» MILF: Zambo mayor blocking unit of int’l monitoring team
Secessionist rebels scored the Zamboanga City government for allegedly blocking a component of an International Monitoring Team (IMT) from setting up operations there in line with its task of supervising a ceasefire.

» Dry spell takes toll on 21 of 37 villages in NCotabato town
The long dry spell hit 21 of 37 villages in the town of Magpet in North Cotabato in southern Philippines, damaging close to P43.9 million worth of crops there, the town’s agriculturist said on Thursday.

» Magnitude-3.8 quake rocks Davao
A magnitude-3.8 quake rocked the Davao area in Mindanao Wednesday but state seismologists said it was not powerful enough to cause damage.

» 9 dead as truck falls into ravine in North Cotabato
In yet another road accident, at least nine people were killed after a dump truck they were riding went out of control and fell into a ravine in North Cotabato province in southern Philippines before dawn Wednesday.

» Chinese top visitors to northeastern Mindanao
BUTUAN CITY - Chinese nationals ranked first among foreign tourists who visited northeastern Mindanao during the first two months of the year, data from the city’s Bureau of Immigration (BI) office said.

» 7 Sayyaf members killed in Sulu clash — military
About seven members of an Abu Sayyaf faction suspected to be linked to the international terrorist network Jemaah Islamiyah were killed in an encounter with government forces in Sulu on Sunday.

» Murder complaint vs Mangudadatu dropped, lawyer says
The Davao City prosecutor's office on Thursday junked the murder complaint filed against Buluan Vice Mayor Esmael "Toto" Mangudadatu in connection with the killing of his suspected assassin last February 11.

» Mild quake rocks Camiguin — Phivolcs
A mild magnitude-3 quake rocked parts of Camiguin Island in Mindanao shortly after midnight Wednesday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said Wednesday.

» Surigao del Sur gov torn between Villar, Gibo
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur - The governor of this southern Philippine province is torn between two presidential candidates — Gilberto Teodoro of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD and Senator Manuel Villar Jr. of the Nacionalista Party.

» 4 soldiers hurt in clash with Abu Sayyaf in Basilan
Four government soldiers were hurt Tuesday in two encounters with Abu Sayyaf bandits in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, a military official said.