Bomb explodes in Maguindanao provinceFriday, April 30, 2010 03:35:53 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 30, 2010) – A roadside bomb exploded Friday in the town of Ampatuan in the Maguindanao province in the restive Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao ahead of general elections next month.
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Convoy ng Toto Mangudadatu, nakaligtas sa pambobombaFriday, April 30, 2010 03:17:33 PM
COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / April 30, 2010) – Isang roadside bomb ang sumabog kahapon sa bayan ng Ampatuan sa Maguindanao ilang minuto lamang ang nakalipas ng dumaan ang convoy ni provincial gubernatorial candidate Esmael Mangudadatu.
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Davao City Congressional Aspirant Karlo NogralesThursday, April 29, 2010 10:35:54 PM
 | | Davao City's 1st District congressional aspirant, lawyer Karlo Nograles, takes time to mingle with one of his young supporters during the campaign rally of Team Nograles.
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Massacred journalists receive posthumous recognitionThursday, April 29, 2010 02:47:50 PM
HONG KONG - In recognition of the work, life and the professionalism of the 32 journalists murdered in the Maguindanao massacre, a group of veteran journalists in Hong Kong had given them posthumous plaque of recognition, the Asian Human Rights Commission said.
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More support for Team NogralesWednesday, April 28, 2010 09:34:43 PM
 | | Women in Davao City want change and fully support the candidates of Team Nograles led by House Speaker Prospero Nograles who is running for mayor and lawyer Karlo Nograles as congressman in the 1st District.
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2 soldiers wounded in Sayyaf clash in Basilan provinceWednesday, April 28, 2010 11:03:39 AM
BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 28, 2010) – Two government soldiers were wounded in a clash with al-Qaeda-linked militants in the restive province of Basilan in the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.
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Sulu Governor Sakur Tan 1Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:29:42 AM
NPA rebel killed in South RP clashTuesday, April 27, 2010 11:13:34 AM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 27, 2010) – Government troops killed a communist rebel in a clash in the southern Philippines where security forces are battling the New People’s Army, officials said on Tuesday.
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Humans must avoid contact with aliensTuesday, April 27, 2010 08:24:54 AM
LONDON: Aliens may exist but mankind should avoid contact with them as the consequences could be devastating, British scientist Stephen Hawking warned Sunday.
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Team Nograles draws huge crowd in Davao rallyMonday, April 26, 2010 07:43:20 PM
 | | Davao City residents attend a rally of Team Nograles led by House Speaker Prospero Nograles who is running for mayor, and his son and chief of staff, lawyer Karlo Nograles, who is also seeking a congressional seat; and their official line-up to the May 10 national and local polls.
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Kidnappers free Zamboanga traderMonday, April 26, 2010 04:49:42 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 26, 2010) – Kidnappers have freed a Filipino trader after two weeks in captivity in the southern Philippines.
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Blast hits Sarangani governor's convoyMonday, April 26, 2010 04:19:32 PM
 | | KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 26, 2010) – An improvised bomb exploded Monday at a convoy carrying a provincial governor in the southern Philippines.
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State agents accused of defacing campaign posters of leftist lawmakers in MindanaoMonday, April 26, 2010 01:09:37 PM
 | | COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 26, 2010) – Two progressive party list groups accused state agents of defacing campaign posters of its two senatorial candidates in the southern Philippines.
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Release of Sulu rehab fund sought from ARMMSunday, April 25, 2010 07:19:15 PM
SULU, Philippines - Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan on Sunday expressed dismay over the alleged delay in the release of the P10-million fund for the rehabilitation of an ice and cold storage facility in the capital town of Jolo which will benefit marginal fishermen.
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NPA rebels ambush military patrol in MindanaoSunday, April 25, 2010 06:49:58 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 25, 2010) – Communist rebels ambushed Sunday a military patrol and killing at least 2 in the southern Philippine province of Davao del Sur.
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AFP, PNP magbibigay ng dagdag proteksyon sa PCOS, balota sa Western MidnanaoSunday, April 25, 2010 01:54:53 PM
 | | Dumating na rin sa wakas sa Cotabato City ang mga balota na gagamitin sa automated elections sa susunod na buwan. Ang mga balota ay gagamitin sa Cotabato City at Maguindanao province. Sinigurado naman ng militar at pulisya na may sapat na proteksyon ang mga balota at Precinct Count Optical Scan machines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales).
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'Who Will be the Puppet Master's Pet?' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Saturday, April 24, 2010 06:28:01 PM
As we neared the much awaited May 10 elections, it is expected that a lot of candidates from the highest to the lowest position are changing colors. From the administration party to the so-called opposition parties (where every party wanted to be an opposition), candidates are trying to be identified with the “best color” in this multi-party system that we adopted for quite some time now.
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Kidapawan journalists hold indignation rally; call for justice for 57 victims of Maguindanao massacreSaturday, April 24, 2010 09:06:47 AM
 | | Members of the National Union of Journalists and Mindanao Press Corps and other nongovernmental organizations hold a rally Friday, April 23, 2010 in Kidapawan City in Mindanao to protest the decision of the Department of Justice Secretary Alberto Agra who ordered the dropping of all murder charges against jailed Governor Zaldy Ampatuan, of the Muslim autonomous region, and his uncle Akmad Ampatuan, who were among more than 100 people accused in the brutal slayings of 57 people, including at least 32 journalists, on November 23 last year in Maguindanao province.
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Boy campaigns for House Speaker Prospero Nograles in Davao CityFriday, April 23, 2010 10:52:34 PM
 | | A boy happily shows off his bet for mayor in Davao City as his mother looks on during one of the campaign sorties of House Speaker Prospero Nograles in the villages.
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Sulu Governor Sakur Tan Seeks Re-election Friday, April 23, 2010 10:24:19 PM
 | | Sulu philanthropist Governor Sakur Tan.
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Muslim Organizations Denounce Bombings in BasilanFriday, April 23, 2010 10:11:09 PM
BASILAN, Philippines - The leadership of the Basilan Ulama Supreme Council based in Isabela City in Basilan province strongly denounced the recent bombings that left scores of civilians dead and wounded.
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'An Open Letter to President Gloria Arroyo' (Reporters Sans Borders)Friday, April 23, 2010 06:10:32 PM
Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
President of the Republic
Manila
Philippines
Paris, 23 April 2010
Dear President Arroyo,
More than 50 of your fellow citizens, including 30 journalists, were massacred five months ago by the militiamen of one of your political allies in Maguindanao province. The bloodshed sent shock waves far beyond your country’s borders.
You reacted very firmly at the time, condemning this “supreme act of inhumanity that is a blight on our nation.” You also promised that “the perpetrators [would] not escape justice.” But we now fear that the demands of justice that you and the members of your government stressed at the time are being eroded by very dangerous political considerations.
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Zamboanga residents oppose hike in power ratesFriday, April 23, 2010 01:23:27 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 23, 2010) – Local residents are strongly opposing a proposal by the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative to raise power rates so it can pay for generator sets it plans to lease.
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Maguindanao Massacre: Still No Justice For 57 People Brutally Killed In South RPFriday, April 23, 2010 11:48:07 AM
 | | Today is the 5th month that gunmen brutally killed 57 people, including at least 32 journalists, accompanying a political caravan in Maguindanao province in the Muslim autonomous region. Justice is still elusive for the victims of the massacre.
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'No to Whitewash! Justice for the Victims of the Ampatuan Massacre!' (Media Statement - Mindanao)Friday, April 23, 2010 12:35:38 AM
We rage again for another injustice, as we remember the 5th month commemoration of the Ampatuan massacre. We, advocates for justice and peace must muster ourselves for a day of rage for the continuing injustice to the victims of the Ampatuan massacre aggravated by the callous decision of Justice Secretary Alberto Agra to drop charges against two suspected perpetrators of theAmpatuan Massacre.
We from Kalinaw Mindanao and Alliance Against Impunity in Mindanao (AIM) enjoin the people to collectively rage against injustice. We call for the reversal of Secretary Agra's decision and his immediate resignation.
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Davao residents want change, says House SpeakerThursday, April 22, 2010 08:44:29 PM
 | | Residents of Barangay Tambobong in Davao City’s Baguio District brave the rain just to listen to the political rally of Team Nograles led by its mayoralty candidate, House Speaker Prospero Nograles.
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Angry President wants Misuari’s bail revokedThursday, April 22, 2010 03:40:10 PM
 | | MANILA, Philippines - President Gloria Arroyo has ordered the Justice Department to study the revocation of the bail of Nur Misuari, founding chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front, and order his re-arrest on rebellion charges, an official said Wednesday.
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Protests mark Earth Day commemoration in MindanaoThursday, April 22, 2010 03:15:12 PM
KORONADAL CITY,Philippines - Widespread protests marked the commemoration of Earth Day in various parts of Mindanao as different groups called for a stop to operations of mining and fuel power plants in the southern region.
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Police release photos of kidnappers of Swiss-FilipinoThursday, April 22, 2010 02:20:04 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 22, 2010) – Gunmen who were tagged as behind the kidnapping last year of an Irish Catholic priest could be holding a Swiss Filipino in the southern Philippines.
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'Thank You Justice Secretary Alberto Agra' (Media Statement - NUJP Davao)Thursday, April 22, 2010 11:08:24 AM
Thank you, Secretary Alberto Agra for confirming the truth that the Filipinos — thirsty for justice — can never expect anything from the Arroyo Administration.
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MILF, RP sign new agreements, but peace deal is unlikelyThursday, April 22, 2010 09:58:20 AM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao / April 22, 2010) – Philippine peace negotiators and Muslim rebels signed several agreements ahead of national elections, but a major accord that would end decades of secessionist war in the restive southern region of Mindanao is still uncertain.
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GMA names manicurist to Pag-IBIG, gardener to Luneta Park Thursday, April 22, 2010 07:02:21 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Malacanang confirmed that President Gloria Arroyo has appointed her manicurist as a trustee of the Pag-IBIG Fund and her gardener as deputy of the Luneta Park Administration.
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Arroyo under fire over Maguindanao massacre caseThursday, April 22, 2010 12:00:27 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Outraged relatives of the 57 people killed in the Philippines' worst political massacre said Wednesday they feared the government was protecting a powerful Muslim clan accused of the murders.
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Progressive groups accuse military of hate campaign, black propaganda in MindanaoWednesday, April 21, 2010 08:18:32 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines - A coalition of progressive lawmakers and party-list groups in Mindanao accused the Philippine military of harassing them.
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Captured Sayyaf militant dies in military custody in MindanaoWednesday, April 21, 2010 02:22:21 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 21, 2010) – One of two captured Abu Sayyaf militants tagged as among those behind twin bombings in Basilan province in Mindanao had died from his wounds at a local military hospital, officials said Wednesday.
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Group flags nations where journalists' killings are unsolvedWednesday, April 21, 2010 09:29:17 AM
The Committee to Protect Journalists has placed 12 countries on its Impunity Index, a list of countries where journalists have been killed and their killers have not been found, CNN reported.
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26 parak sa Davao City, sinuspinde!Tuesday, April 20, 2010 12:52:19 PM
DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / April 20, 2010) – Nanawagan kahapon ang mga human rights advocates sa Davao City na imbestigahan maiigi ang 26 na pulis na sinuspinde ng Ombudsman dahil umano sa kapabayaan sa kanilangn tungkulin na malutas ang Talamak na patayan doon.
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Philippines presidential candidates must agree to protect journalists: IFJTuesday, April 20, 2010 10:52:51 AM
MANILA, Philippines - The International Federation of Journalists has called on all the candidates running for the presidency in the Philippines to make a public commitment to overturn the country's culture of impunity for the killing of journalists.
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'For Whom Is the Summit' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Monday, April 19, 2010 06:52:18 PM
Nations around the world (forty-seven of them) attended the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC last April 12 and 13 that focused on how to better safeguard weapons-grade plutonium and uranium to prevent nuclear terrorism.
"Terrorist networks such as al-Qaida have tried to acquire the material for a nuclear weapon, and if they ever succeeded, they would surely use it. Were they to do so, it would be a catastrophe for the world, causing extraordinary loss of life and striking a major blow to global peace and stability," US President Barack Obama said at the opening session of the summit at the Washington Convention Center.
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Sulu offers free college education in agriculture and fisheriesMonday, April 19, 2010 06:42:59 PM
SULU, Philippines – Sulu Governor Sakur Tan said he is planning to make college education free for local students who want to pursue careers in Agriculture and Fishery, the state-owned Philippine Information Agency reported.
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Filipino journalists, Spanish priest hold rally, protest order clearing 2 in Maguindanao massacreMonday, April 19, 2010 01:30:05 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 19, 2010) – Local journalists and peace advocates held a rally on Monday in Zamboanga City to protest Manila’s decision to drop all murder charges against the scion of a powerful political clan accused of brutally killing at least 57 people last year in Mindanao.
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Philippine journalists protest order clearing 2 in Maguindanao massacreSunday, April 18, 2010 03:20:50 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 18, 2010) – Various Filipino media groups have questioned Manila’s decision to drop all murder charges against the scion of a powerful political clan accused of brutally killing at least 57 people last year in Mindanao.
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Sayyaf attacks victims buried in Basilan provinceSunday, April 18, 2010 12:34:20 PM
 | | BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 18, 2010) – Four civilians killed in an Abu Sayyaf attack in the Muslim province of Basilan in the southern Philippines had been laid to rest, but public outrage over the failure of authorities to prevent terrorism is steadily growing.
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House Speaker Gets Humane Vitae AwardSaturday, April 17, 2010 09:22:22 PM
 | | The Human Life International Archdiocese of Cebu confers on Speaker Prospero Nograles, (right), the Humanae Vitae Award for his “unwavering support of the sanctity of life and family in accordance with the teachings of the Catholic Church and the Constitution.
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Philippines to drop charges against clan suspectsSaturday, April 17, 2010 08:03:56 PM
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government said on Saturday it would drop murder charges against two prominent members of a powerful Muslim clan over the massacre of 57 people last year.
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Troops hunt down Sayyaf in Basilan provinceSaturday, April 17, 2010 10:32:11 AM
 | | BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 17, 2010) – Security forces continue hunt down Abu Sayyaf militants blamed for deadly attacks in the restive Muslim province of Basilan in the southern Philippines, police said Saturday.
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Muslim senatorial bet wants ARMM abolishedSaturday, April 17, 2010 09:46:59 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) should be abolished because Mindanao is becoming a milking cow of many government officials, a Muslim senatorial bet Ibrahim Albani said on Friday.
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Feared clan members accused in Maguindanao massacre brought to ManilaFriday, April 16, 2010 11:26:19 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 16, 2010) – Political allies of Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo accused of murdering 57 people in Mindanao were flown to Manila late Friday where they will answer charges against them, officials said.
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2 wounded in Davao blastFriday, April 16, 2010 08:07:08 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 16, 2010) – Two people were wounded in a grenade attack Friday in Davao City in the southern Philippines, the military said.
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ARMM fails anew to help develop poor provincesFriday, April 16, 2010 07:35:33 PM
SULU, Philippines – Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan expressed alarm Friday after sensing that new leaders running the affairs of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao allegedly resembles the shadow of management of the past administration led by detained ARMM Governo Zaldy Ampatuan.
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NPA rebels free abducted mayoralty candidate in Southern PhilippinesFriday, April 16, 2010 03:31:57 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 16, 2010) – Communist insurgents freed an abducted mayoralty candidate in the southern Philippines on humanitarian grounds, a rebel spokesman said Friday.
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Politics of performance echoes in Davao City's 1st Congressional DistrictThursday, April 15, 2010 11:34:26 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Since being elected as the congressman of the first district of Davao City for five terms, House Speaker Prospero Nograles has dramatically transformed the face of the premier district of the city.
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Philippine troops capture NPA campThursday, April 15, 2010 03:00:15 PM
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 15, 2010) – Philippine soldiers captured an encampment of communist rebels after a firefight Thursday in North Cotabato province in the troubled southern island of Mindanao, officials told the Mindanao Examiner.
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LP supporter killed, 13 others wounded in Mindanao blastThursday, April 15, 2010 12:22:24 PM
 | | MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 15, 2010) – A mayoralty candidate and his brother escaped death, but one of their supporters was killed and more than a dozen injured after a grenade attack at a beach resort in the southern Philippines.
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Ex-reporter killed in ambush in MindanaoWednesday, April 14, 2010 11:21:57 PM
ILIGAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 14, 2010) – A former radio reporter was fatally ambushed Wednesday in the restive southern Philippine region, where at least 32 media workers were also brutally killed last year.
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House Speaker to consult FVR on fate of Lakas partyWednesday, April 14, 2010 07:00:15 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Speaker Prospero Nograles said he is now consulting with senior Lakas leaders who are unhappy with the way the Lakas-Kampi-CMD coalition are being managed to be able to arrive at a consensus on how the once-dominant political party can be rescued from complete disintegration due to massive defections and bad party policies.
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Sayyafs, militias clash in Basilan provinceWednesday, April 14, 2010 02:20:17 PM
 | | BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 14, 2010) – Government militias clashed Wednesday with Abu Sayyaf militants tagged as deadly attacks in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, police told the Mindanao Examiner.
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NPA owns up killing of army intelligence man in Southern PhilippinesWednesday, April 14, 2010 11:31:26 AM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 14, 2010) – Communist rebels on Wednesday owned up the killing of a government soldier after he resisted arrest in the southern Filipino province of Compostela Valley, a spokesman for the New People’s Army said.
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ARMM bids to replicate Subic Free Port’s featWednesday, April 14, 2010 10:22:40 AM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines - The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is bidding to replicate in its infant free port facility the success and progress of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority following the recent visit of regional officials to the former American military naval base in Olongapo City in Luzon Island.
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Maguindanao massacre suspect fallsWednesday, April 14, 2010 12:06:54 AM
 | | MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 13, 2010) – Philippine authorities arrested Tuesday a militiaman implicated in the massacre of at least 57 people in the restive province of Maguindanao last year.
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House Speaker, Son Continue Program In Davao CityTuesday, April 13, 2010 10:37:12 PM
 | | House Speaker Prospero Nograles and his son, lawyer Karlo Nograles, who is also the solon’s chief of staff, in these undated photos sent to the Mindanao Examiner Tuesday, April 13, 2010 show them talking to constituents in Davao City’s 1st Congressional District where the veteran politician belongs his regular visitation and interaction with mostly poor residents.
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11 dead in Sayyaf bombings, gun fight in Southern PhilippinesTuesday, April 13, 2010 08:31:44 PM
 | | BASILAN, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 13, 2010) – Abu Sayyaf militants disguised as policemen and army troops detonated bombs and opened fire Tuesday in Isabela City in the southern Filipino province of Basilan, triggering clashes that killed at least 11 people, officials told the regional newspaper the Mindanao Examiner.
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Nograles ups lead in latest Center surveyMonday, April 12, 2010 08:15:03 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - House Speaker Prospero Nograles Jr. has stretched his lead over Vice Mayor Sara Zimmerman Duterte to 11 points in the mayoralty race amidst the failure of the Davao City Administration to come up with an explanation on the irregularities unearthed by the Commission on Audit regarding the financial performance of the Duterte-Duterte administration.
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Soldier wounded in Basilan ambushMonday, April 12, 2010 06:41:07 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 12, 2010) – One soldier was wounded after suspected Moro rebels attacked a group of infantrymen on Monday in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, officials said.
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Jailed Sulu mayor, son implicated in kidnapping of TV reporter, 3 others freedMonday, April 12, 2010 06:31:21 PM
 | | MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 12, 2010) – A town mayor jailed on charges of collecting ransom for four people kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu province had been released Monday, his secretary said.
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Rebels abduct mayoralty candidate, aide in MindanaoMonday, April 12, 2010 03:50:19 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 12, 2010) – Communist rebels abducted a mayoralty candidate and his aide after his group was intercepted in the southern Philippines, security officials said Monday.
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Norwegian peace team visits ARMMMonday, April 12, 2010 03:49:14 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines - The present dispensation of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao under Acting Regional Governor Ansarruddin Alonto-Adiong is fully supportive of peace efforts including the going negotiation between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.
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Task group holds final consultation on ARMM's gender codeMonday, April 12, 2010 03:41:15 PM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - A task group helping draft the Gender and Development Code of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao held its final lap of consultative meetings in Davao City in the southern Philippines.
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3 soldiers die in NPA attack in MindanaoMonday, April 12, 2010 12:43:04 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 12, 2010) – The Philippine Army has confirmed Monday the killings of three soldiers in a clash with communist rebels in the outskirts of Davao City in the restive region of Mindanao.
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Mindanao scholars speak in international confab on Muslim action in climate change Monday, April 12, 2010 12:21:31 PM
The Muslim world has now become concerned on global warming and climate change because of the more than one billion Muslims, seventy percent live in the East part of the world and in countries which are very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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'DEAR ARIEL: Miss You Like Crazy' By Ariel Allera (Cebu)Monday, April 12, 2010 11:55:55 AM
An ex-boyfriend emailed June-July of last year asking for a second (say nth) chance. He said he'd missed me. His message revealed how sorry he was for having hurt me in the past and how much better a person he'd become for me. He begged to get together with me again, confessing his willingness to come at my mercy and apologize properly and asking if I could make time for him if and when he spent three months in Cebu.
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'What AID?' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:01:54 PM
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) last week announced a $30-million "reconciliation program" for the three southernmost provinces of Thailand. The provinces are wracked by Muslim separatist insurgency, pretty much like our southern Mindanao. This part of the article written by our friend, Amb. Rey Arcilla for Malaya last April 6 caught my attention and lead me to evaluate our nation’s status when it comes to receiving that so-called “funds” or “aid” from our “friend” through the USAID.
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Rebels ambush army troops, chopper hit in South RPSunday, April 11, 2010 01:05:08 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 11, 2010) – Communist insurgents ambushed a military patrol Sunday and opened fire on a helicopter trying to provide cover to security reinforcements in the outskirts of Davao City in the southern Philippines.
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Soldier killed in NPA ambush in MindanaoSaturday, April 10, 2010 05:26:38 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 10, 2010) – Communist rebels killed a government soldier in an ambush Saturday in the southern Philippines, officials said.
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What The Heck? Zamboanga Residents Go About Their LivesFriday, April 09, 2010 08:01:01 PM
 | | Zamboanga City residents go about their daily routine unmindful of the elections propaganda of politicians who promise "heaven and earth" to win in the Mayo 10, 2010 general polls.
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Davao villagers get free Nograles health cardsFriday, April 09, 2010 07:52:21 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines – House Speaker Prospero Nograles has recently distributed health cards in Davao City’s 1st District as part of his program aimed at bringing basic health services to mostly poor villagers.
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Philippine military accused of political partisanFriday, April 09, 2010 02:28:26 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 9, 2010) – Political activists opposed to President Gloria Arroyo’s rule accused Friday the Philippine military of campaigning against leftists and progressive groups in Mindanao where security forces are battling communist insurgents.
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Two-million-year-old hominid sheds light on evolutionFriday, April 09, 2010 10:56:59 AM
WASHINGTON — Two skeletons of a new hominid species dating back two million years and found in South Africa have shed light on a previously unknown stage in human evolution, studies published Thursday showed.
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3 people wounded in Zamboanga blastFriday, April 09, 2010 10:34:52 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 9, 2010) – Three people were injured in a grenade attack in Zamboanga Sibugay province in the southern Philippines, officials said Friday.
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NPA rebel yields, surrenders anti-tank weapon in MindanaoThursday, April 08, 2010 02:59:04 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 8, 2010) – A communist rebel who broke away from his group called New People’s Army in Mindanao has surrendered to the military, officials said Thursday.
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House Speaker criticizes poll bodyWednesday, April 07, 2010 09:01:13 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - House Speaker Prospero Nograles expressed disappointment over the Commission on Election's apparent negligence in carrying out its Constitutional mandate of ensuring clean and honest elections as he noted that even its mere implementation of the total gun ban are not being enforced properly and effectively.
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RP should strengthen foreign ties, says GiboWednesday, April 07, 2010 02:03:28 PM
 | | MANILA - The next administration should focus not only on internal concerns but also on strengthening the Philippines’ ties with other countries to guarantee national security, spur economic growth and protect the welfare of overseas Filipino workers worldwide, Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gibo Teodoro said.
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Davao residents get free Nograles medicinesTuesday, April 06, 2010 08:18:56 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines - A great number of residents in Matina Crossing in Davao City in Mindanao have recently availed the free medical consultation and medicines from the Office of House Speaker Prospero Nograles.
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Ahon Pinoy gets huge support in Mindanao Tuesday, April 06, 2010 03:11:47 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 6, 2010) - The party list group Ahon Pinoy (Ahon) continues to draw huge support in Mindanao, many from families and relatives of overseas Filipino workers and civil groups and different organizations advocating good governance and peace and progress.
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7 soldiers wounded in NPA ambush in MindanaoTuesday, April 06, 2010 01:46:53 PM
KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 6, 2010) – Philippine Maoist rebels ambushed a military patrol and wounded at least 7 soldiers in the restive southern region of Mindanao, reports said on Tuesday.
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Huge Public Support Greets Sarangani Re-electionist Governor Miguel Rene DominguezTuesday, April 06, 2010 01:18:17 PM
 | | In Sarangani’s Maitum town, re-electionist Governor Miguel Rene “Migs” Dominguez meets former mayor and provincial board member Juanito “Tatang” Purisima, who is among the thousands of supporters who attended the Sarangani Reformation and Reconciliation Organization and Lakas-Kampi-CMD proclamation rally Monday, April 4, 2010.
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Zamboanga radio station bombed, 1 person injuredTuesday, April 06, 2010 12:45:02 PM
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 6, 2010) – One person was wounded in an explosion in front of a radio station in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay, police and military reports said Tuesday.
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Leaked video shows gunship killing journalistsTuesday, April 06, 2010 08:55:22 AM
Classified US military video showing a 2007 attack by Apache helicopters that killed 12 people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, has been released by a group that promotes leaking to fight government and corporate corruption.
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Agro-Industrialization To Create Rural Jobs, Says GiboTuesday, April 06, 2010 08:19:02 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential candidate Gibo Teodoro said the government should set the environment for re-industrialization and agro-industrialization to bring back the factories and the jobs that used to be vital anchors of the national economy.
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'The Filipino People Must Never Allow The Ampatuan Warlords To Escape Justice' By Jorge Madlos (Mindanao)Monday, April 05, 2010 11:31:23 PM
Four months after the brutal massacre of media workers and civilians on Nov. 23 last year, the reactionary Arroyo government and its bourgeois courts failed to punish the perpetrators of the mass murder in Maguindanao. Justice is still denied from the families, co-workers, friends and supporters of the victim, haplessly placed in the perpetual loop of waiting for any semblance of retribution against the masterminds of such heinous act.
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Army recovers bomb chemical in MindanaoMonday, April 05, 2010 10:56:22 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 5, 2010) – Patrolling government troops on Monday recovered three sacks of chemical fertilizer used in the manufacture of homemade explosives believed left behind by communist rebels in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao, officials said.
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Grupo ng NPC sa Zamboanga City malakas; Mannix, Monsi at James patok!Monday, April 05, 2010 09:56:31 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Abril 5, 2010) – Pinagkakaguluhan sa Zamboanga City ang pangangampanya ng grupo ng batikang abogadong si James Enriquez na tumatakbong congressman sa District 1 at ang incumbent na si Bise Alkalde Manuel Dalipe at dating Presidential adviser na si Crisanto dela Cruz dahil sa kanilang inilatag na plataforma de gobyerno.
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House Speaker praised for his Oplan Kaalam Program in Davao CityMonday, April 05, 2010 09:06:15 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Edcucation is one the top priority of House Speaker Prospero Nograles under the Oplan Kaalam Program to ensure that residents, especially the youth, in the 1st Congressional District of Davao City in Mindanao, will become productive citizens and help in nation building.
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Choose Gibo If You Are Not For Erap, Says JinggoyMonday, April 05, 2010 11:21:47 AM
MANILA, Philippines - If voters decide not to vote for his father, Puwersa ng Masa standard-bearer and former President Joseph Estrada, as their presidential candidate, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said they should then vote for Lakas-Kampi-CMD bet Gibo Teodoro in the May 10 elections.
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Swiss man kidnapped in Zamboanga CityMonday, April 05, 2010 08:30:28 AM
 | | A journalist points to an undated police photo - acquired by the regional newspaper the Mindanao Examiner - of Charlie Reith, 72, a Swiss-born and naturalized Filipino kidnapped Sunday, April 4, 2010 by eight gunmen from his beach house in Patalon village in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines. Other reports say Reith was born in Zamboanga City, whose Swiss father was married to a Filipino woman.
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Philippine Air Force 3rd Air Division turns 26Sunday, April 04, 2010 08:41:56 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - The Philippine Air Force 3rd Air Division based in Zamboanga City in Mindanao is celebrating its 26th year of service on Wednesday with the theme - 3rd Air Division at 26, Your Air Force In Mindanao: In cadence with In-STEP for Peace and Development.
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Gibo bent on winning the PresidencySunday, April 04, 2010 04:59:24 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer Gibo Teodoro has assured his fellow Filipinos that he would never waver in his determination to pursue his goal of winning this year's presidential race.
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Mhon at Allan Sabal: Ang Bagong Pag-asa ng Bayan ng Talitay, Maguindanao. Sunday, April 04, 2010 04:47:49 PM
 | | Mhon at Allan Sabal: Ang Bagong Pag-asa ng Bayan ng Talitay, Maguindanao.
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Sabal Brothers To Address Poverty, Basic Social Services In Maguindanao's Talitay TownSunday, April 04, 2010 03:05:42 PM
 | | MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 4, 2010) - Fighting between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and government forces had taken a toll on the social and economic condition of Talitay – an impoverished town where some 2,000 people were displaced by war remain unattended by concerned government agencies.
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Philippine tuna catch affected by El NinoSunday, April 04, 2010 01:57:28 PM
 | | GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 4, 2010) – Tuna catch is declining in the southern Philippines as the warm climate continues to affect the ocean’s temperature.
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Kite-flying in Kidapawan CitySaturday, April 03, 2010 09:00:45 PM
 | | Filipino children enjoying the summer vacation fly kites in Kidapawan City in Mindanao.
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A Catholic devotee in the PhilippinesSaturday, April 03, 2010 05:45:25 PM
 | | A Roman Catholic devotee carries a wooden cross as he walks past a wall covered in election propaganda on Holy Friday in Pampanga province outside the Philippine capital.
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Tourists flock to Boracay IslandSaturday, April 03, 2010 05:36:43 PM
 | | A Boracay Island sand artist finishes up on his sand sculpture in time for tourists to appreciate his art work.
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NPA, nadakip sa Agusan SurSaturday, April 03, 2010 10:47:33 AM
ILIGAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / April 3, 2010) – Nadakip ng militar ang isa sa tatlong rebeldeng New People’s Army na nakipagsagupaan sa mga sundalo sa lalawigan ng Agusan del Sur sa Mindanao.
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LP Proclamatin Rally Sa Talitay, Maguindanao Dinagsa!Saturday, April 03, 2010 10:35:36 AM
 | | MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / Abril 2, 2010) – Dinagsa ng libo-libong katao ang proclamation rally nina Mhon at Allan Sabal ng Liberal Party sa bayan ng Talitay sa lalawigan ng Maguindanao.
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Sulu cops bring home from US applicable ideas on community policingSaturday, April 03, 2010 09:46:35 AM
MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 3, 2010) - Nine police officers from the southern Philippines’ Mindanao region said their recent visit to the US showed them how “community policing” could be implemented more widely and systematically in a locality and how additional facilities and modern technology could enhance the partnership between the local police and the members of a community to maintain peace and order, the US Embassy website reported.
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Filipinos flock to Kidapawan massFriday, April 02, 2010 11:07:41 AM
 | | Filipino faithful flock to a mass by Bishop Romulo Dela Cruz on Thursday, April 1, 2010, at Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces Cathedral in Kidapawan City.
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'Politicians And The Cursed Fig Tree' By Fr Roy Cimagala (Cebu)Friday, April 02, 2010 10:44:39 AM
IN just a few lines, Christ delivers a very strong message. He expects from everyone an all-time consistency in Christian faith and life, regardless of the pressures, for nothing is impossible with him. This is the story of the cursed fig tree, found in Matthew 21,19-22 and Mark 11,13-26.
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Travelers cross Kidapawan riverThursday, April 01, 2010 01:54:12 PM
 | | Two travelers cross a river enroute to a village in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao.
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'Congratulation! Class of 2010' By Daniel Escurel Occeno (Sorsogon)Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:05:05 AM
Right before graduation days in the Month of March reports of how the Philippines is a backward country and will never develop are published in newspapers of print and on the Internet. The proof usually is the results of aptitude tests taken by students.
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