MURAD: MILF as solid as ever

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has emerged from the three-day Expanded Committee Meeting from March 9-11, 2008 as solid as ever, as almost 100% of those invited to come came and participated in the meeting.
This was the assessment of Chairman Murad Ebrahim after the meeting on March 11, at 8:00 to 9:30 am, [...]

PRESS STATEMENT OF MILF CHAIRMAN AL HAJ MURAD EBRAHIM

One people, one struggle, one destiny

            Gathered in this historic meeting are MILF political and military leaders from all over Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan to discuss and resolve important and urgent issues and concerns that confront us over the years.  They number by hundreds, but they come with one purpose in mind:  “One people, one [...]

ANTI-AERIAL SPRAY GROUPS HOLD CARAVAN

 After conducting noisy pickets at the Court of Appeals in Cagayan de Oro City and shaming the Justices by gifting them with rotten bananas, groups opposing aeiral spraying in banana plantations have adopted a new trick to gain public sympthy.
The Mamamayan Ayaw sa Aerial Spraying (Maas) and a dozen hundreds supporters from Davao City, Bukidnon [...]

$I65 MILLION FOR KIN OF VICTIMS IN AIR PHILIPPINES FLIGHT 541 CRASH IN DAVAO

 A Chicago-based law group representing the families of the 131 passengers and crew of Air Philippines Flight 541 killed in a plane crash in the Island Garden City of Samal in 2000, has said that the American companies which leased the aircraft to the airline company had agreed to pay 165 million US dollars to [...]

PHILIPPINE EAGLE FREED IN BUKIDNON

 A young male rehabilitated Philippine eagle was released to its natural habitat in Barangay Lupiagan, Sumilao in Bukidnon last March 6, according to Dennis Salvador, Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) Executive Director.Salvador said the Philippine eagle named “Kagsabua” (Higaonon word for unity) rescued from Mount Kitanglad Natural Park, Bukidnon by the Kitanglad Guard Volunteers (KGVs) from [...]

OMBUDSMAN AFFIRMS WATER FIRM EXECS GRAFT CONVICTION

  A warrant of arrest is expected to be issued against seven high ranking officials of the Davao City Water District (DCWD) after the Office of the Ombudsman denied their motion for reconsideration on a half-billion peso graft and corruption case slapped against them.
Ombudsman Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez approved on January 11 the Order issued by [...]