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The Manila Times
March 22, 2018
The trough of a low pressure area (LPA) will bring cloudy skies with scattered rains and isolated thunderstorms over the eastern section of Mindanao, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said on Thursday. The weather system was located at 2,300Ãâà...
Manila Bulletin
March 22, 2018
Torres told “Wednesdays' at Habi at Kape” that some 23 Taiwanese companies in automotive, electronics, agriculture, wellness, and medical industries are exploring business opportunities in Mindanao. “There are a lot of companies in Taiwan which are interested to explore the market of Mindanao…
Manila Bulletin
March 22, 2018
“Many of the government departments gave Mindanao measly budget shares that their programs are hardly felt in our bid to develop the island as the country's food basket and in our unrelenting attempts to pursue peace by increasing economic and social activities in order for us succeed by emergingÃâà...
Sun.Star
March 21, 2018
SOME 70 companies all over Mindanao are set to meet on Thursday, March 22, with Taiwanese companies during the Davao Leg of the 2018 Taiwan Trade and Investment meeting at the Marco Polo Hotel Davao. Rolando A. Torres, executive director of the Mindanao Business Council (MinBC), said mostÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 21, 2018
The House of Representatives committee on Mindanao affairs has appealed for an increase in the 2019 budget of Mindanao after a congressional study bared that the country's southern region had received a measly 16.2 percent of the National Budget for 2018. In a media briefing on Wednesday,Ãâà...
Gulf Today
March 13, 2018
MANILA: A senior cabinet official on Monday assured that Mindanao, now the centre of the government's “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure programme, ... Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez admitted he does not yet know how much Mindanao's allocation will be, adding that the Department of Budget andÃâà...
Business Mirror
March 13, 2018
DAVAO CITY—Unless adjusted for wider development maneuver, the continuing budget cap going to Mindanao would be unrealistic to achieve the government target of reaching no less than 7-percent growth to address poverty, the government socioeconomic planning agency for Mindanao said. “In orderÃâà...
Rappler
March 13, 2018
The Mindanao flood control projects involve the construction of various flood management infrastructure such as dikes and floodgates along the Ambal-Simuay River and Rio Grande de Mindanao which are both part of the Mindanao River Basin, the second largest river basin in the Philippines.
The Straits Times
March 13, 2018
Air Force spokesman Aristides Galang said these UAVs would be used to track terrorists in the insurgency-wracked southern island of Mindanao. ... the Royal Australian Air Force to keep track of about 1,000 Islamist militants who stormed and seized large parts of Marawi city in Mindanao in May last year.
ABS-CBN News
March 12, 2018
MANILA – Malaysian investors are bullish on increasing bilateral trade relations with the Philippines but the negative perception on Mindanao is the "biggest challenge" preventing businesses from expanding in the south, Malaysia's Trade Minister said on Monday. “There's a perception that Mindanao is notÃâà...
Sun.Star
March 12, 2018
Despite the increase in palay production in 2017, Neda has observed a 22.4-percent decline in palay price. This brought the 2017 production value to only P11.596 billion, a 19-percent decrease from 2016's P14.254-billion production value. Meanwhile, Neda said the Northern Mindanao's rice inventory asÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 12, 2018
Speaking at the Philippine Economic Briefing, Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III noted that the National Economic and Development Authority Board chaired by the President had already approved five flagship infrastructure projects in Mindanao. “Beginning this year, a new Mindanao story is set toÃâà...
Rappler
March 11, 2018
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed sea marshals to secure vessels bound for Mindanao as part of efforts to thwart attacks from pirates and terrorists. Commodore Lyndon Latorre, district commander of PCG Central Visayas, said their priority will be vessels going toÃâà...
The Manila Times
March 4, 2018
Despite the end of the five-month siege in Marawi City, terrorist groups in Mindanao have continued its recruitment and, this time, they were not limited to Lanao del Sur, according to the Philippine Army's leadership. Lt. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, the Army commanding general, said residents in theÃâà...
ABS-CBN News
March 2, 2018
Soldiers at the main battle area of Marawi City after 5 months of fighting between government troops and ISIS-influenced terrorists, Nov. 9, 2017. Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News. MANILA - Two farmers and part-time small-scale miners filed a complaint at the Commission on Human Rights over theÃâà...
Sun.Star
March 2, 2018
CHURCH people in Mindanao are questioning the times and calling out to the people to find our sense of community. Gathered during the Mindanao Human Rights Summit organized last week by the Mindanaoans for Civil Liberties, this sector was among those who raised concern on the state of theÃâà...
Rappler
March 2, 2018
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Mindanao's socioeconomic planning body is seeking a P1.35-trillion budget for the region for 2019 to 2022 to help fulfill its goal of an average annual growth of 7% to 8%. Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Chairman Datu Abul Khayr Alonto bared the plan on Friday,Ãâà...
The Manila Times
February 28, 2018
After a long postponement because of the war in Marawi, the Mindanao Leg of Batang Pinoy will finally be held from March 6 to 12 in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental. A total of 2,787 athletes are expected to participate in the weeklong multi-sports tournament. “We are pushing through with the MindanaoÃâà...
Sun.Star
February 28, 2018
DAVAO. BPI Direct BanKo Vice President and Head of Miccro-Enterprise Loans Group Rodolfo K. Mabiasen Jr., BanKo chair and executive vice president and head of BPI Retail Banking Jose Albert L. Gotuaco, Valencia Vice Mayor Glen G. Galario, and BanKo president Jerome B. Minglana prepare to cutÃâà...
The Manila Times
February 27, 2018
At least four flagship infrastructure projects costing more than P124 billion will help jumpstart economic development in Mindanao, the Finance department said on Tuesday. The island is now in the “front and center” of an infrastructure buildup, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez 3rd said in a statement,Ãâà...
ABS-CBN News
February 27, 2018
But our forces in Western Mindanao, the Western Mindanao Command and the 1st Infantry Division are closely guarding our coastal waters, southern borders, and these are things that we are closely working [on], together with the Philippine National Police, Philippine Coast Guard," said Brig. Gen.
Inquirer.net
February 27, 2018
Four big-ticket infrastructure projects, including a railway, worth at least P124.4 billion will be rolled out in Mindanao to bolster economic activity in the region, according to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III. Among the flagship projects for Mindanao cited by Dominguez in a press statement onÃâà...
Sun.Star
February 26, 2018
To secure its position as the leading Eye Center in Mindanao, it has invested in upgrading its top-of- the-line machines and equipment, thus enhancing its services and providing advanced eye care services to the people of Mindanao. Late last year, the eye center acquired its newest machine, the P4.5Ãâà...
Rappler
February 26, 2018
MANILA, Philippines – Just 4 months after Philippine authorities quelled the Marawi siege, police are already preparing for the possibility of a "part 2," and according to top cop Ronald dela Rosa, major Mindanao cities could be at risk. "All the major, key cities in Mindanao are candidates to become MarawiÃâà...
Business Mirror
February 13, 2018
DAVAO CITY—Mindanao is keeping a tight watch over Tropical Storm Basyang, earlier projected to trek on the path of Typhoon Vinta that hit the area in December last year, bringing torrential rains and flooded a wide swath of eastern and northern Mindanao. Although the typhoon swerved toward CentralÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 12, 2018
Sanba, known locally as Basyang, is expected to make landfall on the country's second largest island, Mindanao, at approximately 00:00 GMT on Tuesday. Although it is not expected to be a particularly intense storm in terms of the wind, the amount of rain is a major concern. Some 200 to 300 millimetres ofÃâà...
Rappler
December 31, 1999
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — When students stand for peace, they start in school. In February, a team of development communication students from Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan launched PeaceKwela, a social marketing campaign that pushes for peace in Mindanao. The campaign involvesÃâà...
Rappler
December 31, 1999
"Soldiers have been vigilantly guarding the entire central Mindanao in order to constrict the firefight in specific... areas, and continue to pursue the remnants of the terror group," regional military chief Major-General Arnel dela Vega said. The BIFF is a splinter group of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),Ãâà...
Inquirer.net
December 31, 1999
DAVAO CITY-Mindanao stands to benefit from the government's massive “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program such that the war-torn island would be transformed into an agricultural and industrial hub in the medium term, the head of the Duterte administration's economic team said Friday.
Rappler
December 31, 1999
MANILA, Philippines – A low pressure area (LPA) spotted off Davao del Sur is bringing scattered to widespread rains over Mindanao and Eastern Visayas, ... Coastal waters will be moderate to rough in northern Luzon, the eastern sections of central and southern Luzon, as well as in Visayas and Mindanao.
The Straits Times
December 31, 1999
The renewed fighting came after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and other political leaders in the Mindanao region warned of a potential repeat of the siege of Marawi which claimed more than 1,100 lives. Mr Duterte has imposed martial law in Mindanao until the end of the year in an effort to curb theÃâà...
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