ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
North Cotabato officials on Thursday welcomed the move of President Arroyo to dissolve the government panel in peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
WatsAp (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
ILOILO CITY, Philippines-The Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) has allowed the MV Cotabato Princess to sail after concluding it was seaworthy despite having rammed the Iloilo port on Thursday. 2 Vote(s)
WatsAp (Free subscription) | yesterday
COTABATO CITY, Philippines -- An official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said Saturday the renewed conflict in Mindanao has been extremely violent and it was stepping up assistance to displaced civilians whose numbers he estimated at up to half a million. "Mindanao has suffered it 2 Vote(s)
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
MANILA, Sept. 7 (PNA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) is identifying measures that would be adopted to prevent attacks by renegade Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels similar to the recent atrocities in North Cotabato and Lanao del Norte.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cotabato City, Philippines - A senior Red Cross official urged on Saturday government troops and Muslim guerrillas to spare civilians in the escalating hostilities in the southern Philippines. Dominik Stillhart, International Committee of the Red Cro...
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | yesterday
COTABATO - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Saturday called on the Philippines military and Muslim rebels not to stop aid reaching civilians displaced by fighting in the south of the country.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
COTABATO CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA) – The military here has cleared 80 percent of areas recently attacked by rogue elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in North Cotabato and Maguindanao provinces.
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in Midsayap. The new DENR-CENRO Building is located along Lapu-Lapu Street, Poblacion 3 in Cotabato Province. It sits on a 500-square-meter lot ceded by the Midsayap Municipal Government to the DENR. Fr. Amador M. Castillo, Assistant Parish Priest of Midsayap, officiated the blessing while Congresswoman Taliño-Mendoza turned over the building to the DENR officials. North Cotabato...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
... mangoes. Export-quality mangoes harvested in Mindanao come from some 800 growers in South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, North Cotabato and Misamis Oriental. Japan is the biggest market for mangoes coming from Mindanao mango plantations. Last year, the southern island shipped 1,092 metric tons of high-grade fresh mangoes valued at 2.7 million...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... communities and allow delivery of relief assistance."
Stillhart told reporters in southern Cotabato city that the Red Cross is increasing its relief operations in the southern Mindanao region, which he said was suffering from its worst clashes since 2003.
The Philippine government's disaster agency says more than half a million people in the region have been displaced or have...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
... civilian communities and allow delivery of relief assistance."Stillhart told reporters in southern Cotabato city that the Red Cross is increasing its relief operations in the southern Mindanao region, which he said was suffering from its worst clashes since 2003.The Philippine government's disaster agency says more than half a million people in the region have been displaced or have lost...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... civilian communities and allow delivery of relief assistance."Stillhart told reporters in southern Cotabato city that the Red Cross is increasing its relief operations in the southern Mindanao region, which he said was suffering from its worst clashes since 2003.The Philippine government's disaster agency says more than half a million people in the region have been displaced or have lost...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
COTABATO CITY, Sept. 2 (PNA) -– Military forces in South Central Mindanao remained on full alert even as renegade forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) temporarily stopped harassing military positions in Maguindanao and North Cotabato amid the setting Monday of Ramadan, the Muslims’ annual fasting period.
WatsAp (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
COTABATO CITY-North Cotabato Vice Gov. Emmanuel Piñol Sunday warned reviving the Ilaga movement could only turn the conflict in Central Mindanao from bad to worse. 3 Vote(s)
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
... rule of law and the principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity and national unity."But North Cotabato Vice Governor Manuel Pinol, who led opposition against signing the ancestral domain agreement, said the dissolution of the government negotiating panel was a tacit admission that something was wrong with the deal. Under the failed deal, some 735 villages were to be included in the...
