
View ArticleHataman’s silence
By Menardo Wenceslao WHAT is this strange overture from Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao that his mouth is zipped and his hands clipped in the controversy over the Sabah...
View ArticleHundreds protest anew at MGB to demand Tepo implementation
By Erwin Mascarinas Mindanews SURIGAO City––Some 300 protesters flocked to the office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Caraga Friday to strongly demand again the implementation of the...
View ArticleFor a change
By Netnet Camomot SOME political analyst wannabes are predicting that the city’s incumbent ube leader will still win in May 2013. That’s very good news indeed to the ube party but bad news of course to...
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