PNoy asked to order transfer of 3 power barges from Panay to Mindanao

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News/12 March) – President Benigno Aquino III has been urged to intervene in the impending power shortage in Mindanao by ordering to forgo the sale of three power barges presently stationed in Panay Island and temporarily transfer it to appropriate stations in Mindanao. In asking Aquino to intervene, Nestor Degoma, president of [...]

PNoy to launch water, river program in Bukidnon

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News/19 November) President Benigno Aquino III is expected to lead launching rites of the Mindanao Development Authority’s Nurturing Our Waters (MindaNOW) program here tentatively on November 28, MinDA Sec. Luwalhati R. Antonino told Bukidnon Gov. Alex Calingasan in her letter on November 17.

Kalilangan lumber trader charged for transporting ‘excess’ forest products

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/27 September) The Community and Environment and Natural Resources Office of Malaybalay filed charges against the owner of a truck from Kalilangan town that transported naturally grown forest products beyond allowable excess. According to the criminal complaint filed by Leon C. Equipelag, special forestry prosecutor, before the Office of the [...]

Fr. Nery memorial race draws 500 runners

MALAYBALAY CITY –  (Bukidnon News Dispatch/01-02 October) The first ever Fr. Nery Satur memorial run, organized in time for the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of his death, drew more than 500 participants on October 1. The five-kilometer run started around 6:45a.m. at the Freedom Park Covered Court. The Diocese of Malaybalay and the Archdiocese [...]

Volunteers back PLS Sawaga clean-up drive

MALAYBALAY CITY- The Philippine Life Saving (PLS) Bukidnon Chapter spearheaded a clean-up drive in a portion of the city’s Sawaga River in celebration of the International Coastal Clean-up Day on September 18. About 147 volunteers cleaned the stretch of the river from Sumpong to Impalambong Bridge covering five barangays, namely; Barangays 3, 4, 7, 10, [...]

Foreigners behind Libona illegal gold mining; use cyanide, mercury – BENRO chief

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/15 Sept.) Operators of small scale gold mining in at least 58 hectares in Sitio Manlahuyan, Gango, Libona, Bukidnon are financed by foreigners, are illegal, and are using mercury and cyanide , Samuel Cadavos, chief of the Bukidnon Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) said in his report to the [...]

Bukidnon: One of 10 climate change adaptation pilot areas – NEDA

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/12 September) The province of Bukidnon is one of 10 provinces in the country selected as a pilot area for the Joint Programme on Strengthening the Philippines’ Institutional Capacity to adapt to climate change, according to the National Economic Development Authority, which spearheads the program in the country. The joint [...]

Tañada: Privatization of Agus-Pulangi “not yet inevitable”

VALENCIA CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/09 Sept) The feared privatization of the Agus and Pulangi power complexes may still be averted, Deputy House Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III said here Friday. Tañada said there is a chance that the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) will recommend to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act, which provides [...]

Tornado damage in Batangan, Valencia City

                      TWISTER’S WRATH. The September 3 tornado that hit three villages in Valencia City killed a boy, injured four among 151 persons affected, and left 38 houses damaged. Shown in photo are destroyed houses in Brgy. Batangan, Valencia City. Bukidnon News photo courtesy of Ma. [...]

Tornado kills boy, injures 4 in Valencia City

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/05 Sept.)A one-year old boy died and four persons were hurt in a tornado incident in three villages in Valencia City Saturday afternoon, Capt. Alejandro Larosa, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council coordinator reported to the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office. James Alumin, from Purok [...]

BSU’s social science dept. holds fun run, tree planting

MALAYBALAY CITY - The Bukidnon State University (BSU) Social Science Department held a fun run and a tree planting activity on August 27 as part of its celebration of the Social Science Week. More than 2,500 students, faculty and residents of Malaybalay joined two categories in the fun run, which started at 6a.m. in BSU campus along Fortich [...]

Malaybalay City water supply interrupted, restored

MALAYBALAY CITY – Most of the city’s water concessionaires did not have water supply starting dawn today as a portion of the main pipeline connecting the source to the distributor burst out, the Malaybalay City Water District announced Friday morning. Glenn Rose Ledesma, MCWD public information officer, said water from the city’s main source Kibalabag [...]