THE ESTIMATED half a million Tausug people in Sulu province are arming themselves for a different kind of war.
From well-oiled automatic rifles and smoke grenades, the Tausug on the island are now picking up farm implements to save themselves from a looming food crisis.
The island of Luuk, which literally means “low elevation,” was established in [...]

MINDANAO posted a higher employment rate than the country in general.
And yet, there are several provinces here with more poor families. In fact, more than half of the population (57 percent) is living below the poverty threshold.
And over the past seven years, only the Northern Mindanao region reduced the number of its poor families.

APRIL WILL BE A BUSY month for the province of Sultan Kudarat, with several activities lined up.
These include the 2nd Sultan Kudarat Business Week Celebration (April 7-11) to be hosted by the Sultan Kudarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (SKCCIFI), Federation of Mindanao Business Chambers of Mindanao and Isulan Chamber of Commerce and [...]

LET ME JOIN the groups of Mindanao people who welcome the election of Representative Prospero Nograles of the first district of Davao City as speaker of the House. It is high time for a son of Mindanao to get the fourth-highest position in the Philippine government. Being the fourth top official of the country, he has [...]

MINDANAO receives many grants for peace and development, and the assistance never ceases to amaze me because of the impact on the community of major foreign donor-assisted projects.
There is a new program that caught my interest and it is aptly called the Enterprise Challenge Fund (ECF).

I ALWAYS TAKE pride in saying that it is only in Davao City where you can really say that the environment is smoke free and the New Year celebration is noise-free.This is due to the successful implementation of the city ordinances banning the use of firecrackers and pyrotechnics and smoking in public places.