Lumad, Moro leaders reaffirm kinship, sign covenant

Iligan City-based Datu Diamla Rolando So-ong (right), over-all head claimant of an ancestral domain in Lanao del Norte embraces Hajji Datu Ismael Gonzales after they exchanged tokens during the IP-Moro reaffirmation of kinship in Songco, Lantapan, Bukidnon on March 8.  Bukidnon News photo  SONGCO, Lantapan, Bukidnon  – Representatives of eight Moro tribes and most of [...]

2 teenagers file charges vs. rape suspect; lawyer: client is presumed innocent

Bukidnon State University students carry placards during a symposium on women and children protection at the BSU gymnasium on March 9. It was done in time for the International Women’s Day and as an indignation of the series of rape incidents involving students. The rape suspect was arrested on March 3. Bukidnon News photo MALAYBALAY [...]

CHR probes surrender of 80 suspected rebels in Bukidnon

MALAYBALAY CITY – The Commission on Human Rights is investigating the surrender of 80 alleged New People’s Army (NPA) over complaints of alleged illegal arrest among others, lawyer Jeanny Ivy Abrina, CHR 10 regional director said.

Fuel tanker torched in Quezon town

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/06 September 2011) Police investigation is on-going on the incident in San Jose, Quezon town where still unidentified perpetrators hailed and torched a fuel tanker on October 4, police report said.

News summit tackles media’s defense vs. violence

CEBU CITY (Bukidnon News Dispatch/03 October)– Who are journalists? Why are journalists being killed? How should journalists defend themselves against violence? These are only some of the questions asked during the 8th Phillippine Summit on the News Media (Media Nation 8 ) from Sept. 30 to Oct. 1 in Marco Polo Plaza here, where the [...]

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 [...]

15 more rebel-returnees avail of city’s social integration program

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/30 Sept) Fifteen rebel returnees, including four women, from Upper Pulangi have received financial assistance from the city government of Malaybalay as part of the city’s local Social Integration Program, Randy Galula, SIP coordinator said.

Colonia Brothers top Malandog Trail Run

Malaybalay City – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/ 30 Sept) Running brothers Leonard and Leo Colonia topped the Malandog Ridge 10k Trail Run held on September 24, 2011 in BFI Compound, Sumpong, Malaybalay City. Fifty four out of the sixty eight actual registrants joined the race. Participants ran through the tough and challenging route which started from [...]

NCIP revokes compliance certificate issued to Bukidnon ranch occupant

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News / 30 Sept) – The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, sitting en banc, decided to annul the compliance certificate it issued to a ranch operator in Maramag, Bukidnon, reversing a verdict it made more than three years ago, according to a copy of its decision furnished by petitioner Panalsalan Dagumbaan Tribal [...]

Rehab of Rio Grande de Mindanao, “a high priority, high impact” project

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News Dispatch/ 29 Sept)– The Rehabilitation of the Rio Grande de Mindanao is one of the 10 high priority and high impact proposed projects as presented in the Mindanao River Basin Integrated Management and Development Plan, a copy of which was obtained by Bukidnon News. In the last chapter of the 16-chapter [...]

SPECIAL REPORT: Tribal leaders to withhold support for Pulangui V

By Carrell C. Magno and Laurie Ailynne M. Benito Bangsamoro Center for Just Peace (via Bukidnon News with permission from VERA Files) Leaders of indigenous communities in Bukidnon have refused to engage in any discussion over the planned construction of the Pulangui V Hydroelectric Project (HEP), until dam proponents submit a cultural impact assessment that [...]

Fr. Nery Satur Memorial Run set on October 1

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/27 Sept) The Diocese of Malaybalay and its media and environment apostolates along with a sports gear partner will be holding a five-kilometer fun run in memory of slain priest Fr. Nery Satur in this city on October 1, Saturday. Dubbed as the Fr. Nery Satur Memorial Run, the event [...]

Bukidnon Views: Bukidnon Culture: The Message by Loreta Sol L. Dinlayan (Last of a series)

(Bukidnon News releases this five-part series on the Bukidnon culture with permission from the author. These materials have been previously published by the BSU Ethno-cultural Museum and the Bukidnon Heritage Foundation. The script, Ms. Dinlayan says, in its simplest form, features the tangible and intangible heritage of the culture of Bukidnon. She added that culture [...]

Bukidnon bans ‘texting while driving’

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/25 September) The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Bukidnon has approved an ordinance prohibiting ‘text messaging’ while driving. The SP recently passed ordinance no. 2011-036R known as “Text at your own risk while driving ordinance of 2011.” Provincial board members unanimously approved the motion of first district board member Jay Albarece. [...]