Mindanao in a sentence

Currently, the PN has seven operational commands: Naval Forces Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon, Central, West, Western Mindanao, Eastern Mindanao and Fleet-Marine Ready Force.

Firstly, this highway spans the second largest river basin in the country with the Mindanao River, its headwaters going all the way from the Bukidnon highlands of Central Mindanao to the Moro Gulf on the shores of Cotabato City.

Some twenty years ago, while acknowledging the need to increase Mindanao’s power generation capacity, we argued that it should be focused on rehabilitating the Agus and Pulangi hydro plants and fast-track the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection.

At the University of the Philippines-Mindanao campus on September 20, the University Student Council and militant groups staged a snake rally from the Department of Human Kinetics to the UP Mindanao Atrium to commemorate the 52 anniversary of martial law.

Kaya kami po ay naghanda ng resolution na ia-approve po natin later on, for the support that you are giving the Mindanao Development Authority and the whole Mindanao,” Sec. Acosta added.

It will house and secure seized items from various ports of entry in Northern Mindanao, namely Port of Cagayan de Oro, Ozamiz Subport, Iligan Subport, and Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

In weightlifting, Central Visayas bowed to Western Mindanao as the hosts could only manage 15 gold medals, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals while the Mindanao team picked 23 gold medals, 5 silvers and 3 bronze medals.

They should learn from the green: Next year, Mindanao provinces and cities will vote on the Organic Law of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and bring to fruition the new regime sought by the Moro Islamic Liberation Force.

Abdulkadil Tawa Jani and his parents Jaime and Sauda, during his graduation last year at the Mindanao State University in Tawi-Tawi.

A recent spike in clashes is threatening a fragile peace between the Philippine government and Moro Muslims in Mindanao.

At present, the National Capital Region has the highest daily nominal wage rate at PHP570 (non-agriculture), while the lowest is at PHP316 (non-agriculture) for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Authorities secure the gymnasium of Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City on Sunday, December 2, 2023, shortly after it was turned into a bloody crime scene.

Based on information from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 117,000 people in Mindanao are still displaced, mainly due to weather-related problems.

Bautista noted that the Mindanao railway project was in the “process of design finalization” and the government was working on the right-of-way issue and eventual acquisition of the land.

But Tria added that Davao remains an ideal destination for investments, owing greatly to the improved peace and order situation in Mindanao.

Calamaya then deployed a deployable response group and Coast Guard Medical-Northeastern Mindanao onboard Fast Patrol Boat 151 to give initial medical assistance to Palado.

Earlier, the PNP said it had put its police regional offices in Mindanao on red alert status and placed the National Capital Region under heightened alert status as a precautionary measure.

Estrada lamented the attack’s timing, as Mindanao Week of Peace is observed.

He studied Philosophy at the Saint Francis Xavier Regional Major Seminary of Mindanao and Theology at the University of Santo Tomas Central Seminary in Manila.

In between, from the 1970s until very recently, there was a Muslim rebellion in Mindanao.