Category: Bukidnon News
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How should LGUs handle vulnerable sectors in the ‘whole of nation’ approach?
MALAYBALAY CITY (BukidnonNews.Net/06 October 2024) The Department of Interior and Local Government Bukidnon revealed that Malaybalay City is one of three local government units in Bukidnon, which will pilot the implementation of whole of nation approach to end local communist armed conflict. The two others are Valencia City and Maramag town, said Mr. Jay Niel…
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BUKIDNON VIEWS: TANGKULU – A Reflection of Indigenous Leadership
CHICAGO (BukidnonNews.Net/05 October 2024)This month of October marks the beginning of another political exercise in electing government officials in May 2025, in the Philippines. Local candidates in Bukidnon started filing their certificate of candidacies and mostly flashing the sign of ‘One Bukidnon’ in social media. Can this scheme bring a favor to Bukidnon? I spent…
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Market Scene: Banana, sweet potato vendor
A market-goer buys bananas from a vendor in the Malaybalay City taboan, just outside the public market building on October 5, 2024. BukidnonNews.Net photo
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Capitol releases total of 187 PTVs to Bukidnon barangays
Photo Grab Courtesy of LGU-Bukidnon MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon (BukidnonNews.Net/05 October 2024) The Provincial Government of Bukidnon (PGB) has now released Patient Transport Vehicles (PTVs) to a total of 187 out of the province’s 464 barangays. The provincial government released the second batch of PTVs to 91 barangays on September 27, 2024. Gov. Rogelio Neil P.…
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Public raise envi, social, and infra issues vs proposed 65-km CDO-Malaybalay highway – report
MALAYBALAY CITY (BukidnonNews.Net/01 October 2024) Folks who attended three public hearings in October 2023 for the proposed 65-kilometer high standard highway connecting Cagayan de Oro and Malaybalay expressed environmental, social, and infrastructural issues about the project that need to be addressed to ensure it proceeds smoothly, a report said. The Environmental Impact Assessment statement of the project,…
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BUKIDNON VIEWS: MATERIAL CULTURE – The Living Witness of the Past
CHICAGO (BukidnonNews.Net/01 October 2024) I got this opportunity to explore some artifacts in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago until December this year. I translate this opportunity as an accountability to examine the significance of these more than 100 years old material culture, to our present life. Our genetic composition usually prompts us…
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200 soil painters, performers take part in initial preps for Bukidnon bid for Guiness record
Participants pose after the activity. Courtesy of Bukidnon Artists MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon (BukidnonNews.Net/22 September 2024) About 200 visual artists and cultural performers attended the Soil Painting Activity held on September 21, 2024 on the Centennial Stage at the provincial capitol grounds in Malaybalay City. The event was held as part of the 2024 Bukidnon Provincial…
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[UPDATED] Bukidnon Dengue outbreak prompts use of P26-M response fund
In this version, the number of dengue cases have been updated based on Sept. 23, 2024 PESU data. Also, estimated budget for seven line items in the proposed P26 million QRF provided. (10a.m. 23 September 2024)MALAYBALAY CITY (BukidnonNews.Net/22 September 2024) Ten-year-old “Jenn” developed a fever on June 18, 2024. Treated with paracetamol for three days,…
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Rodeo action in CMU
Students take part in one of the events in the 49th Rodeo sa Musuan, an annual tradition led by the College of Agriculture on September 14-15, 2024 in the CMU Beef Cattle Project area in Musuan, Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon. The event was part of the 114th Founding Anniversary of Central Mindanao University, when an alumni…
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Bukidnon Revives Bid to Be “World’s Soil Painting Capital”
MALAYBALAY CITY (BukidnonNews.Net/ September 13, 2024) Bukidnon artists are reviving a campaign to be recognized by Guinness World Records as the “World’s Soil Painting Capital.” The effort kicks off with a soil painting activity on September 21, 2024, at the Centennial Stage in the Provincial Capitol Grounds. Datu Salakup Rodelio “Waway” L. Saway, president of…