ILIGAN CITY – The 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division has identified seven out of the ten New People’s Army rebels killed in an encounter with the 403rd Infantry Brigade in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on Christmas Day. NEW People's Army equipment captured following a Christmas Day encounter with the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Philippine Army 4th Infantry Division (ID) confirmed on Tuesday, December 26, that 10 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels have been killed in the Christmas Day encounter with soldiers in Sitio Kiito, Barangay Can-ayan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. MAJOR Gen. Jose Maria Cuerpo...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Nine New People’s Army rebels were killed in a gun battle with the military in the hinterlands of Barangays Can-ayan, Kibalabag, Kulaman, and Mapulo in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, on Christmas Day. The Philippine Army 4th Infantry Division (ID) said in a statement that the...
Nine suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a series of sustained military operations by the Philippine Army (PA) in Malaybalay, Bukidnon on Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25. The 4th Infantry Division (4ID) said it launched air strikes and ground-based attacks as part of a focused...
ILOILO CITY – A short film on the Panay Bukidnon indigenous peoples won in the 46th Gawad Urian. “Paglupad ka Banog” (The Flight of Banog) by director Elvert Bañares was awarded as Best Short Film in the annual awards given by film critic organization Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP) on...
By Henrylito D. Tacio In December 2019, Atty. Edwaldo L. Legaspina – more popularly known as Basti among friends – already bought four-and-half hectares of land in Lorega, a barangay of Kitaotao, Bukidnon. This lawyer loves to farm. (Henrylito Tacio) The pandemic happened just a few...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of the flood control structure that will protect the public in Cabanglasan, Bukidnon against the overflowing river during heavy rains of long duration. Completed along Bobonawan River in Barangay Cabulohan in...
By RICHELLE A. NIEPES Have you ever encountered a fruit that carries the distinctive aroma of durian but unfolds a taste similar to jackfruit, with subtle notes of marang ( Artocarpus odoratissimus )? It might sound peculiar or even bizarre, but such a fruit exists. Meet the cempedak (Artocarpus...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Some 3,000 residents from Bukidnon benefitted from House Speaker Martin Romualdez's Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD) program after the initiative was launched in the province Saturday, Nov. 11. “Nabuo...
By Vic Thor Palarca The buzz among local beekeepers and Asian Apiculture Association (AAA) member Reynaldo Gil “Datu Makadingding” Lomarda is that stingless bees, commonly known as “kiyot” indirectly promotes organic farming. Stingless bee honey or ‘kiyot’ honey is known for its...
Tossing a stone to a body of water creates ripples, causing a wider change that is felt beyond the initial toss. Figuratively but also quite literally, the masonry scholars of Aboitiz Power Corp. subsidiary Hedcor and Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (Aboitiz Foundation) – who work with brick, concrete,...
By YVETTE TAN Last week, I and a few other press people were at the Bukidnon Integrated Coffee Center (BICC) in Malaybalay. The BICC, which is co-hosted by Nestlé Philippines, has been around since 2008 and is the center of the country’s Robusta program. Almost 90% of the country’s coffee is...
