Posted in Bukidnon, Business, Economy, Environment, Food in Mindanao, Investments in Mindanao, Local Governance, Malaybalay City, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Peace Process, Philippines on June 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Water is inarguably Bukidnon’s most important agricultural resource.
It is a cause of wonder, however, why the sloppy process of acquiring water permits have escaped the pruning attention of local governments.
There were doubts raised by many over the years on the questionable process of acquiring water rights permits.
But over the years, too, local governments and [...]
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“Suburbs are commonly defined as residential areas on the outskirts of a city or large town. Most modern suburbs are commuter towns with many single-family homes. Many suburbs have some degree of political autonomy and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods.”
I enjoyed attending a village social gathering last Saturday. It was a [...]
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Measuring my rice has been the tease at home — something that has caused me ‘hunger’. When you are carrying heavier load than you should, you know what I mean.
I did try to eat less of it every time I remember; most of the time I failed.
So when the rice shortage news was carried in [...]
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Posted in Bukidnon, Davao, Economy, Every Day Mindanao, Investments in Mindanao, Malaybalay City, Mindanao, Peace Process, Philippines, Reporting Mindanao on December 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Is this survey valid and reflective of reality?
From the MindaNews dispatch >>>> Hope for the New Year is high nationwide at 91% but in Mindanao, residents were more hopeful for 2007 than they are for 2008, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
The survey, conducted nationwide from November 30 to December 3 but released only [...]
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Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Governance, Human Rights, Investments in Mindanao, Local Governance, Lumads and Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Peace Process, Philippines, Reflections, Religious on November 29, 2007 | No Comments »
For the ninth time this year, the Bishops-Ulama Conference has held on to the ground by leading the celebrations for the Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP).
The BUC adopted Zamboanga City’s Peace Week and made it Mindanao-wide in 1999.
For almost a decade, the peace weeks have been opportunities for “peace weavers” to reflect on the need [...]
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Posted in Bukidnon, Business, Davao, Economy, Environment, Governance, Investments in Mindanao, Jobs in Mindanao, Lumads and Mindanao, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Mining in Mindanao, Philippines, Safety on November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio told Mindanao lawyers to help prevent foreigners from further exploiting the country’s mineral resources at the expense of the environment, the government and the Filipino people.
In his keynote speech before participants of the Mindanao regional convention of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines here from Nov. 21 to 23, Carpio [...]
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A world renowned US programmer would be in town next week for a free workshop on Java Script, an important program on developing website and accessing objects embedded in other Internet applications.
Thom Parker, touted as one of the top three world experts on JavaScript, would offer a free workshop at Felis Seminar Resort on Friday [...]
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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) — The City Council here passed landmark legislations asserting the protection of public interests and of local businessmen against foreign nationals running businesses in the city. The two ordinances, approved on second reading at the City Council’s regular session Tuesday, require stricter procedures for foreign nationals to do business in the [...]
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Posted in Access to Information, BIMP - EAGA, Bukidnon, Business, Davao, Economy, Environment, Governance, Indifgenous Peoples, Investments in Mindanao, Local Governance, Lumads and Mindanao, Malaybalay City, Mindanao, Mindanao's communities, Mining in Mindanao, Philippines, Safety on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau regional chief Edilberto Arreza says they now tell investors about possible opposition to mining projects from the Lumads (indigenous people) unlike in the past when they were silent about this.Arreza’s presentation to businessmen attending various meetings for the East Asean Growth Area two weeks ago showed potential areas for mining, legal [...]
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Both the government and the business sector suffered multi-million losses due to Sunday’s Mindanao-wide blackout, an official of National Transmission Corporation (Transco) Mindanao said.
Emmanuel Abellanosa, Transco Assistant Vice President for Mindanao, told MindaNews in telphone interview that the cause of the problem, a conductor flashover in a power generator line, a “major technical problem” [...]
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Posted in BIMP - EAGA, Blogging and Bukidnon, Bukidnon, Business, Economy, Environment, Investments in Mindanao, Lumads and Mindanao, Malaybalay City, Mindanao, Mining in Mindanao, Philippines on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There’s a lot of talk about rich gold deposits in Pantaron Mountain Range in San Fernando, Bukidnon. All these gold panning stuff we hear from treasure hunters tickled our imagination over the years.
This time, however, it has become official. The government started to include Bukidnon’s mining potentials in its marketing presentations to foreign investors. Read [...]
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Posted in BIMP - EAGA, Bukidnon, Business, Davao, Economy, Environment, Governance, Investments in Mindanao, Lumads and Mindanao, Mindanao, Mining in Mindanao, Philippines on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources this week flaunted to investors from the East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA) five potential “high interest” mining areas in Mindanao.
Edilberto Arreza, OIC regional director of the DENR’s Mines and Geociences Bureau (MGB) in Southeastern Mindanao identified the areas as North Central Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Southern Mindanao, and Palawan, [...]
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