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Wednesday, 07 January 2009

FREED. 1st Lt. Vicente Cammayo (center) commander of the Army’s 11th Special Forces Company, in the company of ICRC personnel during his release January 6. Cammayo was captured by the New People’s Army during a clash on November 7 in Casoon, Monkayo, Compostela Valley. Photo by Ruby Thursday More/AKP Images for MindaNews

Village officials force firm to fulfill pledge to repair roads

Walter I. Balane/MindaNews
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 22:04
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/06 January) – Members of a village council blocked trucks of a banana firm operating in southern Bukidnon from passing through barangay roads for a day to compel it to comply with its July 2008 commitment to “immediately” repair the roads.

Pres. Quirino vice mayor slain

Allen V. Estabillo with a report from Malu Cadelina-Marnar/MIndaNews
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 21:54
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/06 January) -- Suspected hired gunmen shot dead Monday night the vice mayor of President Quirino town in Sultan Kudarat province in front of his house.

NPA frees Cammayo

MindaNews
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 21:48
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/06 January) -- Two months after he was captured in an ambush, an Army officer was released today by the New People’s Army as a “gesture of goodwill on the part of the Communist Party of the Philippines” and in keeping with its promise to free the captive within the week.

SouthCot business community says cost-cutting won't include layoffs

Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 21:46
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/06 January) -- Despite the continuing grim outlook in the global business scene, local businessmen assured they would not resort to retrenchments this year just to survive the crisis.

Bishop wants ban on open pit mining passed

Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 00:19