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Saturday, 04 July 2009

CHILD OF WAR IN SCHOOL. Being a child “bakwit” (evacuee/internally displaced person) has not stopped her from going to school in Datu Piang town in Maguindanao. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

Filipino fishers nabbed for poaching in Indonesian waters

by Allen V, Estabillo/MindaNews
Friday, 03 July 2009
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / July 3) – Indonesian naval authorities arrested 18 fishermen from this city and nearby Sarangani province for allegedly fishing illegally in Indonesia’s territorial waters, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) here reported.

Swine flu or dengue, LGUs should have ‘disease detectives’ – exec

by Walter I. Balane / MindaNews
Friday, 03 July 2009
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / July 3) – For easier detection of diseases, local governments must put up their teams of disease detectives, Dr. David Mendoza, chief of the Epidemiology and Surveillance and head of the Emergency Health Team of the Department of Health Region 10 said.

Six soldiers positive of A(H1N1) “already well”

by Walter I. Balane / MindaNews
Friday, 03 July 2009
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/03 July 2009) -- Six of the 10 cases of Influenza A (H1N1) reported in Northern Mindanao this week are from Malaybalay City, Dr. David Mendoza, Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit Chief and Head of the Emergency Health Team, DOH-CHD-10 said. Mendoza said the six cases were traced to soldiers training in a local military camp.

Pinol opposes move to declare Cotabato under state of calamity

by Malu Cadeliña Manar / MindaNews
Friday, 03 July 2009
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / July 3) – North Cotabato Vice-Governor Manny Pinol has opposed the plan of declaring his province under state of calamity. During the Cotabato Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting last Thursday, Pinol said there was no need to place North Cotabato under a state of calamity “as only few towns were affected by recent floods."

Military says IDPs are "enemy reserve force" but gov't peace panel says “IDPs are not the MILF”

by Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews
Friday, 03 July 2009
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/01 July) -- The spokesperson of the Army’s 6^th Infantry Division has claimed that internally displaced persons are “enemy reserve forces” and that relief goods for them have been diverted for use by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). But the government peace panel says civilians are victims and should not be treated as enemies.

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