DAVAO CITY (Bayan Muna-SMR/10 November) — Bayan Muna blamed here today the Arroyo regime for its immoral and corrupt practices which have condemnably pushed Manette’s suicide and millions of other Filipinos to risk their own lives for survival.
Eleven year olds used to just play “Chinese garters” or “patintero” on the street, otherwise, they are at home doing their homework, watching TV, or simply doing what a normal 11-year old should be doing.
JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (MindaNews/10 November) — Eleven years after they signed the 1996 “Final Peace Agreement,” the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP), the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) gathered at the Crowne Plaza Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom here this afternoon for the inaugural session of the three-day Tripartite Meeting that would review the implementation of the controversial peace pact.
JEDDAH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (MindaNews/10 November) – Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Nur Misuari has warned the Philippine government against signing a peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), citing claims by an American diplomat that a peace pact with the MILF “will be illegal.”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 10 November) There were signs that Grade 6 student Marianeth Amper thought of committing suicide but her teachers and classmates failed to see how emotionally distraught she was.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/10 Nov) – Representatives from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in Southwestern Mindanao have asked legislators in North Cotabato to regulate the entry of palm planting materials from outside the region following reports of the spread of an invasive pest called coconut leaf beetle.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/10 November) — At 81, I am a retiree and a senior citizen. My SSS (Social Security System) pension is more than P1,000 short of what I need for maintenance medicines to control my asthma, allergy and hypertension. Charity and sacrifice bridge the gap. The need to keep up my reading and writing so as not to lapse to senility with the aid of a computer stretches more the charity and sacrifice.
