April 17th, 2009 by Ompongan

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/8 Apr) — A fire right in the middle of a slum area here destroyed 50 houses as fire trucks had a hard time getting close to the fire due to the narrow roads.
The noon-time fire today devoured shanties at Purok Islam in Barangay Poblacion-Dos, city officials said.

April 10th, 2009 by Ompongan

Convenors of the Young Moro Professionals Network (YMPN) today called for the safe and immediate release of three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers from the hands of their captors in Sulu.

Baibon Sanggid, YMPN chairperson, and Tony Leviste, YMPN outreach overall coordinator issued the call during the interfaith bloodletting ceremonies organized by [...]

February 12th, 2009 by Ompongan

COTABATO CITY – The Kawagib Moro Human Rights Organization, a broad Moro organization organized in Mindanao which adheres for the advancement of human rights, strongly condemn the recent surveillance activity of a military agent to its spokesperson, Bai Ali Indayla.
A Specialist of National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) named Napoleon Olvara Aragones went Tuesday, February 10, [...]

February 11th, 2009 by Ompongan

We weren’t even sure at first if they will be allowed to cross. Egypt, for a time, refused to open the Rafah border it shares with Gaza despite pressure from the international community. As much as we wanted to help our kababayans, we were powerless to do anything unless Egypt changes its mind.
It was therefore [...]

February 5th, 2009 by Ompongan

His Excellency Makoto Katsura, Ambassador of Japan to the Philippines, spearheaded yesterday the inauguration of a school building donated by the government of Japan for the Regional Science High School of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). This six-classroom building erected in the municipality of Parang, Maguindanao banners the human security development paradign of [...]

February 5th, 2009 by Ompongan

Mayor Celso L. Lobregat has renewed his hatred and enmity for Moros this time against Moro businessmen in Zamboanga City. The other day he ordered a cracked down on all Moros doing business in Zamboanga City public market by closing several of their stalls. Lobregat was one of the local executives who petitioned the Supreme [...]

January 23rd, 2009 by Ompongan

Hostile situation continue to foment in various conflict centers in Mindanao the past days and weeks as armed encounters between forces of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and government lingers. Communal conflict between Muslims and Christians not far cry as if the situation is not abated. Muslims had been saying the past months that [...]

December 29th, 2008 by Ompongan