Today, as a spate of motorcycle thefts and killings once again sowed fear among our people in the province, especially the First District bordering Maguindanao del Norte, I have looked into ways and strategies to end the problem. When I was Governor of North Cotabato from 1998 to 2007, I directed the police commander to…
The era of colonial conquests is over and we have ceased to be a colony of Spain over 100 years ago. However, by surrendering one of our countrymen, a former President at that, to the Europe-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to be tried for crimes allegedly committed within the Philippines against Filipinos, it now appears…
I received confirmation from sources inside the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) that an uneasy atmosphere prevails following the changes in the Autonomous Region’s political set up initiated by Malacañang. As the former Governor of North Cotabato who figured prominently in the previous events which led to the birth of the country’s first…
📸 Manny Piñol facebook page Shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, accompanied by his long-time friend and former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, was whisked off from our country to be brought to The Hague, Netherlands to face the International Criminal Court. It was a sad day for those who…
North Cotabato is a land of ironies: It is a major producer of rice but the farmer’s palay is bought at P15 per kilo while the market price of rice, often imported, is P50 to P60/kilo. This is a perfect example of daylight robbery because the rule of thumb is price of palay multiplied by…
In my genuine desire to provide the Indigenous People and their children a better life, I have designed the Cotabato Bamboo Farming Program in their vast Ancestral Domains which I hope to implement if by God’s grace, I will be back as Governor of my province. The program aims to establish Giant Bamboo Production in…
-For a country which literally is submerged in floodwater during the typhoon season, the Philippines is facing a major crisis which could impact on the lives of the next generation of Filipinos – the lack of water. Sadder than this impending disaster is the fact that nobody seems to be concerned about it and there…
Photo Courtesy: Manny Piñol facebook page Sorghum and Upland Rice Farming will start this month in six Pilot Areas of the vast Tribal Ancestral Domains of North Cotabato. An initial area of 200 hectares will be planted to Sorghum with a Buy-Back Agreement with the Southseas Agri-Aqua Ventures, Inc., a small company which Sen. Ping…
The country’s biggest Sheep and Goat Genetics Nucleus Farm is now nearing completion in North Cotabato. When fully operational this year, it will be the breeding center of two outstanding lines of Goat and Sheep whose offsprings will later be distributed to the different regions of the country. The project is a partnership between the…
The commercial production through grow-out culture of “Ulang,” the Giant Freshwater Prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in the Liguasan Marsh could earn local farmers as much as P400,000 per hectare per year, according to a study conducted by the Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). The result of the study came almost five months since I invited…
