November 6, 2007 10:27 pm

DAY 26: Sumilao farmers in Calbayog City

CALBAYOG CITY, Western Samar (BALAOD Mindanaw) — It had been a hot afternoon when the Sumilao farmers walked their way to the City at around 4:00pm. They proceeded to the Our Lady of Porziuncola Hospital to bring their fellow marcher, Restituto "Toto" Anlicao, who is suffering from pain due to complications brought about by his foot blisters. For 8 days, Anlicao endured the wound on his feet and walked the unpaved and muddy roads of Western Samar. Last night, his blood pressure shot up as the wound may have already reached his bones. Anlicao is one among the 54 marchers reclaiming the 144 hectare land in San Vicente, Sumilao, Bukidnon and a qualified farmer beneficiary of the said land.

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STATEMENT: A question of truth

November 6, 2007

A Question of Truth

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines is saddened and appalled by the defacement of the press freedom mural commissioned from the Neo-Angono Artists Collective by the National Press Club.

Absolutely nothing can justify the indignity done to a work of art that, ironically, seeks to honor the Philippine media's struggle for press freedom, a struggle, we would like to stress, that is far from over.

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DAY 28: Sumilao farmers’ journey in Visayas

What a journey it has been, and the end is not in sight…

It was on 24 October 2007 when the Sumilao Farmers first set their feet in the islands of Visayas. And it was in the Municipality of Liloan where they have started the Visayas leg. As to this day, they have negotiated not less than 300 kilometers. Yesterday, they negotiated the 36 kilometers stretch of roads from the Municipality of San Jorge to Calbayog City.

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Generals want to institutionalize peace trainings for soldiers

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) — The top brass in the military in Mindanao, as well as commanders on the ground, feel the need to institutionalize trainings on peace building and conflict management to help bring about peace in the island and as part of the efforts to transform soldiers to become responsible warriors.

This was the consensus among generals and colonels gathered in a forum at the Balay Mindanaw Peace Center here Wednesday last week, after ground commanders whose soldiers had undergone peace building trainings presented testimonies of the good the seminars had brought to their units.

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2 firms in R12 get DTI’s ‘gold seal’ award

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) awarded two establishments in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao with the DTI-certified gold seal of excellence, the highest award for consumer-friendly business establishments in the country.

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Stricter rules set for foreign traders doing biz in Davao

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) — The City Council here passed landmark legislations asserting the protection of public interests and of local businessmen against foreign nationals running businesses in the city.

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Koronadal searching for product to serve as city’s identity

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) – The city government here has launched a search for a new product that will banner the city's identity in the local and international markets.

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RURAL VIEWS: The pigs, the bats and Naco

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) – He was in tears.

Obviously, those were tears of joy as he was laughing his heart out, while reminiscing his happy childhood days with the birthday celebrant.

That was lawyer Leo G. Dominguez, giving a message in a plush hotel in the city during a birthday party for his brother Paul, the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao of then President Fidel V. Ramos.

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Davao choral group wins Asian tilt

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) – Davao City's renowned Himig Singers won the grand prize of the 1st Asian Choir Games in Jakarta, Indonesia over the weekend, City Councilor Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz said.

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Davao ‘Elderlympics 07’ set on Dec. 8 -10

DAVAO CITY (Mindanews/6 Nov) – The 2007 Elderlympics will take center stage on Dec. 8 to10 with various sports events designed for the senior citizens in this city.

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PSC plans to revive Mindanao Friendship Games in 2008

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) – Good news for Mindanawons.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is planning to revive the Mindanao Friendship Games (MFG) next year, a sports official in this city said.

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Davao City’s goodwill team seeks first MVBA win in 3 home games

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 Nov) — The Duterte Agilas-Goldstar Hardware is set to play three home court games in the resumption of the 2007 Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association (MBVA) and is looking to end its six-game losing skid and October blues that came along with it.

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Nov. 7 is Sheikh Karimul Makhdum Day in the ARMM; declared a holiday

COTABATO CITY (ARMM Bureau of Public Information/06 November) –Regional Governor Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) enjoins his constituency to observe Wednesday, November 7, this year, as special public holiday in observance of Sheikh Karimul Makhdum Day.

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Court grants Misuari permission to attend Jeddah meeting

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 November) – A regional trial court has granted Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Nur Misuari permission to attend the tripartite meeting with the Philippine government and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from November 10 to 12.

Misuari’s petition to travel to Jeddah, where he lived in exile from the early 1970s to 1996, was granted by Judge Winlove Dumayas of the Regional Trial Court Branch 59 in Makati City on condition he would not, among others, engage in any political or other activity that would be inimical to the Philippine government, while abroad, and he would return by November 13.

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