Saudi Philanthropist Accused By Manila As Terrorist Is KilledWednesday, January 31, 2007 07:08:27 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 31 Jan) – A Saudi philanthropist accused by the Philippine authorities of channeling funds to Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines, has been killed inside his home in Madagascar, reports said Wednesday.
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Indie Film Making Seminar In Zamboanga Wednesday, January 31, 2007 05:41:44 PM
 | | The Mindanao Examiner in association with the Moro Films will conduct a week-long seminar and workshop on film making on February 24.
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Photo: Kevin Carter... Wednesday, January 31, 2007 01:15:44 PM
 | | This article is about South African photojournalist Kevin Carter.
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Ex-Philippine Police Chief Is New Defense BossWednesday, January 31, 2007 12:24:40 PM
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 31 Jan) – President Gloria Arroyo named Wednesday Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane as new Philippine Defense chief.
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OPINION: “Deportation Gag” by Juan MercadoWednesday, January 31, 2007 10:38:59 AM
The Bureau of Immigration hasn’t explained, up to now, why it barred an Irish Catholic priest who co-authored a devastating report on the mining industry, from re-entering the Philippines early January.
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Asia Foundation Donates 25,000 Books To 500 Mindanao SchoolsWednesday, January 31, 2007 10:01:00 AM
BUTUAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 31 Jan) – The Asia Foundation donated Wednesday over 25,000 books to some 500 schools in the southern Philippine province of Surigao del Norte.
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RP Troops Hunt Rebels Who Raid Gold Mine Site Tuesday, January 30, 2007 06:16:23 PM
 | | CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 Jan) – Security forces mounted a fresh operation to capture a band of communist insurgents who raided a gold mining site in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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Photo: Abdul Basit UsmanTuesday, January 30, 2007 05:05:41 PM
 | | The United States Embassy in Manila releases Tuesday 30 Jan 2007 a poster of Abdul Basit Usman, it says is behind the spate of bombings in Mindanao island in the southern Philippines.
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OPINION: “Burdens of Disease” by Juan MercadoTuesday, January 30, 2007 03:40:36 PM
“Health is the second blessing we mortals are capable of,” Izaak Walton once wrote.
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U.S. Offers Bounty For Capture Of Filipino Terrorist Linked To Mindanao BombingsTuesday, January 30, 2007 03:01:12 PM
 | | MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 30 Jan) – The United States on Tuesday offered up to $50,000 bounty for the capture of a Filipino terrorist implicated in the spate of bombings in the southern Philippines.
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Photo/Video: Mohager Iqbal, Chief Peace Negotiator, Of The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)Tuesday, January 30, 2007 01:55:25 PM
 | | Mohager Iqbal, chief peace negotiator, of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), speaks to the Mindanao Examiner about the peace talks with Manila.
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Mindanao Refugees Get Help After Rebels, Troops Halt Fighting Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:56:12 AM
 | | MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 30 Jan) – Aid workers began a grueling task Tuesday of helping thousands of mostly Muslim refugees who fled their homes after fighting broke out between separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels and security forces in southern Philippines.
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Photo: Arrested MILF Rebels Freed by Military In South RPMonday, January 29, 2007 10:48:06 PM
 | | Arrested members of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) march during their release by the 1st Marine Brigade in Kampo Ranao in Marawi City.
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Cagayan De Oro Chamber Lays Groundwork For Mindanao ICT Business CouncilMonday, January 29, 2007 06:23:47 PM
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mike Banos / 29 Jan) - The Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber) will host a strategic assessment workshop on Wednesday here to explore the viability for a Cagayan de Oro Business Council for Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
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Military Orders Halt In Fighting In South RP Sunday, January 28, 2007 02:24:45 PM
 | | MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 28 Jan) – Philippine military chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon has ordered troops to halt attacks against Moro Islamic Liberation Front forces in the troubled southern region of Mindanao.
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Dulmatin Still Holed Out In Jolo JungleSaturday, January 27, 2007 05:33:04 PM
 | | JOLO ISLAND (Emma Kate Symons / 27 Jan) - ''THE Americans like to talk about the battle for hearts and minds. But you need to hold them by the balls. There has to be the threat of force.''
As the afternoon call to prayer echoes across the teeming port town of Jolo, the chain-smoking Filipino intelligence boss spits out his lewd warning to fugitive Bali bombers Dulmatin and Omar Patek. The two Jemaah Islamiah leaders are holed up somewhere in the cloud-covered jungle only a few dozen kilometres from where we sit beneath the mango trees at Philippines army headquarters, shared with the assisting US special forces.
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Photo: Soldier Looks At Wanted Poster Of Jemaah Islamiya, Sayyaf Militants; Karen Hughes In Jolo IslandSaturday, January 27, 2007 05:18:03 PM
 | | A Filipino soldier in Jolo island in the southern Philippines looks at photos of wanted Jemaah Islamiya bombers Dulmatin and Umar Patek and Abu Sayyaf militants coddling the duo tagged as behind the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 2002 people, including 88 Australians.
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MILF Fighting Erupts In South RPSaturday, January 27, 2007 12:29:07 PM
MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 27 Jan) – Government planes, backed by combat helicopters and ground forces, assaulted Saturday lairs of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels suspected of attacking farmers and army-led militias in the southern Philippines.
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Dulmatin Wounded In Clash In Southern RPFriday, January 26, 2007 08:53:03 AM
 | | JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 25 Jan) – One of two Jemaah Islamiya bombers hiding in the southern island of Jolo has been shot and wounded in a clash in Mount Dajo in Patikul town, Philippine military officials told the Mindanao Examiner.
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US Diplomacy Expert To Visit Jolo IslandTuesday, January 23, 2007 05:57:15 PM
 | | JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 23 Jan) – A top U.S. government official is expected to visit the southern Philippine island of Jolo, where American troops are currently undertaking humanitarian missions with Filipino soldiers.
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RP-US War Games To Start In Jolo IslandTuesday, January 23, 2007 04:51:22 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 23 Jan) – Philippine and American soldiers are to start a large-scale joint military exercises on the strife-torn island of Jolo, south of Manila, where Filipino security forces are battling members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiya.
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2007's Peace Omens by Peace Advocates ZamboangaTuesday, January 23, 2007 04:15:51 PM
NEXT month of February, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is scheduled to host a meeting between the Philippine Government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) to mediate knotty differences between the latter two over the implementation of their 1996 peace agreement.
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Conjoined Filipino Twins Need HelpMonday, January 22, 2007 08:56:26 PM
The names of the twins are Rezzia and Rezzie.
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Pinay Mom Wins $1 Million In Qatar Raffle PromoMonday, January 22, 2007 10:38:40 AM
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 22 Jan) – A Filipino mother has won $1 million from a raffle promotion by the Qatar Duty Free Shop, a subsidiary of Qatar Airways, the Arab News reported Monday.
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MNLF Rebels Ambush Military Convoy In Jolo, 1 Killed, 7 WoundedSunday, January 21, 2007 03:53:22 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Jan) – Moro rebels ambushed a military convoy, killing one soldier and wounding seven more on the island of Jolo, south of the Philippines, where security forces are battling Abu Sayyaf militants, a regional army spokesman said Sunday.
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Soldiers Alerted For Car Bombs In Southern PhilippinesSunday, January 21, 2007 01:12:26 PM
COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 21 Jan) – Security forces were in heightened alert following the recovery of a car laden with explosives on a village in Maguindanao province, south of the Philippines.
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A Big Week in Jolo By Zachary AbuzaSaturday, January 20, 2007 09:26:06 PM
The US-Assisted Armed Forces of the Philippines had a morale boosting week. Today, the Philippine Government announced that US investigators had positively matched Khadaffy Janjalani’s DNA.
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Operation Goodwill Delivery Benefits Poor Filipinos (Click DocuVideos To Watch Clip)Saturday, January 20, 2007 06:31:59 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 20 Jan) – A U.S. C130 transport plane arrived in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, bringing tons of goodwill items from Okinawa, Japan.
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Abu Sayyaf Chieftain Death Important In Anti-Terror Campaign, Says U.S.Saturday, January 20, 2007 04:37:28 PM
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 2o Jan) – The United States on Saturday said the death of a top Abu Sayyaf leader in the southern Philippines was an important and positive step forward in the ultimate goal of eliminating the terror group and destroying its links with international terrorists.
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RP Military Confirms Sayyaf Chieftain Is Dead, Cites DNA Test ResultsSaturday, January 20, 2007 03:21:07 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 20 Jan) – Forensic experts have identified the remains of a man said to be the leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group who was killed in fighting in the southern Philippine island of Jolo, a Philippine military spokesman said Saturday.
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Abu Solaiman! Friday, January 19, 2007 10:38:39 PM
 | | FOR SALE: Video footages in MINI-DV and dozens of high-resolution photos of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Jainal Antel Sali, Jr.
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OPINION: "STATE-OF-THE-CITY ADDRESS, ITS IMPLICATIONS TO PUBLIC SERVICE" By: RC MONTEBON in Zamboanga City (Si Tiene Pasencia, Tiene Gracia)Thursday, January 18, 2007 06:08:35 PM
A State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) has been a traditional expression of accomplishments by a head of state for the interest of the public or the nation.
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Fresh Fighting Leaves 13 Sayyaf, Soldiers Dead In Jolo IslandThursday, January 18, 2007 03:53:18 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Jan) – At least 13 Abu Sayyaf militants and soldiers were killed in fierce fighting that erupted Thursday in the southern Philippine island of Jolo, where security forces were battling the al-Qaeda-linked terror group, officials said.
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OPINION: “REAR BUMPER GAUGE” by Juan MercadoThursday, January 18, 2007 02:07:04 PM
"You burn 14 days a year staring at the rear bumper of the car ahead,” a friend grouses. One can quibble with his traffic gridlock estimates.But glazed eyes of passengers, trapped in stop-go traffic, tell of stiff costs in fuel burnt, lost hours, raw nerves and gutted lungs.
People use this “gauge” in bumper-to-bumper lanes from Delhi's Ring Road, Bangkok’s Ploenchit road to Manila’s Edsa. And the problem explains those new transport indicators for even medium-size Asian cities, released by the World Research Institute Sunday.
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2 Die, 7 Hospitalized From Chemical Poisoning In Zamboanga CityThursday, January 18, 2007 09:31:40 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Jan) – Two port laborers died and seven others were hospitalized Thursday from suspected chemical poisoning inside the cargo bay of a ferry in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, health officials said.
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Photo: Troops Intercept Armed MILF Rebels In South RPWednesday, January 17, 2007 10:19:41 PM
 | | Philippine soldiers intercept Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels Wednesday, Jan.
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More Troops Sent To Jolo To Fight Abu Sayyaf, Jemaah Islamiya Ahead Of Condoleezza Rice VisitWednesday, January 17, 2007 09:21:39 PM
 | | JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 17 Jan) – The Philippine military on Wednesday sent more troops to the troubled southern island of Jolo and vowed to crush the Abu Sayyaf group tied to al-Qaeda terror network and the Jemaah Islamiya.
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BREAKING NEWS: Another Sayyaf Leader Killed In Clash In Jolo Island, Says RP MilitaryWednesday, January 17, 2007 01:32:32 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 17 Jan) – A senior Abu Sayyaf leader wanted by the United States for the kidnapping and killing of two American citizens had been killed by Filipino troops in a clash Tuesday on the southern island of Jolo, a security spokesman told the Mindanao Examiner.
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Photo: Jolo's Version Of Hong Kong's RickshawTuesday, January 16, 2007 10:25:23 PM
 | | Jolo's version of Hong Kong's rickshaw, the pedicab is a major mode of transportation in this southern Filipino island, about 950 km south of Manila.
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Earthquake Rattles Mindanao Anew, 2nd In Two DaysTuesday, January 16, 2007 06:53:12 PM
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 16 Jan) – A moderate earthquake measuring 4.7 magnitude in the Richter scale was reported Tuesday off Mindanao island, the second to hit the southern Philippines in just two days.
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RP Troops Raid Sayyaf Hideout In Jolo IslandTuesday, January 16, 2007 05:37:58 PM
JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 16 Jan) – Philippine troops captured Tuesday a mountain hideout of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group after three hours of fierce fighting on the restless island of Jolo, about 950 km south of Manila, a military spokesman said.
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Abdul Mari Asia Imao: Moro National Artist By Nasser ShariefTuesday, January 16, 2007 04:36:19 PM
 | | There is no escaping destiny. “The carp and the pot will eventually cross path” as one Iranon proverb puts it. Yet the self-discovery of Abdul Mari, famed Moro National Artist, did not take a circuitous route. From the day he was born on January 14, 1936 on the seaside of Tulay in the island of Pata, Jolo, where his clan had lived as fisher folks for centuries, nature had endowed the future Filipino sculpture with a keen eye for details.
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Film Making Workshop In Zamboanga CityTuesday, January 16, 2007 03:19:04 PM
 | | The Mindanao Examiner in association with the Moro Films will conduct a week-long seminar and workshop on film making on February 24.
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Couple Killed In Ambush In Zamboanga TownTuesday, January 16, 2007 08:54:09 AM
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 16 Jan) – Unidentified gunmen killed a couple in an ambush in Buug town in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Tuesday.
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Strafing Injures Muslim Mother, Boy In Zamboanga CityMonday, January 15, 2007 08:57:17 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 15 Jan) – Unidentified gunmen on Monday opened fire on a house in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, wounding a Muslim mother and his son, police said.
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MILF Protests Arrest Of 4 Members Linked To Mindanao BombingsMonday, January 15, 2007 03:58:53 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 15 Jan) – The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), protested Monday the arrest of its 4 members on suspicion they were behind the spate of bombings in the troubled region of Mindanao, south of Manila.
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OPINION: “WAVING GOODBYE AS COP-OUT” by Juan Mercado Monday, January 15, 2007 01:14:18 PM
“Training a doctor costs in excess of $152,000. Huge numbers of teachers, including many of the best trained, leave the country directly after qualifying.
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ASEAN Summit Performers Rush To Hospital Sunday, January 14, 2007 06:57:09 PM
CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / 14 Jan) – Some 120 mostly students were rushed to hospital in Cebu island in the central Philippines after they fell ill from eating meals served by a private caterer, reports said Sunday.
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Film Making Seminar In Zamboanga CitySunday, January 14, 2007 02:58:18 PM
 | | The Mindanao Examiner in association with the Moro Films will conduct a week-long seminar and workshop on film making on February 24.
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Photo: Troops Bound For Jolo Island To Join Hunt vs Sayyaf, JI Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:04:12 PM
 | | Philippine troops in Zamboanga City board a ferry bound for Jolo island where security forces are pursuing members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiya, blamed for the spate of bombinbgs late Wednesday Jan.
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Mindanao Hit By TremorSunday, January 14, 2007 11:49:48 AM
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 14 Jan) – A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippine port city of General Santos on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage to structure.
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Peace Album Debuts In ZamboangaSaturday, January 13, 2007 06:38:33 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Nung Aljani / 13 Jan) - To maximize its peace campaign in the conflict-ridden island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, the multi-donor Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Peace Advocate Zamboanga (PAZ) tread into another milestone as the two groups launched its "peace album" Saturday in Zamboanga City.
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OPINION: "OF WOMEN AND MEN" by Juan L. MercadoSaturday, January 13, 2007 06:02:24 PM
Suppose you stumbled across the advertisement below in your favorite newspaper. (The one you’re now reading, of course.) How would you respond? The Atlanta Journal, in fact, published this ad in its Sunday edition – and got over 15,000 responses.
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US Army, Marines Release Counterinsurgency ManualSaturday, January 13, 2007 05:34:34 PM
WASHINGTON (Vince Crawley / The Washington File, AINA) - The U.S. Army and Marine Corps have published an updated field manual for fighting insurgencies that stresses cultural awareness, personal contacts, reconstruction strategies and close cooperation with nonmilitary agencies.
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Commies Accuse Arroyo War Dogs As Behind Mindanao BombingsSaturday, January 13, 2007 05:16:14 PM
DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Jan) – The National Democratic Front accused the Arroyo government as behind the rash of bombings in the southern Philippines to justify the passage of an anti-terror law.
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Photo: Jolo Island Park In Sulu ArchipelagoSaturday, January 13, 2007 04:39:44 PM
 | | Colored lights and fountains adorn the park fronting the Sulu provincial capitol building on the Muslims island of Jolo.
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Cotabato Police Chief Sacked After Spate Of BombingsThursday, January 11, 2007 02:34:25 PM
COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 11 Jan) – The Philippine National Police sacked the local police chief after two bombings rocked Cotabato City in a span of 5 days and killed one person and wounding eight others.
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7 Killed, Dozens Injured In South RP BombingsThursday, January 11, 2007 08:05:23 AM
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 11 Jan) – Philippine authorities tightened security Thursday in the southern region of Mindanao following a spate of bombings that killed at least 7 people and wounded dozens more.
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6 Dead In Bombing In Southern PhilippinesWednesday, January 10, 2007 10:44:11 PM
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 10 Jan) - The death toll in Wednesday bombing of a lottery shop in the southern Philippines has risen to six and that more than two dozen people were confirmed injured in the attack by blamed by authorities on terror groups in the troubled Mindanao region.
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5 Killed In New Terror Attack In Southern PhilippinesWednesday, January 10, 2007 07:56:35 PM
GENERAL SANTOS (Mindanao Examiner / 10 Jan) – At least 5 people were killed in a bomb explosion late Wednesday in the southern Philippine port city of General Santos, police and military said.
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12th ASEAN Summit Begins In CebuWednesday, January 10, 2007 03:30:05 PM
CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / 10 Jan) – The 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit formally opened Wednesday in the central Filipino province of Cebu under tight security and shadow of possible terror attacks from the regional Jemaah Islamiya militants and al-Qaeda-affiliate Abu Sayyaf group.
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TVI Completes Drilling In Zamboanga Gold ProjectWednesday, January 10, 2007 10:17:51 AM
TVI Pacific Inc. announced Wednesday that its Philippine affiliate, TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc. (TVIRD), has completed additional exploration drilling on the Balabag Property located in Zamboanga del Norte province in the southern Philippines.
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Sayyaf Leader Killed In Jolo Island ClashTuesday, January 09, 2007 10:49:40 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 09 Jan) - Government soldiers gunned down a senior Abu Sayyaf leader blamed for the spate of terrorism in a clash late Tuesday in the southern Philippine island of Jolo, officials said.
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Japan-Inspired Trade Program Now In MindanaoTuesday, January 09, 2007 04:51:35 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Lowell Vallecer / 09 Jan) - “If they were able to make it succeed in Japan, in Thailand and even in the other parts of the Philippines, there is no reason why it shouldn’t succeed in Muslim Mindanao”.
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Lawyer for Philippine journalists in suit against president’s husband receives death threatsTuesday, January 09, 2007 01:27:42 PM
The lawyer handling the class action suit of Philippine journalists against Jose Miguel Arroyo, the husband of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, was threatened on the phone on 3 January 2007, according to the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), a Southeast Asian Press Alliance founding member.
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OPINION: VITAL THRESHOLD by Juan Mercado Tuesday, January 09, 2007 01:17:54 PM
“Life is the threshold at which all other hopes begin.” And Health Secretary Francisco Duque is talking of how this threshold is surging, seen in our lengthening life expectancies.
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Arroyo Visits Jolo Island, Commends Troops For Successful Anti-Terror OpsMonday, January 08, 2007 10:21:51 PM
 | | JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 08 Jan) – Philippine President Gloria Arroyo on Monday praised soldiers for their successful operation against members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiya militants in Jolo island.
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Indon Man Among 6 Abus Killed In Tawi-Tawi Clash Sunday, January 07, 2007 05:23:00 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 07 Jan) – The Philippine military on Sunday tagged an Indonesian militant as among six gunmen killed in a clash at sea off the southern island of Tawi-Tawi.
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OPINION: FEAST OF THE THREE KINGS, GASPAR, MELCHOR, BALTAZAR WHO? By Juan MercadoSunday, January 07, 2007 01:00:23 PM
To close off the Christmas season, we mark Sunday the feast of "The Three Kings” who upset Herod with a request for directions:“Where is the newborn king of Jews? We have seen his star rising in the east and come to honor him".
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Philippine Military Corrects Report, Says 6 Abus Are KilledSaturday, January 06, 2007 08:53:54 PM
JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 06 Jan) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines corrected late Saturday its report that 7 Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in fierce sea gun battle off the southern Tawi-Tawi island.
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2 Sayyaf Militants Captured In Zamboanga City In South RPSaturday, January 06, 2007 07:14:06 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 06 Jan) – Military intelligence agents, backed by security forces, arrested before dawn Saturday two Abu Sayyaf militants tagged as behind the kidnapping six years ago of dozens of people in Basilan island in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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RP Troops Kill 7 Sayyaf Terrorists In Fierce Sea Battle Near SabahSaturday, January 06, 2007 07:00:29 PM
 | | JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 06 Jan) – Philippine security forces killed at least 7 members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group in fierce sea battle on Saturday off the southern island of Tawi-Tawi near the Malaysian border, officials said.
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Michigan State University Needs ProfessorFriday, January 05, 2007 05:21:17 PM
Michigan State University's School of Journalism is looking for a full/associate/assistant professor with an expertise in research about the media in Muslim countries of South-east Asia and/or South Asia, with a preference for South-east Asia.
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Bomb Attack In Southern Philippines Injures 2 PeopleFriday, January 05, 2007 01:10:33 PM
COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 05 Jan) – At least two people were injured in a bomb explosion Friday in downtown Cotabato City in the southern Filipino province of Maguindanao, police and military said.
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Troops Hunt Bandits Behind Killing Of 2 Kidnapped Traders In Southern PhilippinesFriday, January 05, 2007 12:06:51 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 05 Jan) – Government soldiers were hunting down a group of bandits behind the gruesome murder of two kidnapped traders in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Norte, officials said Friday.
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Wanted Bandit Leader Slain In Southern RPThursday, January 04, 2007 05:38:08 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 04 Jan) – Security forces killed a bandit leader, tagged as behind the slaying of a deputy town mayor in the southern province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said.
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Philippine EmbassiesThursday, January 04, 2007 01:18:45 PM
GO TO THIS LINK "http://www.shorttext.com/grtvp8" TO VIEW COMPLETE LIST OF PHILIPPINE EMBASSIES.
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Arroyo Signs Order To Promote Gov't Anti-Poverty Program Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:32:01 AM
MANILA (Jason Carlos / 04 Jan) – President Gloria Arroyo has signed an executive order strengthening the role of national convergence groups which promote the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (KALAHI) program.
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Philippine Military Says U.S. Involved In Intell Ops In Troubled South Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:56:59 PM
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 03 Jan) - The Philippine military on Wednesday admitted that U.S. intelligence experts were involved in tracking down members of the Southeast Asian terror group, Jemaah Islamiya, believed hiding with Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern island of Jolo.
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Coup Leader Website Up For Grabs! Wednesday, January 03, 2007 03:52:25 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 03 Jan) – What was once the website of perhaps one of the most elusive military coup leader, Captain Nicanor Faeldon, is now up for grabs after its domain name pilipino.org.ph expired.
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GMA Defends Transfer Of Convicted Marine To US CustodyWednesday, January 03, 2007 02:21:08 PM
MANILA - President Gloria Arroyo said convicted rapist Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith was transferred to the custody of the US embassy to avert the further erosion of the country’s strategic relations with the US over the non-compliance by the Philippine government of its treaty obligation under the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
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After Getting Back Convicted American Soldier, U.S. Resumes War Games With Philippines Tuesday, January 02, 2007 08:10:51 PM
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner/ 02 Jan) - The United States Embassy in Manila on Tuesday announced the resumption of suspended joint war exercise with the Philippines, four days after an American soldier convicted of raping a Filipino woman, was handed to U.S. authorities.
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Filipino Activists Burn U.S. Flag In ManilaTuesday, January 02, 2007 02:57:00 PM
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Jan) Filipino protesters burned a U.S. flag Tuesday in the Philippine capital as they denounced the transfer of convicted American marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith to U.S military custody.
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Apparition Draws Hundreds Of Devotees In Negros TownTuesday, January 02, 2007 01:47:56 PM
 | | NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Jan) – Hundreds of Catholic devotees were flocking a small coastal village in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental where two images of Jesus Christ and an angel appeared on an old Acacia tree.
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Pirates Free Dozens Of Fishermen In South RP Monday, January 01, 2007 09:27:39 PM
JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 01 Jan) – Security forces searched patches of scattered islands for pirates who held dozens of Filipino fishermen off the southern Tawi-Tawi province near Sabah.
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Four Reasons Why Smith Should Be In RP Custody Monday, January 01, 2007 11:46:57 AM
MANILA - The undersigned groups express their outrage over how the Department of Justice and the Department of Foreign Affairs have taken the cudgels for Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith who, we have learned, has been released to the custody of the US Embassy upon orders of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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OPINION: SPRIGS OF HOPE by Juan L. Mercado Monday, January 01, 2007 10:41:49 AM
“Make sure the poor have reason for hope” - 1999 Nobel Economics Laureate Armatya Sen.
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