Gawad Kalinga to build community in Sulu; pro-poor housing inauguratedSunday, February 28, 2010 07:21:58 PM
 | | SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 28, 2010) – Over 100 houses which will benefit mostly poor families are to be erected in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said on Sunday.
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Sayyaf attack leaves 12 dead in southern PhilippinesSaturday, February 27, 2010 03:12:25 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 27, 2010) – Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants attacked early Saturday a small village in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, killing 12 people, officials told the Mindanao Examiner.
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Philippine forces rescue 2 kidnapped Chinese menSaturday, February 27, 2010 12:21:28 AM
BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 26, 2010) – Philippine security forces rescued two kidnapped Chinese nationals late Friday in the southern province of Basilan after more than 3 months in captivity, police told the Mindanao Examiner.
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House Speaker wants Davao under control of poll bodyFriday, February 26, 2010 09:49:10 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – House Speaker Prospero asked the Commission on Election to place Davao City in the southern Philippines under its control after the discovery of two improvised explosives.
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'Prosecutors can't depend on positive identification in Maguindanao massacre case' By Danilo Reyes (Manila)Friday, February 26, 2010 04:15:44 PM
"The decision of the Department of Justice (DoJ) that 197 people can be prosecuted for multiple murders in the deaths of 57 people in the November 2009 Maguindanao massacre, based largely on "positive identification" could be a concern. In order for the case to have the possibility of securing a conviction in trial, it cannot afford to depend largely on witnesses' oral testimonies and on the principle of "positive identification" alone.
In a country like the Philippines, where the public prosecutors and court judges still rely heavily on oral testimonies for deciding a "probable cause" to go for trial or to convict a person respectively, the prosecution of cases face the risk of being dismissed for lack of evidence or that the entire case could collapse once witnesses recant their testimonies or have their credibility questioned.
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Philippine court sentences 3 Sayyaf militants to life in prisonFriday, February 26, 2010 03:54:09 PM
BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 26, 2010) – A Filipino court sentenced three al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf militants to life in prison for the killings and beheading of soldiers in the largely Muslim province of Basilan, south of the Philippines.
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Acting Maguindanao governor replaced, reforms continue in ARMMFriday, February 26, 2010 11:39:04 AM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 26, 2010) – Muslim autonomous region Governor Ansaruddin Adiong has named a new acting provincial governor of Maguindanao and vowed to continue reforms in the troubled region, officials told the Mindanao Examiner on Friday.
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'EDSA People Power Revolution Promises Unfulfilled' By Jorge Madlos (Mindanao)Friday, February 26, 2010 10:12:38 AM
Twenty Four years after the EDSA “People Power Revolution” the greater majority of the Filipino people still wallow in poverty and deprivation, evermore oppressed and exploited. All the promises of EDSA totally unfulfilled.
After 24 years no genuine land reform has been implemented. In a way the bogus Comprehensive Agrarian Reform or CARP succeeded in redistributing prime agricultural lands to tenants, but only to be foreclosed by the Land Bank and delivered to imperialist agri-business. The CARP freed some tenants from landlords only to become farm workers of the multi-national agribusiness and stock sharing schemes of big landlords like the Cojuangco’s Hacienda Luisita. To complete the sacrifice of the land and tenants to the altar of multinational corporation gods, the Arroyo government extended the CARP.
And of the promised national industrialization? What we have are assembly sweatshops and a deluge of extraction companies like logging, mining and fishing - controlled by imperialists which relentlessly deplete our natural resources and destroy our environment. These companies are given free reign by the series of corrupt governments led by the landlord class such as the Cojuangco-Aquinos to exploit our national resources and labor force.
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A Tribute To The Murdered Journalists In MaguindanaoFriday, February 26, 2010 12:07:58 AM
 | | A New People's Army mural that serves as backdrop on the tribute to the memory of fallen media workers, particularly those who died in the Maguindanao Massacre on November 23, 2009.
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Davao residents finish free vocational courseThursday, February 25, 2010 11:17:47 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines – At least 2 dozen people finished a free training on electric weld under the technical and vocational scholarship grant of House Speaker Prospero Nograles in Davao City in Mindanao, a press statement said Thursday.
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Al-Qaeda-linked militant captured in the Southern PhilippinesThursday, February 25, 2010 04:47:28 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 25, 2010) – A senior member of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group was captured by Filipino police forces in the southern island of Sulu, officials told the Mindanao Examiner on Thursday.
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Letter To The Editor: Comment on Unprofessional Article in your Paper (Texas)Thursday, February 25, 2010 09:12:49 AM
February 25, 2010
Maritess Fernandez
Publisher
Al Jacinto
Editor-in-Chief
Enclosed please find a email letter I sent to your reporter Erick San Juan. I feel the article reflects badly on your paper.
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Marbel River in Kidapawan CityWednesday, February 24, 2010 11:53:39 PM
 | | Children enjoy the cold water of the Marbel River in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines despite scorching heat of the summer, which has become a major problem in many farm areas in the southern region.
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'The War on Terror Myth' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:39:34 PM
HOURS after the September 11, 2001 bombing of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Bush administration was quick to put the entire blame on Al Qaeda, particularly to Osama Bin Laden as the culprit sans investigations. Later, on that same day, the global war on terrorism (GWOT) was officially launched. Since then, countries including the Philippines and in other parts of the globe followed suit by creating government agencies that will address the war on terrorism and even drafted laws to fight terrorism in all fronts.
In October 7, 2001 US troops bombed and invaded Afghanistan where the CIA-created Al Qaeda and its “resurrected” leader, Osama Bin Laden were reportedly hiding.
For over eight years now, the GWOT is still on. Though the 9/11 Truth Movement and other investigative organizations are gaining ground in propagating the truth about 9/11 through the internet and in the different media outlets. Why? Without an "outside enemy", there could be no "war on terrorism". The entire national security agenda will collapse "like a deck of cards". The war criminals in high office would have no leg to stand on.” (Michel Chossudovsky)
Yes, that “outside enemy” lives on and continues to threaten the world in order to justify the presence of US, NATO and its allied troops in Afghanistan where the “immortal” Osama allegedly hides. But the real score was not revealed to the world until several researchers and writers on the internet exposed the hidden agenda of the war on terror which is drugs and its trafficking in Afghanistan.
“This Afghan-Pakistani border region (Spin Boldak) has long been awash in opium, which is grown in Afghanistan and then generally smuggled west to the Balkans, via Iran and Turkey, or shipped out of the port of Karachi to the Gulf states and Africa. The trade boomed during the eighties, when both the CIA and the Pakistani government were happy to turn a blind eye to the drug operations of the mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan, since it helped fund the war against the invading Soviet Union.
After the Soviets left, the drugs remained, and since then opium production in Afghanistan has increased fourteen-fold, from around 500 tons in the mid-1980s to 6,900 tons this year. As a result, Afghanistan has been transformed into an opium plantation that supplies 90 percent of the world's heroin.” (United States of America, Chief Kingpin in the Afghanistan Heroin Trade? By Richard Clark for Op Ed News)
Sadly, the world was taken for a ride all these years. The myth that there is really a group of terrorists and that those countries should continuously wage war on terror even after Bush, Jr. left office. The current US president, Barack Obama sustained such operations by sending additional troops to Afghanistan.
It seems that this will go on much longer than we expected, for the money they get from illicit drug trade actually “saved” several banks in the wake of the global financial crisis as reported by Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime. This only proves how lucrative for the protectors and operators of the so called “war on terror” is.
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Multi-Awarded Tausug Holds 5th Solo Art Exhibit in Zamboanga CityWednesday, February 24, 2010 11:26:42 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 24, 2010) – Muslim Tausug painter Rameer Amilasan Tawasil opened Wednesday his 5th Solo Art Exhibit at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in the southern Filipino port city of Zamboanga.
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Gunman kills Zamboanga City officialWednesday, February 24, 2010 05:45:40 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 24, 2010) – A village official was killed in an attack Wednesday in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, police said.
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Tawi-Tawi celebrates bountiful cassava, banana harvestsWednesday, February 24, 2010 02:09:48 PM
TAWI-TAWI, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 24, 2010) – The southern Philippine province of Tawi-Tawi celebrated for the first time the "Cassava and Banana Harvest Festival" that drew hundreds of farmers and residents.
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Distrust high for Philippine president Arroyo: surveyWednesday, February 24, 2010 12:43:08 PM
MANILA, Philippines — Nearly seven in 10 Filipinos continue to distrust President Gloria Arroyo despite her efforts at a charm offensive before she steps down this year, according to a survey released Wednesday.
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Tribute concert, online campaign launched on Maguindanao massacre Tuesday, February 23, 2010 10:42:33 PM
 | | HONG KONG - The Asian Human Rights Commission launched Tuesday an online campaign on the Maguindanao Massacre case, one of the worst acts of violence in the Philippines' recent history, aimed at documenting and monitoring the progress of the prosecution of the case in court.
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House Speaker promotes sports development in Davao CityTuesday, February 23, 2010 10:36:28 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The promotion of sports is one of the major programs of House Speaker Prospero Nograles for his constituents in the 1st Congressional district of Davao City where he belongs.
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Sun sets in Zamboanga CityTuesday, February 23, 2010 10:12:39 PM
 | | The sun sets in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, February 23, 2010.
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Lanao villagers get anti-measles shots; outbreak of disease preventedTuesday, February 23, 2010 02:12:07 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 23, 2010) – The Department of Health in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said it has contained a possible measles outbreak on coastal town in Lanao del Sur province, according to a report by the ARMM's Bureau of Public Information.
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Sayyaf man killed in fresh clashes in South RPTuesday, February 23, 2010 01:09:43 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 23, 2010) – Security forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant in a firefight that broke out Tuesday in the southern Filipino province of Sulu, officials told the Mindanao Examiner.
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GAA "punitive" provision imperils ARMM operationsTuesday, February 23, 2010 11:35:36 AM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 23, 2010) - The new officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are calling for an urgent veto of what they lamented as "grossly punitive" provision in this year's General Appropriations Act governing fund releases to the ARMM governance.
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2 Moro rebels arrested for ex-soldier's kidnapping in Zamboanga CityTuesday, February 23, 2010 11:21:36 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 23, 2010) – Police authorities captured two alleged Moro rebels tagged as involved in the kidnapping of a former government solider in Zamboanga City, officials said.
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The Filipino people is the hero of EDSA, says House SpeakerMonday, February 22, 2010 07:28:40 PM
MANILA, Philippines - On February 22, 1986 the Filipino people taught the world that the quest for freedom and the road to peace is not always war, Speaker Prospero Nograles said.
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Coke employee shot in Zamboanga CityMonday, February 22, 2010 06:21:18 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 22, 2010) – Unidentified gunman shot and seriously wounded a man in an attack Monday just outside the Coca-Cola plant in the southern Filipino port city of Zamboanga, police said.
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Police orders probe of detained Malaysian trawlers in Tawi-TawiMonday, February 22, 2010 03:05:20 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 22, 2010) – Filipino authorities ordered an investigation into reports that police had detained 14 Malaysian trawlers and released the boats in exchange for money in the southern Philippines.
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Polanski wins best director prize at 60th Berlin film festMonday, February 22, 2010 12:05:34 AM
BERLIN - Roman Polanski won best director honors at the 60th Berlin Film Festival Saturday for the political thriller "The Ghost Writer", as the jury gave the Golden Bear top prize to a Turkish family drama.
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House Speaker leads mayoralty race in Davao poll surveySunday, February 21, 2010 05:57:26 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – House Speaker Prospero Nograles said he is willing to work with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte following a new survey that showed the solon leading in poll survey against his rival, Sarah Duterte, the vice mayor.
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Sayyaf leader, 5 others killed in Sulu clashSunday, February 21, 2010 05:23:08 PM
 | | A photo of Abu Sayyaf leader Albader Parad in this video grab from ABS-CBN television and a wanted government poster of the slain militant. And soldiers put tag on the body of Parad and other militants killed in the fighting. (Nickee Butlangan - Mindanao Examiner).
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6 Sayyaf killed in Sulu clashesSunday, February 21, 2010 12:48:23 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 21, 2010) – Philippine soldiers killed at least 6 Abu Sayyaf militants in fierce clashes Sunday in the southern province of Sulu, official told the Mindanao Examiner.
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Teachers' group criticized Arroyo sonSaturday, February 20, 2010 10:49:46 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The ACT TEACHERS party-list group criticized Pampanga province's 2nd District Representative Juan Miguel Arroyo who announced his intention to run for a party-list seat in Congress in the May 2010 elections.
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Kidnapped ex-soldier freed in Zamboanga provinceSaturday, February 20, 2010 03:46:20 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 20, 2010) – A former soldier kidnapped in Zamboanga City was released by his captors after two weeks in captivity, police and military said on Saturday.
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House panels activated to help tackle power crisisFriday, February 19, 2010 10:32:14 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Prospero Nograles activated congressional committees to convene and help government tackle crucial issues that need to be addressed to in the wake of a possible energy crisis and fears of a
defective poll automation system.
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Newspapers' fury at BBC's mobile pushFriday, February 19, 2010 10:21:25 PM
Britain's national newspaper companies, which are already experiencing severe financial difficulties from the growth of the internet and the downturn in advertising during the recession, are furious that the BBC is preparing to compete with them by launching new applications for mobile phones.
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Sayyaf terror man linked to kidnap-slay of 2 Americans fallsFriday, February 19, 2010 03:06:57 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 19, 2010) – Philippine authorities arrested a wanted Abu Sayyaf militant accused of kidnapping three US citizens and 17 Filipino tourists at a posh resort nine years ago.
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2 soldiers killed in Basilan blastFriday, February 19, 2010 02:29:17 PM
BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 19, 2010) – Two government soldiers were killed in a landmine explosion Friday in the troubled province of Basilan in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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US pilot slams plane into Texas tax officeFriday, February 19, 2010 12:25:31 PM
 | | AUSTIN – A Texas pilot with an apparent grudge against the US government flew his single-engine plane into a tax office building Thursday, leaving two dead and 13 wounded and setting off a huge fireball.
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Next gov't should ensure continuity in policies that work, says House SpeakerThursday, February 18, 2010 07:38:54 PM
MANILA, Philippines - With the inevitable change in national leadership, Speaker Prospero Nograles is optimistic the next administration will ensure continuity of policies on responsive and relevant anti-poverty and economic programs that were put in place under President Gloria Arroyo.
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Zamboanga plans to put up fossil-fuel power stationThursday, February 18, 2010 05:32:12 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 18, 2010) – The local electric cooperative said Thursday there is a plan to put up a coal-fired power plant to augment the increasing power requirement in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.
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Can of cola sparks row between US, Marshall IslandsThursday, February 18, 2010 02:25:42 PM
MAJURO – A dispute over a can of cola has sparked a diplomatic row between the tiny western Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands and the United States.
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Kidapawan Catholics line up for Ash WednesdayThursday, February 18, 2010 12:40:59 PM
 | | Catholics lined up in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines during Ash Wednesday.
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House approves anti-smuggling billWednesday, February 17, 2010 11:33:42 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives approved on 3rd and final reading a bill that will protect government revenue derived from importations.
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Blast kills boy, 2 others wounded as President Arroyo visits MindanaoWednesday, February 17, 2010 09:05:41 PM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 17, 2010) – An improvised bomb exploded Wednesday as President Gloria Arroyo inspected troops in the volatile region of the southern Philippines, officials said.
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Police search for escaped Ampatuan ally in MindanaoWednesday, February 17, 2010 04:54:18 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 17, 2010) – Police launched a manhunt Wednesday to track down a former cop who an ally of a powerful political clan implicated in the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province after he escaped from jail in the southern Philippines.
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Radyo ng Bayan in Sulu province gets new faceliftWednesday, February 17, 2010 12:24:35 PM
 | | SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 17, 2010) – The state-run Radyo ng Bayan inaugurated its newly renovated broadcast station in the capital town of Jolo in Sulu province.
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'A Presidency By Osmosis' By Tony Lopez (Manila)Wednesday, February 17, 2010 08:47:01 AM
You won’t believe this but the reason why 44 percent of survey respondents of Pulse Asia will vote for Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino 3rd is because they think he is “clean” (malinis).
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A frail King Tut died from malaria, broken leg Wednesday, February 17, 2010 08:39:10 AM
CAIRO – Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot. He died of complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria and his parents were most likely brother and sister.
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'It Is Greed That Motivates Members Of The CPP-NPA-NDF Rather Than Grievance' By Colonel Daniel Lucero (Makati City)Tuesday, February 16, 2010 07:51:43 PM
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ARMM holds investment consultation in MindanaoTuesday, February 16, 2010 07:32:11 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 16, 2010) - As an offshoot of the Strategic Planning Conference of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao held last month in Cagayan de Oro City, the Regional Board of Investments in ARMM held Tuesday a public consultation and hearing on the Investments Priorities Plan in Cotabato City.
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Ex-Davao mayor alarmed by rising crimesTuesday, February 16, 2010 07:20:37 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte was asked to account for the P800-million peace and order fund after his chief rival Benjamin de Guzman questioned the rising criminality here.
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Militants attack Basilan army post Tuesday, February 16, 2010 03:29:27 PM
BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 16, 2010) – Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants whose group is tied to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya attacked a military post in the troubled province of Basilan, south of Zamboanga City.
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Sayyaf, lumusob sa Basilan!Tuesday, February 16, 2010 03:07:37 PM
BASILAN – Isang sundalo ang sugatan diumano matapos na lusubin diumano ng mga hinihinalang Abu Sayyaf ang detachment ng militar sa bayan ng Sumisip.
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Sulu unveils new museumTuesday, February 16, 2010 02:01:05 PM
 | | Sulu artifacts from the Yuchengco Museum in Makati City and photos released by the Sulu provincial government show scenes during the recent inauguration of the renovated museum in Patikul town. Sulu Governor Sakur Tan and First Lady Nurunisah Tan speaheaded the rehabilitation of the old museum.
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NPA's Valentines’ gift to a 13-year old girlTuesday, February 16, 2010 12:25:28 AM
DAVAO CITY - Memilyn was a typical 13 year-old girl who on her spare time helps her mother in house chores and just like any other girl of her age, weekend is a welcome respite from school and a time to play. Her Sunday should have been wonderful just like the previous week as she is about to play after her family took their breakfast but the succeeding events proved the contrary.
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EU Indie Film Fest Announces Official SelectionTuesday, February 16, 2010 12:18:56 AM
Paris to host sixty–seven of the World’s best indie films 12 - 14 March
PARIS, FRANCE (15 February, 2010) – The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU), Europe’s premiere event for independent filmmakers and their audiences, announces its Official Selection for the fifth edition of the festival.
ÉCU 2010, in partnership with G-Technology by Hitachi, will showcase sixty–seven films from twenty–seven countries ranging in genre from feature films, short films, documentaries, animation and experimental films in addition to a category for films dealing with environmental issues. The Official Selection will represent the pinnacle of independent filmmaking talent from around the World.
Among the competing films at ÉCU 2010 will be Curtains, (dir. Dan Jemmett & Mighty Boosh star Julian Barrett, UK) which explores sex, puppets and unfortunate deaths, Trolley Boy (dir. Teemu Auersalo, Ireland), a comedic animation about all of those things that go wrong in supermarket parking lots, Entwined (dir. Reeve Rixon, Scotland), a story about an elderly woman forced to confront her past while trapped in a Victorian whirligig, Legend of John the Inverted, (dir. Philippe Lamensch, Belgium), a philosophical look at a man's life who is born with his feet pointing backwards, Das Packet (dir. Marco Gadge, Germany), a short film about two rusty old mobsters delivering a dangerous package and Ayla (dir. Su Turhan, Germany), a cross-cultural drama dealing with illicit love and murderous revenge.
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Reduced voting precincts eyed for Sulu provinceTuesday, February 16, 2010 12:08:00 AM
MANILA - Philippine authorities are eyeing a clustered voting scheme in Sulu, one of five provinces under the Muslim autonomous region, in which the number of voting precincts will be reduced as a security measure to ensure peaceful and honest elections in May, reports said.
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Mindanao Examiner Offers Poll Campaign Printing ServicesMonday, February 15, 2010 07:37:04 PM
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Maguindanao governor throws support for ex-Defense chief presidential bidMonday, February 15, 2010 06:27:59 PM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 15, 2010) – Acting Maguindanao governor Nariman Ambolodto has vowed Monday to support the administration’s presidential bet Gilberto Teodoro.
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Abducted driver of poll bet freed; Lanao trader kidnapped in South RPMonday, February 15, 2010 02:48:59 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 15, 2010) – A driver of a vice mayoralty candidate abducted in the southern Filipino province of Sulu was freed unharmed on Monday by his captors, police said.
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'The Dulmatin-JI-ASG Puzzle. Cui bono?' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Monday, February 15, 2010 01:35:20 PM
Every time an incredible news floated, speculations and a lot of questions will arise. Take the “Dulmatin, still alive Marine chief says” story. Imagine, after two years that we never heard from this most wanted terrorist and then suddenly, the “authorities” will say that Dulmatin is still alive.
This recent news was picked up (or parroted) by different news agencies worldwide. Is he the Osama bin Laden, Jr. in the making? That, whenever and wherever convenient, his handlers will "release" him and surely will cause fear and tension in the process.
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Politicians in tug-of-war over Maguindanao vacancies Sunday, February 14, 2010 03:40:40 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 14, 2010) - The protracted selection process for a full slate of officers-in-charge in the provincial government of Maguindanao is heating up with the alleged intervention of Church-backed sectors which are also supporting opposition presidential bid of Senator Benigno Aquino III.
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Search continues for Maguindanao massacre weaponsSunday, February 14, 2010 11:21:34 AM
 | | MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 14, 2010) – Three months after police and military implicated the powerful Ampatuan clan to the brutal killings of 57 people in the southern Filipino province of Maguindanao, authorities continue searching for weapons used in the carnage.
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Basilan, wala pa rin pagbabagoSunday, February 14, 2010 10:47:05 AM
BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 14, 2010) – Halos patapos na ang termino ni Basilan Governor Jum Akbar, ngunit nakabitin pa rin ang tanong ng karamihan kung ano ang nagawa nito sa loob ng kanyang matagal ng panunungkulan sa lalawigan.
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Auditors unearth fund mess in ARMMSaturday, February 13, 2010 08:59:42 PM
The Commission on Audit has called the attention of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to the P464.38 million the local government has deposited with a bank.
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Gunmen free last hostage in Sulu provinceSaturday, February 13, 2010 09:51:48 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 13, 2010) – Gunmen released the remaining Filipino construction worker seized in Sulu province in the southern Philippines, officials said Saturday.
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Malaysia rules out Sayyaf as behind abductions of 2 citizens in Sabah, says labor dispute likely motiveFriday, February 12, 2010 10:29:23 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 12, 2010) – Kuala Lumpur has ruled out the involvement of a Filipino terrorist group Abu Sayyaf in the abductions of two Malaysian men at a seaweed farm in the eastern state of Sabah.
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'Oplan Kalambugan sa Barangay' continues in Davao CityFriday, February 12, 2010 09:05:52 AM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Noted lawyer Karlo Nograles, son and chief of staff of House Speaker Prospero Nograles, has visited a village in Davao City and held a dialogue with residents as part of his father’s regular program called “Oplan Kalambuan sa Barangay”.
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Police kill follower of detained mayor linked to massacre at shootout inside Philippine mallFriday, February 12, 2010 12:38:15 AM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 12, 2010) – A follower of the Ampatuan clan was killed Friday night in a shootout with a police escort of rival clan member at a shopping mall in Davao City in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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Cops not telling if any ransom demand madeThursday, February 11, 2010 11:51:49 PM
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - Police have declined comment on whether ransom demands have been made by the abductors of a 40-year-old seaweed cultivation company manager and his 25-year-old supervisor in Semporna.
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'Neither here nor there' man jailedThursday, February 11, 2010 11:31:37 PM
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia - A man who declared himself as a subject of the "Sultanate of Sulu" was jailed a year and ordered to be given three strokes of the rotan by the Session Court, Wednesday, for illegal entry.
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Mutya ng Kidapawan City 2010Thursday, February 11, 2010 03:51:14 PM
 | | Eddie Lyn Espinosa wins Mutya ng Kidapawan 2010 beauty pageant, one of the most awaited event in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines.
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'Vigilance Against Poll Violence' (Media Statement - Pagbabago! Peoples' Movement for Change)Thursday, February 11, 2010 02:44:52 PM
Now that the campaign period for the national election has started, we are more alarmed with the increase in cases of election-related violence. As early as November last year, we were shocked with the gruesome Ampatuan massacre that killed more than 57 civilians, journalists and lawyers. The victims who were supporters and relatives of Ismael "Toto" Mangudadatu were massacred while on their way to file for the latter's certificate of candidacy.
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Secret British files reveal US abuse of detaineeThursday, February 11, 2010 02:29:32 PM
LONDON, United Kingdom — A former Guantanamo Bay inmate was shackled and told he would "disappear" if he failed to cooperate with United States interrogators, Britain revealed, in a move Washington warned may affect intelligence-sharing.
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Kidnappers free Sulu hostageThursday, February 11, 2010 02:21:23 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 11, 2010) – Kidnappers have freed one of two Filipino construction workers in the southern province of Sulu where security forces are battling Abu Sayyaf militants., officials said Thursday.
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Samal women finish literacy program in Pagadian City Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:06:45 AM
 | | PAGADIAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 11, 2010) – The nongovernmental organizations Ummah Fi Salam and the Socio-Pastoral Institute continue its various humanitarian program aimed at helping the poor in the southern Philippines.
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Singapore terrorist linked to Abu Sayyaf Thursday, February 11, 2010 09:01:00 AM
SINGAPORE, Nov 8 — Muaiya. Manobo. Muawiyah.
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Mindanao Examiner Radio Ad Southern MindanaoThursday, February 11, 2010 12:13:23 AM
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Mindanao Examiner Radio Ad Northern MindanaoWednesday, February 10, 2010 11:24:27 PM
 | | Mindanao Examiner Radio Ad Northern Mindanao.
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Mindanao Examiner Radio Ad Central Mindanao.Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:15:17 PM
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Solon calls for intensified anti-drug campaign in PhilippinesWednesday, February 10, 2010 08:24:01 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Representative Roque Ablan, Jr., of the 1st Congressional District of Ilocos Norte province, said the Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority should further intensify its anti-drug campaign, particularly in the country's airports and seaports as he warned the possible increase in drug smuggling activities especially during the campaign period.
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The Good and the Bad!Wednesday, February 10, 2010 04:55:09 PM
 | | Two policemen in Zamboanga City - the other wearing a safety helmet and the other is not - during a morning rush hour along a road in Tumaga village.
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Two Philippine military generals get Ateneo special awards for peaceWednesday, February 10, 2010 04:31:56 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 10, 2010) – Two senior military commanders were given special awards by a Jesuit-run university for their contribution to peace in the southern Philippines.
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Philippine authorities search for 4 kidnapped Malaysians, Filipinos in troubled SouthWednesday, February 10, 2010 12:19:12 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 10, 2010) – Philippine authorities on Wednesday were verifying reports that two Malaysians abducted from a seaweed farm in Sabah had been taken either to Tawi-Tawi or Sulu provinces, officials said.
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Mindanao Examiner Radio Ad - Zamboanga Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:58:41 AM
 | | Mindanao Examiner Radio Ad - Zamboanga.
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Mindanao Examiner TV Week in Review January 31-February 6, 2010 Wednesday, February 10, 2010 12:14:05 AM
 | | Mindanao Examiner TV Week in Review January 31-February 6, 2010 Part 1.
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Ama tangay ang anak, tumalon sa balon sa Cebu!Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:10:41 PM
ISANG AMA ang umano’y nawala sa pagiisip matapos na mamatay sa panganganak ang sariling asawa, ngunit ang matindi nito ay tumalon sa isang balon ang lalaki bitbit ang bagong silang na sanggol sa Cebu, ayon sa mga ulat.
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'The Fruits of Holy Dissent Fr. Roberto Reyes' By the Asian Human Rights Commission (Hong Kong)Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:45:14 PM
 | | It is almost four years since I left the Philippines on voluntary exile. My residence changed each year, at least five times in the last four years. I have lived a rather nomadic life in search of a most elusive truth, asking questions as I wandered from place to place: "Why is my country deteriorating, rapidly sinking in the mud of corruption; official lies and injustice?
Why is social inequality worsening? Why is the Church losing its moral and prophetic voice at a time when it is most needed? What is my purpose, my place in this world of compromise, of ever shifting loyalties; convenient, commodified truth? Why is there betrayal; rejection; persecution; marginalization and the trivialization of relationship? Who and what is a real friend? Where and what is a real Church? Who and what is a real follower of Christ?"
By February 17, it would have been four years since I left for China in 2006. In the last four years answers to the questions did not come easily and clearly. Slowly, though, I have received some clarity and inner peace. All that hurt; anger; resentment and alienation due in part to what I have said and done in the past have revealed their inner roots and their outer sources of nourishment. I had to go away, be distant and invisible to be more present to that within me which is a source of pain; suffering; confusion and injustice in others. A quote in
"The Open Road," Pico Iyer's book about the Dalai Lama seems to capture what I have gone through and continue to struggle with, "It is the only thing we can do, Klaas, I see no alternative, each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he things he ought to destroy in others." (Etty Hillesum, on her way to her death, at twenty-nine in Auschwitz, in Open Road by Pico Iyer, p. 205)
I have gradually returned to active involvement in Philippine realities but not fully. I struggle to maintain the necessary tension between social engagement and inner transformation. Hillesum's counsel "to turn inward and destroy in oneself all that one thinks he ought to destroy in others," rings loud and clear in my mind and heart. It was in this frame of mind and state of soul that I was informed about my "Warrant of Arrest."
A media friend calls me up to ask me whether I knew about my Warrant of Arrest. I was just as surprised as when I was informed about my first warrant of arrest on May 25, 2002, Friday. This time, it was also a Friday, a common practice to make it difficult to post bail which naturally forces the arresting officers to detain the person with the warrant over the weekend. That is the least of my concern. I will face my arresting officers.
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'Government’s Last Dam Standing' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:36:57 PM
My attention was caught by this news item that the MWSS will draw less water from the Angat Dam starting this month due to the El Nino phenomenon. The Angat Dam which was built and made operational between 1967-68 and being the source of Bulacan’s water supply, this dam also supplies 97% of Metro Manila and some parts of Luzon with a total of 9.84 million people.
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Letter To The Editor: Justice System and Congress (Las Pinas City)Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:26:50 PM
In the United States, as defined by law scholars, the legislature is included in the theoretical framework called “the pillars of the justice system”.
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New ARMM Education chief introduces reforms, vows to bring more changes to benefit teachers Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:02:30 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 9, 2010) – The Department of Education in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has kicked off a series of campaign against unauthorized deductions or contributions from the paychecks of teachers in the region, starting with Lanao del Sur where the unscrupulous scheme was reportedly rampant.
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500 ikakasal sa Bacolod CityTuesday, February 09, 2010 09:37:26 PM
TINATAYANG aabot sa mahigit 500 ang bilang ng mga magsing-irog na magpapakasal sa Velentine’s Day sa lungsod ng Bacolod, ayon sa ulat.
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Davao villagers get free musical instrumentsTuesday, February 09, 2010 09:35:24 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The Office of House Speaker Prospero Nograles distributed guitars and other musical instruments to residents in Davao City as part of its continuing program called Oplan Kalambugan.
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Soldiers say “We Care” on Valentine’s Day Tuesday, February 09, 2010 04:10:26 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 9, 2010) – The Philippine Army has lined up various programs dubbed “We Care” in celebration of the Valentine’s Day.
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Philippines Justice Department recommends filing of murder charges vs. Ampatuan patriarch, othersTuesday, February 09, 2010 03:51:07 PM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 9, 2010) – The powerful patriarch of the Ampatuan clan in the southern Philippines is likely to face multiple murder charges along with his sons in connection to the brutal slaying of 57 people, including at least 31 journalists in Maguindanao province last year.
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Filipino gunmen abduct two off SabahTuesday, February 09, 2010 03:47:44 PM
KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia - Filipino gunmen, believed to be linked to the Abu Sayyaf terror group, have abducted a manager and his supervisor from a seaweed farm in the Malaysian waters off Semporna in the east coast of Sabah.
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CAFGU militia, sabit sa pamamaril sa MindanaoTuesday, February 09, 2010 01:43:21 PM
ILIGAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 9, 2010) – Isang malawak na manhunt ang isinasagawa ng mga awtoridad matapos na mamaril ang isang government militia na ikinasugat ng apat na katao sa Agusan del Norte province.
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100 Moro women finish livelihood seminar in MaguindanaoTuesday, February 09, 2010 12:16:48 PM
 | | MAGUINDANAO, Philippines – Some 100 women finished a two-day seminar on various programs organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, officials said on Tuesday.
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School burning prelude to militarization, says environmental rights’ groupTuesday, February 09, 2010 11:49:24 AM
KORONADAL CITY, Philippines - A group campaigning against XTRATA-SMI’s Tampakan Copper and Gold Project said it suspects the burning of a government school within its contract area is meant to harass indigenous communities who have openly expressed their discontent against the mining firm.
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US congressman and Iraq war critic Murtha diesTuesday, February 09, 2010 11:15:16 AM
WASHINGTON — John Murtha, a fierce US congressional critic of the Iraq war who was nevertheless a staunchly pro-military former marine, died Monday of complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77.
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House Speaker, Son Continue Projects In Davao CityTuesday, February 09, 2010 09:32:56 AM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines - To know the pulse and problems of his constituents, House Speaker Prospero Nograles makes it a point to conduct regular and surprised visits among the poor in his district in Davao City in the southern Philippines.
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Kidnapped Yemeni man freed in the Southern PhilippinesMonday, February 08, 2010 03:27:51 PM
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 8, 2010) – Kidnappers freed A Yemeni national after a week in captivity in the southern Philippines, police said Monday.
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Sulu Guv Hit By Black PropagandaMonday, February 08, 2010 12:56:31 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 8, 2010) – The Philippine National Police denied Monday a published report linking Sulu governor Sakur Tan to a grenade explosion last year at a carnival in the province’s Luuk town.
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Now Accepting Poll Campaign Materials PrintingMonday, February 08, 2010 12:18:24 PM
 | | Now Accepting Poll Campaign Printing.
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New Group Seeks Transparency in Poll Campaign Financing, ExpensesMonday, February 08, 2010 08:32:50 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Despite century-old experiences in the electoral democracy, Filipinos have yet to consolidate their democracy so that government can effectively protect the basic rights of it’s people and provide necessary services for them.
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Zamboanga del Sur Guv denies NSCB reportsSunday, February 07, 2010 09:52:09 PM
 | | PAGADIAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 7, 2010) - Zamboanga del Sur Governor Aurora Cerilles dismissed as politically motivated the publication of a survey conducted by the National Statistical Coordination Board which listed her province as among the 10 worst-governed in the country.
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Life is Hard!Sunday, February 07, 2010 03:02:13 PM
 | | A man peddles assorted trays made from straws and other indigenous materials in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines.
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Philippine Defense chief sees peaceful elections in SuluSunday, February 07, 2010 11:47:53 AM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / February 7, 2010) – Filipino Defense chief Norberto Gonzales assured peaceful elections in the southern province of Sulu after meeting with local politicians, government media said Sunday.
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Three years on, landmark UN Resolution lies on stony ground as Filipino journalists mourn a massacreSunday, February 07, 2010 10:55:11 AM
On December 23, 2006, the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1738 expressing deep concern at the frequency of attacks on journalists around the world and calling for all parties to armed conflict to put an end to such practices.
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Zamboanga's SunsetSaturday, February 06, 2010 09:49:29 PM
 | | The sun sets in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines Saturday, February 6, 2010.
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Campaign for peaceful polls launched in SuluSaturday, February 06, 2010 03:34:00 PM
SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 6, 2010) – A multi-sector task force launched a radio program in Jolo, Sulu to help educate the local electorate and other stakeholders on ways and means of fostering peaceful, orderly, and credible elections in the May 2010 elections in the province.
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Troops kill NPA rebel in clash in South RPSaturday, February 06, 2010 03:24:08 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 6, 2010) – Government soldiers killed a communist rebel in a firefight Saturday in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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Popular Mindanao governor spends birthday with villagersSaturday, February 06, 2010 02:49:46 PM
 | | SARANGANI, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 6, 2010) - Instead of spending a day of relaxation away from his busy life as the provincial governor, Rene Miguel Dominguez celebrated his 33rd birthday to give hope and inspiration to villagers in the municipality of Maitum through a series of activities Friday.
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ARMM proposes road rehab in 2 Maguindanao townsFriday, February 05, 2010 09:15:12 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / February 5, 2010) – The Department of Public Works and Highways in the Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao has proposed to rehabilitate two major roads in the towns of Sultan Kudarat and Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao province.
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House of Representatives opens knowledge centerFriday, February 05, 2010 04:34:54 PM
 | | Speaker Prospero Nograles leads House of Representatives and World Bank officials at the opening of the Knowledge for Development Center in the Ramon Mitra Building at the Batasan Complex yesterday.
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Philippine Defense Chief Visits Zamboanga CityFriday, February 05, 2010 01:50:19 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 5, 2010) - Philippine Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales arrived in Zamboanga City in Mindanao Island for a series of meetings with private and government groups.
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'Ako'y Pinoy-Sa Isip, Sa Salita at Sa Gawa' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Friday, February 05, 2010 11:16:31 AM
I would like to share the outcome of my recent trip to Indonesia which is quite fruitful. Every time I go out of the country, I enjoy every minute of it because I learn a lot from the culture of each country I visit. Indonesians are like Filipinos in so many ways. They also treat their guests with warmth and hospitality. It is an archipelago with lots of nice tourist spots.
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Philippine soldier linked to extrajudicial killings fallsThursday, February 04, 2010 09:46:13 PM
MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / February 3, 2010) – Human rights advocates hailed the arrest of a Philippine Army soldier tagged as behind the killing of political activists in central Luzon.
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Kidapawan City CarnivalThursday, February 04, 2010 04:38:26 PM
 | | A carnival in the southern Filipino city of Kidapawan in Mindanao Island which is celebrating its 12th founding anniversary on February 12.
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Popular radio man signs offThursday, February 04, 2010 01:48:57 PM
OZAMIZ CITY, Philippines - He became the favorite of late night tuners of Y96-FM with his SMS (short message system) dedication portion and love songs segue requested by lovelorn listeners.
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ARMM opens 1st regional solidarity gamesThursday, February 04, 2010 12:22:19 PM
 | | MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / February 4, 2010) – The Commission on Higher Education in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao opened its first regional solidarity games, academic and cultural events competitions in Marawi City in Lanao del Sur province, officials said Thursday.
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My Kidapawan City!Wednesday, February 03, 2010 08:54:25 PM
 | | Typical scenes from Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines which is celebrating its 12th Foundation Anniversary on February 12.
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Mindanao Examiner TV Week in Review January 24-30, 2010Wednesday, February 03, 2010 08:28:30 PM
 | | Mindanao Examiner TV Week in Review January 24-30, 2010 Part 1.
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'The Advocacy for an Immediate and Long Term Good: The Preservation of the Ayala Watershed' (Media Statement: Silsilah Dialogue Movement)Wednesday, February 03, 2010 05:34:59 PM
For two years now Rigid Aggregates Mining Corporation (RAMC) has been making its level best to get the City of Zamboanga to grant its application to conduct exploration and operation activities within the Ayala watershed area. The permit has not yet been given, thanks in no small part to the efforts of several groups to block the grant of this permit.
Although Silsilah was the original oppositor it has since been joined by other groups, notably the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD), the Industrial Group of Zamboanga, Inc. (IGZI) and a farmers’ cooperative. The ZCWD already utilizes deep wells to supply the residents of Ayala with piped water; several IGZI members operate canning factories in Ayala in which thousands are employed; the farmers’ cooperative depends on a continuous supply of clean water for their farming activities.
The operations of these three sectors will be greatly threatened if the water coming from the watershed will be compromised by the operation of a mining company.
In spite of the efforts of the oppositors/petitioners against the grant of the permit to RAMC, the government of the City of Zamboanga has not changed its stand of “no opposition” to the RAMC application. Thus the oppositors, which may be referred to as the Advocates for the Preservation of the Ayala Watershed, has undertaken a new tack in this campaign.
Two information sources on the issue have been prepared – one a sourcebook which can be used by groups and institutions to instruct their own people, and a pamphlet which can be more for individual use. Both carry the title The Imminent Destruction of the Ayala Watershed and carry facts and significant, relevant information on the issue. Objective and accurate information goes a long way in getting people to look at a situation as it should be looked at. This was the hope and the rationale that led to the publication of the two materials.
On January 29 at the Silsilah Center in Zamboanga City the two materials were launched. In attendance at the launching were the petitioners, concerned residents of the impact barangays, other concerned individuals supportive of the cause, and members of the media.
Atty. Laisa Alamia, one of the two legal counsels of the oppositors, referred to several Philippine laws that if applied as intended by the respective legislation, will clearly resolve the matter in favor of the position taken by the petitioners.
Among these are the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the NIPAS Law; the Climate Change Law. There is also a memorandum circular between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) defining the responsibility of both government offices to take care of the environment including the watershed.
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Speaker Cites Senate-House CooperationWednesday, February 03, 2010 05:10:42 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Prospero Nograles cited the strong cooperation between the Senate and the House of Representatives relative to their constitutional mandate giving the highest priority to education of the Filipino youth.
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Top NPA rebels arrested in MindanaoWednesday, February 03, 2010 04:20:04 PM
PAGADIAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 3, 2010) – Philippine authorities have captured two senior communist rebel leaders who are long wanted for a string of criminal charges at a military checkpoint in Mindanao, officials said Wednesday.
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Philippines detains Abu Sayyaf co-founderWednesday, February 03, 2010 02:50:41 PM
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippines announced on Wednesday that one of the co-founders of the Al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf extremist group had been arrested after being detained at Jakarta airport for using a false passport.
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Twin roadside bombings trigger alert in BasilanWednesday, February 03, 2010 02:26:11 PM
 | | BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 3, 2010) – Police have stepped up security in the troubled southern Philippines province of Basilan following two roadside bombings that killed an army soldier and wounded about a dozen people, officials said Wednesday.
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Twin bombings kill 1 soldier, 12 others injured in southern PhilippinesTuesday, February 02, 2010 05:30:48 PM
BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 2, 2010) – One government soldier was killed and 12 others wounded in separate roadside bombings Tuesday in the troubled province of Basilan in the southern Philippines, police told the Mindanao Examiner.
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House Speaker gets portrait from Chinese official Tuesday, February 02, 2010 04:51:12 PM
 | | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Philippines, Liu Jianchao presents a portrait by Tang Yongli as token of gratitude of the Communist Party of China to Speaker Prospero Nograles for his invaluable efforts promoting Philippines-China diplomacy and inter-Government cooperation.
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Australia to extend education program in ARMMTuesday, February 02, 2010 02:15:12 PM
 | | COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 2, 2010) – Australia is likely to extend its support and finance a critical education program in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Filipino officials said on Tuesday.
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Israel 'disciplines' army officers Tuesday, February 02, 2010 11:32:12 AM
Two Israeli army officers have been "disciplined", but not demoted, for firing artillery shells towards a densely-populated area near a UN compound during its war on Gaza last year.
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ARMM law may be amended to ensure success of peace talks, says House SpeakerMonday, February 01, 2010 07:30:56 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Prospero Nograles said there could be a need to amend the existing Organic Act of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao or create an entirely new law on Muslim Mindanao to ensure the success of the ongoing peace talks between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
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'Priests Need Continuing Conversion' By Fr. Roy Cimagala (Cebu)Monday, February 01, 2010 03:49:46 PM
EVERYBODY, of course, needs it, but we, priests, especially need this continuing renewal of commitment and conversion of heart. We cannot overemphasize this. I was happy to hear from priests-friends who just came from the National Congress for the Clergy gushing over the results of that 5-day event. “There’s going to be a transformation among the clergy and the Church in general,” everyone I talked to remarked, saying it with an air of confidence.
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10 soldiers, two militias awarded medals for defending Maguindanao town from attacksMonday, February 01, 2010 01:32:58 PM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 1, 2010) – Ten government soldiers were awarded medals Monday for their roles in helping improve the peace and order in the restive province of Maguindanao, where 57 people had been brutally killed last year.
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Philippine Army troops capture senior NPA rebel leaderMonday, February 01, 2010 12:37:47 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Feb. 1, 2010) – Filipino soldiers killed two communist rebels and captured a senior guerrilla leader after a running gun battle in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao, officials announced Monday.
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Ateneo de Zamboanga Fireworks Monday, February 01, 2010 11:04:27 AM
 | | Fireworks resembling a nebula lit up the night sky in Zamboanga City on Sunday, January 31, 2010 during the Ateneo de Zamboanga High School Family Day.
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