NDF- SOUTHERN MINDANAO SLAMS BALIKATAN ANEW

The National Democratic Front - Southern Mindanao has reiterated its call for the complete withdrawal of US troops in the ountry following the purported closing of the Balikatan exercises on Monday.
Coming in the heels of the broadest movement seeking to oust Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, it is high time to assert once again our national sovereignty and [...]

Fight vs. US troops to continue

US-RP Balikatan ends but not people’s war v. US

RESISTANCE against the United States military intervention in the country, particularly in Mindanao, will not end with the closure of the Balikatan exercises, according to the US Troops Out Now-Mindanao Coalition.
Lawyer Beverly Musni, convenor of the group, said their vigilance against the deceptive forms of US military [...]

US TROOPS OUT NOW! MINDANAO

Protest rallies, caravans vs. Balikatan
US TROOPS OUT NOW and the militant progressive group Bayan will lead protest rallies and caravans on Sunday to protest the Monday opening of Balikatan.
The simultaneous rallies in key Mindanao cities. Organizers said the protest rallies will gather thousands of people to register the broad opposition of Mindanaoans –Lumad, Moro [...]

North Cotabato eyeing P1 billion annual revenues

Tribal lands
eyed for palm oil
By ROGER M. BALANZA
About 10,000 hectares of ancestral lands in North Cotabato are to be planted with palm oil that could generate P1 billion in annual revenues for the province.
Vice Governor Manny Piñol said tribal communities holding title to the ancestral domain have given the go-signal for the project dubbed as [...]