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Day: April 29, 2009

CRUCIBLE: Politics of Supplication. by Julkipli Wadi

QUEZON CITY (MindaNews/29 April) — Supplicants are those who humbly ask help from somebody or from some being or entity that has power over something. They ask  help because they are not capable of getting what they want on their own. They resort to supplication out of need or lack of will power to exercise their capability. In this regard, supplication can be positively interpreted as showing a person’s true self by revealing his helplessness that makes him void of any egoism or selfish claim. On the contrary, supplication can be negative when it is resorted to simply out of bad habit by not believing in oneself and by habitually asking others to solve one’s problem.

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Tampakan project could be single largest investment for Mindanao

MAKATI CITY  (MindaNews/29 April) — – Construction of the Tampakan project in South Cotabato may yet be the single largest investment ever for Mindanao, Richard Laufmann, Indophil Resources NL chief executive officer, said.

Last week, Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI) announced the construction of the Tampakan project would cost $5.2 billion, including provision for associated infrastructure like power plant and ports.

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Mindanawon students. youth leaders urged to join five-day youth peace camps

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 April) –  Young Mindanawons are invited to join a five-day “camp for peace” in  Koronadal City on May 25 to 29 and in Zamboanga City on June 1 to 5.

“The camp hopes to form lasting bonds of trust and respect among its participants who represent various faiths and backgrounds—Christian, Muslim, and Indigenous tribes/people,” the Ayala Foundation, Inc., 

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Sun.Star Davao wins 2 awards

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 April) – Sun.Star Davao won the Philippine Press Institute’s Civic Journalism Community Press Awards for environmental reporting and business and economic reporting.

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Lawyers' group wants Erap tried for war crimes

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 April) – A group of Mindanao-based lawyers is pushing for the indictment of ousted president Joseph Estrada before an international court for his role in the “all-out-war” launched by government forces against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) nine years ago.

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Labor dep't sets 3 job fairs in R-12

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/28 April) — The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) will simultaneously launch at least three major jobs fairs in Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao on Friday as part its continuing initiative to help local workers affected by the economic crisis.

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Boy killed, 3 others hurt in blasts

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/28 April) – A boy was killed and three others were wounded in two separate explosions that rocked Maguindanao and North Cotabato provinces Monday. 

The first explosion took place around 3 p.m. killing Jason Samad, 10, of Barangay Bagong Upam in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao.  His father Kamid was seriously injured, reports from the Maguindanao police said.

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