FOUR members of a notorious gang based in South Cotabato were killed in an armed encounter with Army soldiers in Surallah town.

CULTURAL workers, artists, educators, business and community leaders gathered Saturday for a Mindanao-wide conference to link art and peace.

ATENEO de Manila University professors expressed support for House Bill 5043, better known as the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill.

DAVAO City Councilor Ma. Belen Sunga-Acosta said Wednesday that education would remain a problem even after she leaves office as City Council committee' chair on education.

SEVEN Davao City officials went to Macau, the gambling capital of Asia, for a vacation courtesy of a businessman whom they helped during the Kadayawan Festival three months ago.

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Two motorists were killed and another was wounded when a wayward dump truck hit the motorcycle they were riding along Makilala highway, North Cotabato, around 6:30 a.m. Saturday.

THOUSANDS of banana plantation workers trooped to Apo View Hotel Friday to rally against the proposed bills in the House of Representatives that aim to ban the use of aerial spraying.

COLUMBIO, Sultan Kudarat -- Some 100 anti-mining advocates were initially prevented Friday from entering the facility but later on allowed to raise concerns on the mining operations of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines Inc.

BUREAU of Customs in Metro Manila seized a package containing several pieces of carbon fibers for the use of Davao Medical Center (DMC) patients, delaying its delivery to the hospital.

A COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) official in Southern Mindanao said Friday that their office is still awaiting the Supreme Court's (SC) decision on disqualification grounds against premature or illegal campaigning.

A DOCTOR seeking a congressional seat in Davao City's first congressional district was the first to file a certificate of candidacy (COC) Friday.

ILLEGAL drug charges have been filed against a 45-year-old man accused of selling methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu inside the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal earlier this month.

COMMISSION on Human Rights (CHR) Southern Mindanao Director Alberto Sipaco welcomed the appointment of National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales as the new Defense secretary amid criticisms.

MORE politicians are expected to leave the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD after almost 1,000 officials in Davao del Norte took their oath of allegiance to Liberal Party (LP).

AN ARMY soldier was killed in the latest encounter between government troops and New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Compostela Valley, Wednesday afternoon.