NPA rebels torch Dole trucks in Southern PhilippinesSaturday, July 31, 2010 05:10:20 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 31, 2010) – Communist insurgents torched five container vans in an attack Saturday in Compostela Valley province in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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SINGAPORE: Silence of the LionsSaturday, July 31, 2010 04:41:00 PM
SINGAPORE – "Chewing gum is banned in Singapore?" a curious friend in Bangkok asks. Encouraged by my nod, she cautiously probes:"What happens when you get caught, death sentence?" You laugh. Perhaps the question was almost child-like in its naivety. But it highlights the far-reaching reputation of a government that freely dishes out harsh penalties on every imaginable “crime". The result is no laughing matter: a climate of fear that looms over citizens – and foreigners – like a hangman’s noose.
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MALAYSIA: Let Information Flow, State Tells Federal Gov’tSaturday, July 31, 2010 04:38:54 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – The freedom of information bill pending in opposition-ruled Selangor state may be just at the state level, but it throws a direct challenge to the federal government of Malaysia and its strict controls on the media.
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Former Moro rebel kills civilian in CotabatoSaturday, July 31, 2010 12:22:45 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 31, 2010) – Philippine police is investigating a member of the former rebel group Moro National Liberation Front who fatally shot a civilian in the troubled city of Cotabato in Mindanao, officials said Saturday.
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Priest had date with teen before alleged suicide? : ABS-CBNSaturday, July 31, 2010 10:18:27 AM
 | | MANILA, Philippines - Police in Camarines Sur province are investigating the death of a priest, who allegedly went on a date with a 15-year-old girl before he was found dead last Wednesday morning.
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4 soldiers wounded in roadside bombings in South RPFriday, July 30, 2010 04:14:18 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 30, 2010) – Four government soldiers pursuing communist rebels were wounded Friday in two roadside bombings blamed to the Maoist New People’s Army in Davao City in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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Manny Pacquiao, hindi makikialam sa kaso ng kapatid!Friday, July 30, 2010 12:52:58 PM
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 30, 2010) – Hindi umano kakanlungin ni boxing superstar at Sarangani Congressman Manny Pacquiao ang sariling kapatid na babae matapos na lusubin ng pulisya ang mansion nito sa hinalang operator ito ng pasugalan sa General Santos City sa Mindanao.
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Turtles for sale, anyone?Thursday, July 29, 2010 08:49:31 PM
 | | An illegally caught South Asian Box Turtles (Cuora amboinensis)from marshy villages of Midsayap town in Mindanao's North Cotabato province sell for 50 pesos each in Davao City.
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'Noynoy Aquino Will Lead Filipinos To Path Of Deeper Exploitation, Deprivation' By Jorge Madlos (Mindanao)Thursday, July 29, 2010 02:44:08 PM
NOYNOY AQUINO’s first SONA devoted fifteen minutes, or 43% of his speech castigating Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for graft and corruption and grave abuse of power. It is but proper for the Aquino government to run after GMA, Mike Arroyo and all their collaborators, including big tax evaders like Lucio Tan, and jail them. We are skeptical whether Mr. Aquino can achieve this within his six-year term, given that graft and corruption is deeply ingrained in a system ruled by the landed and comprador classes whose lackeys in government enrich themselves at the expense of deprived peasants and exploited workers. In fact, Cory Aquino’s regime miserably failed to stop corruption. It is not likely that Mr. Aquino’s “Truth Commission” will end the wanton pilferage of public coffers, and once and for all solve extra-judicial killings and other heinous crimes.
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RP wizards win 31 medals in South Korea math contestThursday, July 29, 2010 02:29:38 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Young Filipino math wizards won 31 medals including two team gold medals in the International Math Competition (IMC) held in South Korea from July 25 to 29.
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Philippine Terrorist Operative Pleads Guilty To Kidnapping Charges Thursday, July 29, 2010 01:13:01 PM
WASHINGTON - A Philippine national who was formerly the second-in-command of the dreaded Abu Sayyaf Islamist group has pleaded guilty to the 1995 kidnapping of 16 people, said reports quoting the US State Department on Wednesday.
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SELDA calls for release of all political prisoners in the PhilippinesThursday, July 29, 2010 10:32:09 AM
MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 29, 2010) - An organization of former political detainees called the Samahan ng mga Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Para sa Amnestiya or SELDA, urged President Benigno Aquinom III to free all political prisoners in the Philippines.
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Comval gidayeg sa NEDA tungod sa nagapadayong tradition of excellenceWednesday, July 28, 2010 09:25:08 PM
DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Hulyo 28, 2010) - Laing pagdayeg na usab karon ang naangkon sa Compostela Valley province tungod kay namentenar niini ang iyang tradition of excellence nga, basta iya sa Comval seguradong pulido, malampuson, ug taas ang kalidad.
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Ex-Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin gihatagan og kasamtangang kagawasanWednesday, July 28, 2010 09:21:43 PM
MAYNILA (Mindanao Examiner / Hulyo 28, 2010) - Nakagawas na sa iyang bilanggoan si kanhi Marine Colonel Ariel Querubin niadtong Miyerkoles sa udto, labaw sa upat ka tuig human nahilambigit sa pakyas nga pagsulay sa pagpukan sa administrasyon ni kanhi Presidente Gloria Arroyo.
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Switzerland, Chile, at Cambodia may bagong ambassadors na sa PinasWednesday, July 28, 2010 09:17:45 PM
MAYNILA (Mindanao Examiner / Hulyo 28, 2010) - Tinaggap ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino III ang credentials ang tatlong bagong ambassador na bumisita sa kanya sa Malakanyang, ayon sa ulat ng Philippine Information Agency.
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2 bodies turn up in Zamboanga villagesWednesday, July 28, 2010 01:08:49 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 28, 2010) – The killings never stopped. Two corpses had been found in Zamboanga City in Mindanao where the spate of gun attacks and murders continue to hound the locals the past months.
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Philippines Wins 2010 World Championship of Performing ArtsWednesday, July 28, 2010 11:10:27 AM
 | | International talent competition names winners after searching the globe for the best talent, Rose Marielle Mamaclay of Philippines and Lianah Santa Ana of United States take top prizes.
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Nato recovers missing troop's body Tuesday, July 27, 2010 05:00:36 PM
 | | The body of one of two US servicemen who went missing in eastern Afghanistan last week has been recovered, a Nato spokesman has said.
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Afghanistan war leak papers will take 'weeks to assess'Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:20:07 AM
The US military has said it could take weeks to determine the impact of the leak of more than 90,000 classified military records. The documents, published online at the website Wikileaks, detail the war in Afghanistan, including previously unreported civilian deaths.
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Pakistan Aids Insurgency in Afghanistan, Reports AssertTuesday, July 27, 2010 11:14:14 AM
Americans fighting the war in Afghanistan have long harbored strong suspicions that Pakistan’s military spy service has guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand, even as Pakistan receives more than $1 billion a year from Washington for its help combating the militants, according to a trove of secret military field reports made public Sunday.
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CA orders GIs to explain death of interpreterMonday, July 26, 2010 08:55:58 PM
MANILA, Philippines – American soldiers implicated in the death of a Filipino interpreter in Mindanao have been ordered by the Court of Appeals to shed light on the incident by filing verified returns to writs of amparo and habeas data issued by the Supreme Court.
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Maguindanao has new justice advocatesMonday, July 26, 2010 08:48:34 PM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - As an indication of its active pursuit of sustaining justice and peace in the province, Maguindanao has recently mobilized 24 new Barangay (village) Justice Advocates or BJAs in the Municipality of Datu Abdullah Sangki.
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Mindanaon visual artists in ManilART 10Monday, July 26, 2010 07:30:16 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines - While cosmopolitan Manila enjoys the reputation of being the Philippines’ arts and culture capital, there are actually thriving art scenes across the archipelago.
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State of the Nation Address of President Benigno S. Aquino IIIMonday, July 26, 2010 06:37:24 PM
 | | Philippine President Benigno Aquino III. And political activists who are members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Southern Midnanao Region hold a rally in Davao City and called on Aquino to prosecute former President Gloria Arroyo, accused of corruption, and her cronies. The group also condemned the latest spate of political killings in the country. (Photos by Rey Baniquet and Karlos Manlupig).
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Troops searching for kidnapped Japanese clash with Sayyaf in the PhilippinesMonday, July 26, 2010 04:55:01 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 26, 2010) – Philippine soldiers searching for a kidnapped Japanese man in the Sulu archipelago clashed Monday with Abu Sayyaf militants in the town of Patikul, officials said.
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Filipinos praise Japan for health support in MindanaoMonday, July 26, 2010 11:35:27 AM
MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 26, 2010) - Filipino villagers praised Japan for its support to rural health programs in North Cotabato province in Mindanao.
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"Who will benefit, U.S. or US?" By Erick San JuanMonday, July 26, 2010 07:41:15 AM
There seems to be so much renewed interest by Uncle Sam in this part of the world which, according to a US top official is “a dynamic region”.
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Ready-to-eat mealMonday, July 26, 2010 07:34:23 AM
 | | A man sells steamed rice and chicken meat wrapped in banana leaf for P7 at a stall in Kidapawan City.
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Australian candidate dumped over anti-Muslim commentsSunday, July 25, 2010 07:59:09 PM
SYDNEY, Australia — An aspiring Australian politician was Sunday dumped as his party's candidate for upcoming polls after he reportedly posted anti-Islamic comments on the Internet.
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Kano, sobra na!Sunday, July 25, 2010 04:33:56 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 25, 2010) – Banas na umano ang maraming mga opisyal ng militar at pulisya sa kayabangan at ka-arongantehan ng mga Amerikanong sundalo na nasa Mindanao.
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Quakes jolt MindanaoSaturday, July 24, 2010 11:33:17 AM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 24, 2010) – Four earthquakes shook Mindanao on Saturday morning, but there were no reports of injuries or serious damage to structures in the southern Philippine region, the United States Geological Survey said.
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Justice For Maguindanao Massacre Victims; 8 Months Had Passed!Friday, July 23, 2010 03:03:49 PM
 | | It is 8 months now since the Maguindanao massacre where at least 32 journalists were among 57 people brutally murdered.
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6 wounded in separate attacks in MindanaoFriday, July 23, 2010 11:22:54 AM
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 23, 2010) – At least six people were wounded in separate attacks in the restive region of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, officials said Friday.
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Scientists find 'monster' star using Very Large TelescopeThursday, July 22, 2010 06:40:57 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom - The most massive star ever, which is up to 20 million times brighter than the Sun, has been discovered using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, scientists in Britain said Wednesday.
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All In Kidapawan CityThursday, July 22, 2010 06:21:14 PM
 | | Members of the 15th Philippine National Police Community Relations in Kidapawan City hold blood drive in coordination with the Kidapawan City Blood Bank. (Mindanao Examiner Photo – Geo Solmerano).
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2 killed in NPA ambush in South RPThursday, July 22, 2010 05:39:34 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 22, 2010) – Communist rebels ambushed a military patrol and killing two government militias and wounding two others in the southern Philippines.
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Thousands get free bags, school supplies in SuluWednesday, July 21, 2010 09:06:50 PM
 | | Thousands of Muslim students receive new bags and school supplies on two-days of humanitarian mission on a coastal town of Maimbung in the southern Philippine province of Sulu. Governor Sakur Tan and his son, Samier Tan, the mayor of Maimbung town, and wife, Nurunisah Tan, led the First Family in the distribution of some 10,000 bags, notebooks and pad papers to throngs of students in different schools from 27 villages. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Jung Francisco).
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Lanao Norte Governor Praises Army BattalionWednesday, July 21, 2010 02:17:47 PM
LANAO DEL NORTE, Philippines – Lanao del Norte Governor Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo praised the Philippine Army’s 35th Infantry Battalion on its active role in promoting peace and reconciliation in the province.
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Two captives free at last in MindanaoWednesday, July 21, 2010 01:45:45 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 21, 2010) - A Philippine soldier held by communist rebels and a son of a top election official kidnapped by gunmen were freed separately by their captors in Mindanao, police and military said on Wednesday.
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Kidnapped Japanese in the Philippines makes contactWednesday, July 21, 2010 12:29:07 PM
 | | MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 21, 2010) – Philippines authorities are holding a letter sent by a kidnapped Japanese man in the country’s restive southern region where security forces have mounted an operation to rescue the 63-year old Hiroshima native.
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Halaw, Wag Kang Titingin & Donor top Cinemalaya 2010 Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:35:05 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Sheron Dayoc's Halaw won the Best Film in the New Breed Full Length Feature category while Pam Miras' Wag Kang Titingin topped the Short Feature category and Mark Meily's Donor was named Best Film in the Directors Showcase of the Sixth Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and Competition.
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Sunrise in Zamboanga Sibugay provinceSunday, July 18, 2010 05:16:08 PM
 | | The sun rises in Zamboanga Sibugay whose new governor Rommel Jalosjos pledged to make the province a regional hub in western Mindanao.
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Grade School Kids In Philippines Unite for Good NutritionSunday, July 18, 2010 03:12:41 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 18, 2010) - A not-so-fit Future? It has often been said that our future lies in the children of our country.
But what kind of future is in store for us when Philippine Statistics show that approximately 8 million Filipino children are malnourished?
Various nutrition education programs during Nutrition Month have been implemented to underscore the importance of proper nutrition among schoolchildren. To teach schoolchildren about nutrition is already something. But to revolutionize it into a nationwide interschool competition for them to learn is something else.
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Philippine security forces search for kidnapped Japanese manSaturday, July 17, 2010 02:09:08 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 17, 2010) – Security forces continue to search for a Japanese national who was abducted by gunmen on a remote island in the Sulu archipelago in the southern Philippines, officials said Saturday.
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Japanese national abducted in southern PhilippinesFriday, July 16, 2010 08:09:30 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 16, 2010) – Philippine authorities said a Japanese man was abducted Friday by gunmen on a remote island in the Sulu archipelago.
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PNoy suggests compromise on South Cotabato environment code issueFriday, July 16, 2010 04:38:49 PM
SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines - The Philippine government has started consultations aimed at settling an issue brought about by a newly enacted ordinance that bans open pit mining in South Cotabato province in Mindanao and threatening a $6-billion gold-copper project in that province.
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NPA rebels free arrested militia, but held on to captured army soldier in MindanaoFriday, July 16, 2010 04:30:22 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 16, 2010) – Philippine Maoist rebels freed Friday a government militia they captured last month in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao.
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USAID, The Asia Foundation Launch Assistance Program For Local Governments In MindanaoFriday, July 16, 2010 03:03:44 PM
 | | MANILA, Philippines - With support from the United States Agency for International Development, The Asia Foundation will help local governments in Mindanao improve fiscal performance, service delivery, transparency and accountability.
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Marine killed in duel with cop in Zamboanga clubThursday, July 15, 2010 09:04:14 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 15, 2010) – A member of the Philippine Marines was killed and a policeman seriously wounded after the two engaged in a duel before dawn Thursday in Zamboanga City in Mindanao.
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Manila to resume peace talks with MILF; names UP dean as chief negotiatorThursday, July 15, 2010 12:47:32 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 15, 2010) – Manila announced Thursday that it would pursue peace talks with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and named a university dean to head the government peace panel.
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Mel Gibson takes aim at Hispanics in fresh rantThursday, July 15, 2010 11:02:50 AM
LOS ANGELES, United States — Mel Gibson's terrible week just got worse as in a fresh recording posted online Tuesday, the Oscar-winning "Braveheart" director uses racial language to disparage a Hispanic cleaning lady.
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Nograles’ Defeat Dampens Endorsement of Scholarship ProgramThursday, July 15, 2010 10:36:49 AM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — After former House Speaker Prospero Nograles lost in the last elections, barangay captains supporting him have stopped recruiting scholars for Nograles’ Oplan Kaalam program.
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Human lineage split from monkeys later than thoughtThursday, July 15, 2010 09:25:00 AM
PARIS, France — The last ancestor shared by monkeys and humans probably lived between 28 and 24 million years ago, several million later than previously thought, fossils unveiled Wednesday have revealed.
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Troops kill leader of gang holding kidnapped son of Philippine poll commissionerWednesday, July 14, 2010 06:49:55 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 14, 2010) – Troops killed the leader of a kidnap gang holding the son of a Philippine elections commissioner in a clash Wednesday in Mindanao, officials said.
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2 mediamen get threatsWednesday, July 14, 2010 04:37:39 PM
Two mediamen claimed yesterday that they are receiving death threats through text messages from unknown sources.
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Sweet Change! Wednesday, July 14, 2010 03:26:31 PM
 | | An unidentified cashier at a branch of the Joan's Pharmacy in Nunez Street in Zamboanga City in Mindanao gives out candies to its grocery customers as change instead of coins.
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Buying Time In ZamboangaWednesday, July 14, 2010 02:48:44 PM
 | | Seven government workers tasked to clean clogged canals and drainage in Zamboanga City in Mindanao buy their time Wednesday, July 14, 2010 outside the Ateneo de Zamboanga University.
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Father Jose Ramon Villarin Takes Over Ateneo de ManilaWednesday, July 14, 2010 11:11:04 AM
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 14, 2010) - From a mathematician to a climate change expert and with the election of Father Jose Ramon Villarin as its next president, the Ateneo de Manila University is right on track to be the leading university in the Philippines in the study of climate change.
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DepEd, Kraft Launch “Palamantasan” In MindanaoWednesday, July 14, 2010 10:53:57 AM
 | | Be there to witness how this wide-scale competition rallies over 100 public and private schools from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao towards a healthier future for Filipino school children.
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La Niña: Worst is Yet To ComeTuesday, July 13, 2010 11:11:48 PM
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 13, 2010) — The worst is yet to come. This is what the Philippine Exporters Confederation is warning everyone in Mindanao and the entire country not to be complacent in putting up mitigating measures against power shortages with the onslaught of the La Niña weather phenomenon.
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Israel resumes razing Palestinian homesTuesday, July 13, 2010 10:56:27 PM
Israel has destroyed one Palestinian home and two unfinished houses along with parts of a factory in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) in line with its much criticized demolition campaign.
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Groups, Indigenous Tribes Oppose Open-pit Mining, Ranch in MindanaoTuesday, July 13, 2010 10:20:17 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 13, 2010) – Some 200 people, backed by various civil groups, vowed Tuesday to fight off the intrusion in Mount Diwata of foreign mining firms in the gold-rich town of Monkayo in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao.
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Mel Gibson rants posted onlineTuesday, July 13, 2010 09:34:17 PM
CALIFORNIA, United States — A fresh audio recording in which "Lethal Weapon" star Mel Gibson appears to acknowledge beating his Russian-born girlfriend surfaced Monday, further damaging the Hollywood star's reputation.
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Village official killed in Zamboanga ambushTuesday, July 13, 2010 06:50:55 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 13, 2010) – A village official was killed and his companions injured after gunmen ambushed them Tuesday in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.
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Ficus ElasticaTuesday, July 13, 2010 02:43:47 PM
 | | A farm worker saps a rubber tree (Ficus Elastica) at a plantation in North Cotabato’s Makilala town in Mindanao.
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Ambush leaves soldier dead, 5 others wounded in Lanao SurTuesday, July 13, 2010 01:49:03 PM
ILIGAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 13, 2010) – A government soldier was killed and 5 others were wounded in a firefight Tuesday in the troubled province of Lanao del Sur in the Muslim autonomous region in the southern Philippines, police said.
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Child dead, 3 others wounded in Maguindanao bombingTuesday, July 13, 2010 10:49:27 AM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 13, 2010) – An improvised bomb exploded in the restive southern region of the Philippines and killing a child and wounding three more, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Body of Filipino stabbed on Kish still in IranMonday, July 12, 2010 10:24:39 PM
ABU DHABI - The body of a Filipino job-seeker stabbed to death on a visa run to Kish Island two weeks ago is still in a Tehran morgue, with no indication of when it can be sent home.
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Ampatuan Loyalist!Monday, July 12, 2010 09:01:50 PM
 | | A villager in the town of Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao province in Mindanao wears a shirt with a photo of Zaldy Ampatuan, the jailed governor of the Muslim autonomous region, who along with his father Andal Ampatuan Sr.
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Shark's Tale!Monday, July 12, 2010 08:50:24 PM
 | | A fisherman smiles as he shows off a juvenile shark he caught off the southern Philippines city of General Santos.
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Ampatuan Bungalows In Davao CityMonday, July 12, 2010 08:31:42 PM
 | | An unfinished bungalow owned by the Ampatuan family in the southern Filipino city of Davao.
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'Vague Friendly Arrangement' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Monday, July 12, 2010 08:13:41 PM
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Spain Wins World Cup! Monday, July 12, 2010 12:07:27 PM
 | | AFRICA - Spain has beaten the Netherlands, 1-0 in extra time, to win its first World Cup football title.
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Welcome to Cagayan de Oro’s Kumbira 2010!Sunday, July 11, 2010 05:57:55 PM
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines - Chef Benji’s face was a study in deep thought as he sat on his chair for two hours now, alternately hunched on the table, both arms supporting his head, or feverishly scribbling on his notebook, the tattered copy of his beloved Larousse Gastronomique in front of him.
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Center offers courses for new legislators Sunday, July 11, 2010 05:48:44 PM
MANILA, Philippines – New legislators will not be coming in from the cold when they join the 15th Congress starting July 26 because the Center for Policy and Executive Development of the National College of Public Administration and Governance of the University of the Philippines is offering courses for them.
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Karahasan sa Zambo, patuloy pa rin!Sunday, July 11, 2010 12:56:14 PM
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 11, 2010) – Patuloy ang karahasan sa Zamboanga sa kabila ng dami ng pulis at sundalong nagpapatrulya sa lungsod na binansagang Asia’s Latin City.
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CIA to debrief agents freed by Russia: expertSaturday, July 10, 2010 03:24:30 PM
WASHINGTON – CIA officials were expected to whisk agents freed by Moscow to a safe house for a long debriefing, a former top security aide said Friday, adding they could provide valuable information to the spy agency.
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Abducted German tourist freed in the PhilippinesSaturday, July 10, 2010 02:00:29 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 10, 2010) – A German tourist who was reported abducted in the southern Philippines had allegedly contacted his family to say that he was released by his captors, an army spokesman said Sunday.
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US, Russia stage Cold War airport spy swapSaturday, July 10, 2010 11:04:28 AM
VIENNA — Russia and the United States played out their biggest spy swap since the Cold War at Vienna airport Friday, exchanging 10 agents deported by US authorities for four freed by Russia in a perfectly choreographed operation.
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Ombudsman Raps Scammers: The Manila TimesSaturday, July 10, 2010 09:17:38 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The Office of the Ombudsman on Friday filed criminal charges against former Agriculture Secretary Luis “Cito” Lorenzo Jr, former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante and many other former Agriculture officials and staff in connection with an alleged multimillion scam in 2004, The Manila Times reported.
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French Ambassador visits Tawi-TawiFriday, July 09, 2010 11:22:13 PM
TAWI-TAWI, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 9, 2010) - The prestigious French Legion of Honor with French Ambassador to the Philippines, Thierry Borja de Mozota, visited the southernmost Filipino province of Tawi-Tawi on Friday to turn over the initially completed Sheikh Karim al Makhdum Mosque.
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Rebels ambush 3 in southern PhilippinesFriday, July 09, 2010 06:44:56 PM
SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 9, 2010) – Suspected Moro rebels killed three people on suspicion they were military spies in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, police said Friday.
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Patricia Recto Tumang is adobo’s new managing editorFriday, July 09, 2010 05:53:42 PM
 | | MANILA, Philippines - Patricia Recto Tumang is appointed managing editor of adobo magazine, replacing Cynthia Dayco, who has decided to pursue endeavors outside of advertising and trade publishing.
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Hezbollah denounces sacking of CNN Mideast editorFriday, July 09, 2010 04:38:22 PM
 | | BEIRUT – Hezbollah denounced CNN on Thursday for forcing out senior Middle East editor Octavia Nasr after she sent a Twitter message praising the late Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
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'We Are Our Own Worst Enemy' By Fr Roy Cimagala (Cebu City)Friday, July 09, 2010 04:34:02 PM
WE need to be more aware of this hideous possibility, one that is very likely and, in fact, is now widespread. Obviously, we have to understand it properly.
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MILF, Army trade accusations as fighting flares up in MindanaoFriday, July 09, 2010 02:43:40 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 9, 2010) – Philippine Muslim rebels on Friday accused the military of attacking them near Maguindanao province where a three-year old boy was killed in mortar fires.
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'Friendly Persuasion' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Thursday, July 08, 2010 09:45:17 PM
JULY 4th - the anniversary of the American independence and the Filipino-American friendship, a relationship that has been tested for many decades and now with the Aquino Administration, where the US has shown so much so soon.
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Sulu Sultan throws support behind new Philippine leaderThursday, July 08, 2010 02:46:07 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 8, 2010) – The influential Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo, Sharif Ibrahim Ajibul Muhammad Pulalun, on Thursday called on Muslims in the southern Philippines to help the new Aquino government in nation-building and support efforts to bring about peace and development in the restive region.
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Indonesia arrests Pinay activist, other environmentalists in West JavaTuesday, July 06, 2010 03:40:48 PM
 | | Jean Marie Ferraris. (Photos courtesy of the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center).
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Politicians Face Murder Charges Following Journalist Killings in PhilippinesTuesday, July 06, 2010 02:57:17 PM
Filipino police have filed murder charges against two local politicians and a police officer over the separate killings of two journalists last week, according to news reports.
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Philippine military tags NPA as terror groupTuesday, July 06, 2010 02:49:45 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 6, 2010) – The Philippine military on Tuesday branded as propaganda claims by communist New People’s Army rebels that it is recruiting minors to help the government fight insurgents in Mindanao.
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Kidnapped Chinese trader in RP rescued after 19 months in Sayyaf captivityTuesday, July 06, 2010 10:42:23 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 6, 2010) – Police rescued a kidnapped Chinese trader after more than 19 months in Abu Sayyaf captivity in the southern Filipino province of Sulu, officials said Tuesday.
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Kidapawan Bonzai!Monday, July 05, 2010 09:25:00 PM
 | | Davyd Traspe, a bonsai enthusiast explains the latest techniques of the art of growing trees, or woody plants shaped as trees, in containers to a group of people who are interested to do bonsai in the village of Perez in Kidapawan City in Mindanao.
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'Soldiers Respect Children’s Rights, Terrorists Trample It' By Army Captain Emmanuel Garcia (Davao City)Monday, July 05, 2010 09:20:58 PM
THE irony of all ironies has been let loose by kidnappers who want to deceive the people for the nth time and divert the issue of kidnapping to their irresponsible and baseless accusation that the Cafgu they abducted is a minor.
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Farmers' group condemns violent dispersal of protesters in ManilaMonday, July 05, 2010 04:13:35 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The series of violent dispersal and the killing of a political activist all on President Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s first week in office put his promise to uphold democracy and peace in serious question, Kilusang Mayo Uno said on Monday.
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Philippine town deputy mayor escapes ambush, driver killedMonday, July 05, 2010 01:39:06 PM
MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 5, 2010) – A southern Philippine town deputy mayor escaped unhurt after gunmen ambushed his car, but his driver was killed in the attack that also left the politician’s wife and two cousins injured, police said on Monday.
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South Cotabato ban on open pit mining praisedMonday, July 05, 2010 12:30:27 PM
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 5, 2010) - Environmentalists and various indigenous tribes and civil society organizations have praised a move by South Cotabato to ban open pit mining in the province and called on citizens to protect the environment from threats of pollution.
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'So What Else Is New' By Al Jacinto (Mindanao)Sunday, July 04, 2010 03:31:29 PM
 | | AS I watched the news on local television about the outgoing US military commander William Coultrup and the presence of Ambassador Harry Thomas and other big shots during a party held at the Western Mindanao Command, I heard that the Yanks were surprised to see journalists trying to get interviews from the guests, and probably Coultrup himself.
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Another media man gunned down: ABS-CBNSunday, July 04, 2010 01:59:18 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Another member of the media was gunned down Saturday night, marking the first for President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s administration.
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NPA accuses Philippine military of recruiting minors to fight rebelsSunday, July 04, 2010 01:50:39 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 4, 2010) – The communist New People’s Army rebels have accused the Philippine military of continuously recruiting minors to fight insurgents in Mindanao.
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Lanao Sur Guv Leads Oath Taking Of Elected OfficialsSunday, July 04, 2010 01:15:27 PM
 | | MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 4, 2010) – Governor Mamintal Adiong and his deputy Arsad Marohombsar led local officials in mass oath-taking Sunday which coincided with the 51st Founding Day of Lanao del Sur province.
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Documentary film shows a better and peaceful SuluSunday, July 04, 2010 10:03:02 AM
 | | JOLO, SULU — For hundreds of years, Sulu has been held hostage by poverty, distraught and instability brought about by the seemingly infinite war between the Muslim rebel groups and the Armed Forces. It is one of the scariest places in the Philippines as deemed by many.
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Trash Plastic Bags!Saturday, July 03, 2010 09:56:04 PM
 | | Green advocates urge consumers to reduce their use of plastic bags to help address environmental and climate woes, especially with the onset of the rainy days and the resulting floods.
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Activists protest continued stay of US troops in the Philippines Saturday, July 03, 2010 11:30:20 AM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 3, 2010) - Members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan stage a torch march Friday in Davao City in Mindanao Island in the southern Philippines to demand justice for Gregan Cardeno, a Filipino translator who was found dead February 2 inside his room at the US Joint Special Operation Task Force - Philippines military headquarters in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur province.
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Philippines urged to allow wiretapping for suspects in extralegal killings Friday, July 02, 2010 09:59:08 PM
MANILA, Philippines — The head of a European Union team helping the Philippines halt extralegal killings of journalists and activists urged the government Friday to allow wiretapping of suspected guns-for-hire groups believed responsible for many of the murders.
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Two soldiers wounded in NPA fighting in Davao CityFriday, July 02, 2010 09:49:46 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 2, 2010) – Two government soldiers were wounded in a firefight Friday with communist rebels in Davao City in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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Marawi, Quo Vadis? Friday, July 02, 2010 12:46:31 PM
 | | MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 2, 2010) – Despite it being an Islamic city, Marawi is now fast becoming a haven for criminals with the spate of robberies, murders and kidnappings, locals and traders alike are fearful of their safety.
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280 Schools Get New Books From The Asia Foundation Friday, July 02, 2010 10:52:09 AM
 | | CATANDUANES, Philippines – More than 280 public and private schools in the town of Virac in Catanduanes, an island province in the Philippines’ Bicol region, benefited from the Books for Asia program of The Asia Foundation which distributed some 13,600 books on Friday.
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3 wounded in NPA raid in Compostela ValleyThursday, July 01, 2010 11:36:05 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 1, 2010) – Communist rebels attacked a military patrol base wounding 3 people in the southern Philippines, an army spokesman said Thursday.
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Workers bring wage hike agenda to Malacañang on Day 1 Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:41:57 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino workers led by the group called Kilusang Mayo Uno have trooped to Malacañang to bring the wage hike agenda on President Benigno Simeon Aquino’s first day in office, as he did not hint on any wage increase in his inaugural address.
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'The Need For Sex Education In Children' (Media Statement - Gabriela, Salinlahi) Thursday, July 01, 2010 10:36:42 PM
A joint statement of GABRIELA, Gabriela Women’s Party, and SALINLAHI Alliance for Children’s Concerns.
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New Zamboanga Sibugay Governor Takes Over From Hofer ClanThursday, July 01, 2010 06:59:49 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 1, 2010) – Newly elected governor of Zamboanga Sibugay province formally assumed office after taking his oath in the capital town of Ipil.
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Bayanihan Spirit!Thursday, July 01, 2010 06:11:31 PM
 | | Mindanao Examiner’s Giovanni and Arlene Solmerano put up gravel and stones on a village road in Kidapawan City in Mindanao.
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Political activists celebrate Arroyo's departure from MalakanyangThursday, July 01, 2010 05:41:55 PM
 | | Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and other political groups celebrate the departure of Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo who stepped down on Wednesday, June 30, 2010.
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Sulu Governor Takes Oath, Vows To Support Aquino GovernmentThursday, July 01, 2010 01:30:07 PM
 | | SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / July 1, 2010) – Reelected Sulu governor Sakur Tan formally took his oath during inauguration rites attended by thousands of supporters at the provincial capitol and vowed to support the new Aquino government.
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The failure of international journalism in Sri Lanka Thursday, July 01, 2010 05:43:09 AM
For many decades now, international journalists have interpreted every story that has emerged from Sri Lanka to be some kind of war story.
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