CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The data on dengue cases being received by the Department of Health (DoH) in Bukidnon, the province with the most number of cases in Northern Mindanao, is feared to be just “the tip of the iceberg” and that many other cases remain unreported, a provincial health official disclosed Thursday.

Dr. Josephine Ibalio, the health coordinator for Bukidnon province, said they are receiving information of new cases every week as she expressed concern that the situation could ...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—The worst is yet to come.

This is the gist of the warning issued by a business organization here against being complacent regarding the power situation in Mindanao.

The Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport) said Mindanao and the entire country should work together in instituting mitigating measures against power shortages, especially with the onslaught of the La Niña weather phenomenon.

Philexport said now is the best time for businesses, especially small an...

by Atty. Camilo “Bong” Montesa

CAGAYAN DE ORO -- Owners of auto supply stores in this city expected a decrease in the number of customers buying sirens and blinkers after President Benigno Aquino III banned the unauthorized use of such devices.

Christian Belnez, who manages Auto Supply, told Sun.Star that most of those who buy the sirens and blinkers are businessmen who have SUVs.

"Most of our customers are usually Muslims from Marawi. We noticed only few people from Cagayan who buy sirens and blinkers," Belnez said in verna...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—While much hype and publicity accompanied the filing by Rep.  Gloria Arroyo of a bill calling for a Constitutional Convention to revise the 1987 Constitution, not much fanfare accompanied the re-filing of the  Alternative Mining Bill (AMB) by Rep. Erin Tañada.

“We welcome the refiling of the bill,” said the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan/Friends of the Earth-Philippines  (LRC-KSK/FoE), one of the groups leading the multi-sectoral campai...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—While Northern Mindanao continues to be the dominant economy in Southern Philippines during the first quarter of this year, with a 12.4-percent growth, or P11.65 billion, investments in the region, however, decreased during the first quarter, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda-10)  office in the region said.

Total investment in the region during the first quarter was only P958.63 million, lower by 6 percent to the same period last year of P1.021 billion...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Expectations are high among tribal communities in Northern Mindanao applying for a certificate of ancestral domain title, a government-issued instrument that assures security among indigenous peoples living on the country’s uplands.

This was arrived at after a partnership was formed between the peace and order council of Misamis Oriental and the Building Bridges for Peace (BBP) project of the Philippine Coalition for the International Criminal Court (PCICC), a civil so...

 BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health (DoH) sounded an alarm over the significant rise in cases of dengue fever in Northern and Northeastern Mindanao, citing 10 deaths out of the 1,406 persons reportedly downed by the mosquito-borne disease.

The DoH offices in Caraga region and Region 10 were already mobilized to help community health officers stop the spread of the dreaded disease, which has taken its toll mostly on children.

The patients are currently admitted at various hospitals in the ...

The construction of  the US$167.09 Million (PhP7.853 Billion)  Laguindingan Airport Development Project  (LADP) in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, particularly the civil works and buildings, is already 65% completed as of May 14, 2010.