PROBLEMS and controversies currently hounding the beleaguered Cagayan de Oro Water District (Cowd) can be traced to the awarding of its Bulk Water Supply Project (BWSP) to a company that had already been disqualified from the bidding.

CAMIGUIN Island - The provincial division of the Department of Education (DepEd) here recently conducted a three-day Learning Congress.

PAGADIAN CITY -- The Zamboanga del Sur Crisis Management Committee (CMC) "is ready to negotiate" with the kidnappers of 79-year-old Irish missionary priest Michael Sinnott.

FOUR suspected drug pushers and three users have been detained at Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Northern Mindanao after they were arrested in separate buy-bust operations.

JUDGE Gil Bollozos of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 21 has inhibited himself from handling the "messy" murder case against a Cagayan de Oro policeman

STATE prosecutors handling the Villarico murder case have admitted making a mistake when they said that the court had erred in citing a rule asking for more evidence from them.

AROUND 700 policemen will be deployed to private and public cemeteries during the All Saints' and All Souls' Day to maintain peace, a police official said.

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo underscored Thursday the importance of cooperatives in bringing lasting peace and development, especially in the conflict areas of Mindanao.

Presidential aspirant and Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III will be speaking Friday at 10 a.m. in a forum in the Student Training Center (STC) lobby of Xavier University.

A CIVIL Society organization has called on both government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to create a new entity to oversee civilian protection in conflict-affected areas.

There will be no voters' registration extension, a top official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Thursday, although the Comelec will be open for registrants till 12 a.m.

AT LEAST 5,000 Mindanaoan cooperatives representing 1.2 members will gather Thursday in Cagayan de Oro to discuss the role the coop sector will play in helping achieve peace in the troubled island.

PEACE and order situation remains a concern in the provinces of Bukidnon, Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental as the military identified them as having the most threat groups in Northern Mindanao.

A 36-YEAR-OLD man is now behind bars after he was arrested by authorities on charges of raping his three daughters in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental.

FILIPINO World War II (WWII) veterans have until February 16, 2010 to file their claims for the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation (FVEC) benefit, the United States Embassy in Manila said in press