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Text, photo and video by JAKE SORIANO A civil society leader and peace advocate warned of a rise in cases of human trafficking among evacuees in Maguindanao, with the continuing […]
Text and photo by JAKE SORIANO UPI, MAGUINDANAO — Free medicines and half a sack of rice have gone a long way in combatting deadly tuberculosis here. Alarmed at the […]
COTABATO City — Every municipality in Maguindanao is expected this year to have an office for persons with disabilities (PWDs), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here said. […]
By JAKE SORIANO UPI, Maguindanao–The local police here warned residents against accepting job offers to work as housekeepers in Marawi City due to reported cases of exploitation there. The Upi […]
Text by JAKE SORIANO; Photos by KAYE SORIANO UPI, Maguindanao—Drums beat loud and fast. A showcase of moves with the bilao and the indigenous basket biton for props, a splash of […]
By JONATHAN DE SANTOS THE widows wore red, and not the black of mourning. “This doesn’t mean we are happy,” they said. “This shows we are still brave.” The two […]
AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN, Reporter and Videographer ARTHA KIRA PAREDES, Writer UPI, Maguindanao—At the first hour of the first day of the general voters’ registration in the Autonomous Region for Muslim […]
AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN, Reporter and Videographer ARTHA KIRA PAREDES, Writer DATU PIANG, Maguindanao—For weeks now, parishioners of the church in Datu Piang, Maguindanao have been praying for a peaceful conduct […]
By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA, MindaNews and VERA Files COTABATO CITY — A seven-year old girl died and her mother was wounded in an explosion that occurred today in front of […]
ARTHA KIRA PAREDES, Reporter AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN, Producer DATU SALIBO, Maguindanao— Heavy rains at the start of the voters’ registration in Datu Salibo, Maguindanao left the main road flooded for almost […]