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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

2012-01-19T23:48:00.002+08:00

Maraming salamat for those who assisted us with emergency relief goods, lending me your facilities and in providing us with supplies. Carol Arguillas. Kara & Bobby Timonera. Leo & Norma Cabasag family. Brian's Ma, sis & brod. National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP). Atty. Danny Balucos. Ampy Montemayor. Pris Saladaga. Brian's classmates. Those unknown persons and groups who

Engaging self and my child to emotional recovery differently

2012-01-19T20:54:00.002+08:00

When the devastating flashflood brought by typhoon Sendong swiftly filled our home with murky or muddy water, my son was fast asleep. It was literally a shock for him to see the water getting into our room after I forced him to wake up. The water was already neck-level when we waddled through the sala out. As we gathered with my two other home companions at the gate, Chacha and Bordie, we

A leaf on November 09

2011-11-08T05:50:00.007+08:00

Another leaf has fallen.It’s my birthday again. I stopped counting my age. My 5-year old son asked me to stay at my current age so that we can grow old together [with his papa].I don't usually write about my birthday. I just realized the other day that I have not updated two of my important blog sites-- online zones which I initially thought as an area where I could scan repository of past

RIGHTS-BASED FACT FINDING MISSION: A PHENOMELOGICAL STUDY OF INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY AND MINING ISSUES OF BAYOG TOWN (Zamboanga del Sur)

2010-10-15T07:20:00.006+08:00

FFM Teams are composed of PhilRights Inc., DIOPIM Committee on Mining Issues (DCMI), Social Action Ministry-Ipil (SAM), Legal Rights and Natural Resource Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan (KsK),Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), Meriam College, Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao (AFRIM), Ecoweb Inc., Medical Action Group (MAG) and Pikhumpongan Dlebon Subanen Inc. (PDSI), Bayog laymen, media workers and

Violence mars special polls in Lanao del Sur, “where election is business”

2010-06-13T01:12:00.001+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / June 4) – A child died from stray bullets as armed followers of politicians in Lanao del Sur shot it out with rivals in a special election marred with violence and fraud.The indiscriminate firing was only one of many cases of election-related violence and irregularities that was reported as widely occurring in the towns where political warlords are still in control.The

Dimaporos reign over Lanao Norte

2010-05-19T00:41:00.000+08:00

By Violeta M. Gloria/MindaNewsILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/13 May) — It’s all Dimaporos — mother, son and daughter — who took the highest elective posts in Lanao del Norte.Reelected governor is Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo. Representative of the first district is his mother, Imelda Q. Dimaporo, who once served as governor. Representative of the second district is Khalid’s sister Fatima Aliah.Khalid was

Imelda Dimaporo proclaimed as 1st district Lanao Norte rep

2010-05-12T10:35:00.003+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/12 May)— The Commission on Elections in Lanao del Norte proclaimed Imelda Quibranza Dimaporo as winner in the congressional race in the first district at 6 p.m. May 11.Proclaimed board members were Giselle Matalines, Casimero Bagol, Baldomero Zamora, Alexander Ali and Mohammad Maruhom.Irma Rosales, assistant to provincial election officer Irma Rosales said that as of 8 p.m.

Old style violence in Lanao Sur despite automated polls

2010-05-12T10:30:00.002+08:00

RYAN ROSAURO, VIOLETA M. GLORIA, AND JULES BENITEZMindanews and VERA FilesThe automated election system failed to bring change to Lanao del Sur, traditional warlord and goon country of Mindanao where violence and a low voter turnout marked the May 10 elections, as they did in the past.The police, military and election watchdog groups reported incidents of killings, explosions, abductions and

PPCRV: Lanao Norte polls generally peaceful

2010-05-11T21:35:00.004+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/11 May) – The conduct of elections in Lanao del Norte can be considered generally peaceful despite delay in the transmission of results from 11 hinterland towns, Fr.Rey Pati-an, provincial head of the Pastoral Parish Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) said.Pati-an gave credit to the voters for reportedly behaving well.He also attributed the peaceful election to the

Lanao Sur election death toll now 6; disorderly conduct of polls noted

2010-05-11T21:26:00.006+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/11 May) – Six persons have been killed in election related violence in Lanao del Sur, a poll watchdog said.Ibrahim Salic, head of Citizens Coalition for ARMM Responsible Election (Citizen’s CARE) reported that three were killed in an encounter Monday between armed men and soldiers in Kapai.Salic said the casualties were a police officer, one of the armed men and a certain

2 killed, 1 injured in Lanao Sur voting

2010-05-11T01:35:00.002+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/10 May) — Two persons lining up to vote at the Tugaya Central Elementary School, ended up dead while another one was wounded when a man identified as Albert Balindong strafed them at around 10:45 a.m., Major Ferdinand Cacas, head of the Philippine Army’s 103rd Brigade Election Monitoring and Action Center, said.Cacas added that the attack was apparently intended to disrupt

Miting de Avances hits up in Iligan city

2010-05-11T01:30:00.004+08:00

ILIGAN CITY.—Local Liberal Party candidates led by reelectionist congressman Vicente Belmonte of the lone district of Iligan and mayor Lawrence Cruz paraded Saturday afternoon with supporters from hinterland and coastal communities to ’show force.’They assembled from four centerpoints of the city and converged along Quezon avenue near Saint Michael church. [More at Vera Files]

PPCRV fields 1,000 monitors in Lanao Norte

2010-05-11T01:30:00.002+08:00

TUBOD, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews)– At least 1,000 church-based volunteers have been fielded by the provincial Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) in the coastal municipalities of Lanao del Norte to observe and document precinct-based cases in the first-ever conduct of automated national polls.Fr. Rey Pati-an, head of the provincial Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible

Heightened alert in Lanao Norte as fears of poll violence rise

2010-05-08T01:33:00.005+08:00

Date Published: May 7, 2010By VIOLETA M. GLORIAMindaNewsPantao Ragat mayor Eleanor LantudILIGAN CITY.—Everyone is on heightened alert in Lanao del Norte, where a longstanding political dispute involving the warlord Dimaporo clan has come to a head in recent months.The flashpoint is Pantao Ragat, a fifth-class town an hour and a half from here and bordering Lanao del Sur. Pantao Ragat is ruled by

Drought damages P15M worth of farm lands in Iligan

2010-05-05T05:56:00.001+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/29 April) — The El Niño phenomenon has severely affected this city’s agriculture sector, causing damage to farm lands to the tune of P15 million and affecting 4,000 farmersCity agriculture officer Octavio Molo said about 2,000 hectares of farm lands in 23 of Iligan’s 44 barangays have been damaged. Affected crops are rice, corn, coconut, bananas and high value commercial

Stop verbal violence, mudslinging in campaign, Iligan pols told

2010-05-05T05:51:00.001+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/29 April) — A network of non-governmental organizations here has appealed to local politicians to refrain from verbal violence and mudslinging in their campaign. The Civil Society Organization-Forum for Peace Inc.(CSOFP) instead called on candidates to focus on their development and social services plans. CSOFP head Janina Bernardo said they are tired of the outbursts of

Iligan’s candidates: new and old faces

2010-05-05T05:47:00.001+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/25 April) — The city’s contenders in the May 10 polls are a mixture of old and new faces.Incumbent congressman Vicente Belmonte of the first district of Lanao del Norte and Iligan city ran for reelection for the newly-created lone district of Iligan city. The lone district was created through Republic Act 9724, initiated by Belmonte, separating Iligan from the province of

2 Lanao Norte towns might be placed under Comelec control

2010-05-05T05:43:00.001+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/27 April) — Two towns in Lanao del Norte might be placed under the control of the Commission on Elections in view of violent incidents between contending parties, Rep. Abdullah Dimaporo of the province’s second district said.Dimaporo, speaking in the program Balitang Panlalawigan over radio station dxLS on Monday, was referring to the towns of Pantaoragat and Matungao.But

CHR, groups still baffled by death of Filipino interpreter for US troops

2010-03-14T17:34:00.002+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / March 12) - The death of an interpreter for American soldiers in Marawi City has continued to baffle government and private human rights organizations even after they wrapped up a probe mission early this month.Florante Ursua, special investigator of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) office in Iligan City, who joined 100 human rights advocates from the Zamboanga

MARADECA Inc. Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 3 2010

2010-03-13T01:35:00.000+08:00

Maradeca Feb 2010

MARADECA Inc. Newsletter Vol. 5 No. 2 2009

2010-03-13T01:33:00.001+08:00

Maradeca Newsletter

Iliganons want truth about power outages

2010-03-13T01:22:00.002+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/15 Feb)—Employees of Ivory printing press were busy fanning themselves and putting out their handkerchiefs to wipe off their sweat.It’s brownout time once again. The machines are running on generator and Inday Makaulang, owner of the printing press, says they have been spending P4,000 for the use of their generator in a three-hour power outage.“That is expensive for us but

Iligan 's Claire Bontol tops 2009 nursing board exam

2010-03-13T01:20:00.002+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/02 February) --Clarie Morales Bontol, a 28 year-old graduate of the Iligan Medical Center College Inc. topped the Nursing Licensure Examination held last November 2009 with an average of 87.80%, a feat that made her physician-mother visibly proud.Bontol led 37,526 other passers out of 94,462 nursing graduates who took the licensure examination.Clarie's family learned about

Kem: Dead at 21

2010-03-11T09:26:00.000+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/10 January) – Nearly a month since Kemberly Jul Luna, 21, was shot dead along with eight other members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in a military operation in Bukidnon, her relatives are still grappling with the pain of losing her and the secret she kept until her death.Kem was a new member of the NPA operating in the remote mountains of Bukidnon, a secret she kept from

104th Infantry Brigade moves to Maguindanao

2009-12-26T04:08:00.003+08:00

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/20 Dec) -- Even they were celebrating their Christmas party on December 19, soldiers of the 104th Infantry Brigade were also packing up for their new assignment: in Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat. “The 104th Infantry (Sultan) Brigade was directed to be redeployed immediately to help control units in (Southwestern) Mindanao,” Col. Benito de Leon, commanding officer of the