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Grenade found in USM campus

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/24 September) — Army bomb experts here successfully detonated a hand grenade found Sunday morning in the parade ground of the state-owned University of Southern Mindanao in Kabacan, North Cotabato.

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US Ambassador graces turnover of computers to Polomolok school

POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato (MindaNews/23 Sept) – US Ambassador Kristie Kenney personally turned over Friday a modern computer laboratory package to the Nicolas Barreras National High School (NBNHS) in Barangay Glamang here as part of the US government-funded computer literacy program for peace and development communities in Mindanao.

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Minor nabbed for rape-slay of minor

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/23 September) — Police authorities in Matalam in North Cotabato arrested on Thursday a 17-year old farmer accused of raping and killing a 12-year old girl in a remote village. 

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Dole workers reject mgt’s new offer; strke to begin anytime

POLOMOLOK, South Cotabato (MindaNews/22 September) —  Multinational Dole Philippines’ (Dolefil)  4,700-strong union workers are poised to go on strike anytime now after rejecting anew on Thursday the company’s last-minute settlement offer to break the impasse in their collective bargaining negotiations.

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Polomolok high school gets computers, internet links

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 Sept) —  At least 450 students of a rural public high school in Polomolok town in South Cotabato will soon add google, yahoo and even wikipedia to their vocabulary following their inclusion as beneficiaries of the Computer Literacy and Internet Connection (CLIC) program.

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No meal? Have FAITH

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/21 Sept) — The provincial government of South Cotabato has launched a program for the replication of the Food Always in the Home (Faith) technology in every household in the province, to ensure residents can easily access safe and nutritious food.

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ARMM’s budget for 2007: P8.9 billion

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 Sept) — The P8.9-billion proposed budget of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for FY-2007 was unanimously approved by the House Committee on Appropriations last Tuesday, the ARMM’s Bureau of  Public Information reported.

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Davao cracks down on video betting games

DAVAO CITY  (MindaNews/20 September) — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ordered the police here to stop video carrera gaming in Davao City as he officiated at the burning of 26 video carrera and seven fruit betting game machines Wednesday.

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IT park to rise in Davao City

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / September 19) – The City Council here endorsed today (Tuesday) an information and technology park planned to be built at the end of this year, setting the stage of what industry leaders hoped would be a more vibrant investment here.

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Floods destroy rice, corn farms in Cotabato areas

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/19 Sep) — Some 500 hectares of rice and
corn farms in low-lying and irrigated areas in M'lang and Tulunan
towns in North Cotabato were destroyed by heavy floods that started
Saturday, reports from the M'lang local government unit said.

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Korean apologizes to Duterte

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 Sep) — The Korean tourist ordered deported by the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation upon the request of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has apologized for his actions and requested that he be allowed to stay longer.

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SoCot completes P46M infra in 6 months

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/18 Sep) — The provincial government of South Cotabato has completed some P46 million worth of infrastructure projects during the first six months of the year, provincial engineer Bernardo Dormitorio Jr. said.

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PNP nabs drug courier in Tacurong

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 Sep) — Police authorities collared a suspected drug courier in a buy-bust operation in Tacurong City last Sunday. Supt. Joel Limson, chief of the Tacurong City PNP, identified the suspect as Faisal Adas Pasandalan, 22, a resident of Barangay Bagundang in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao.

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DTI-12 working on SMEs? dev?t plan

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 Sep) — The Department of Trade and Industry is now busy crafting the development plan for small and medium enterprises in Region 12 so the SMEs could improve production. Nelly Nita Dillera, business development division chief of the DTI’s regional office, said they are still on the first of three phases, which is meeting SME representatives for them to bring out their issues.

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Labor leader: Gov’t wants me dead

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 September) — Is the alleged threat on the life of
a labor leader here for real or is it just a case of paranoia as a military official claimed it to be? Omar Bantayan, secretary-general of the Kilusang Mayo Uno (May First Movement) in Southern Mindanao and one of the so–called "Davao 8" accused of rebellion in February, believed the government wanted him killed.

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Tanzania to adopt RP?s ?best mining practices’

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 September) – The United Republic of Tanzania’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals plans to adopt the country’s best mining practices and mineral development policies in a bid to boost its resurging mining industry. Deputy Minister Lau Masha, the ministry’s lead strategist on mineral development, said they are specifically looking at the possibility of replicating the government’s mineral production sharing policy to ensure the protection of the Tanzanian government’s interests as owner of the mineral resources.

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Army hits NPA for attack in Davao Sur

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/15 September) — The 39th Infantry Battalion based in Makilala, North Cotabato condemned the latest attack staged against them by the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) in Davao del Sur. Reacting to a recent statement by the NPA’s Front 51 Magtanggol Roque  Command, 39th IB commander Lt. Col. Victor Tan called the attack “treacherous.”

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6 teen-age girls raped in Surigao Sur

BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/15 September) – Lured by promises of getting military
ranks after undergoing a “spiritual warriors training,” six teenaged girls reportedly became victims of rape by a an old man who posed as a ‘priest’ and ‘army colonel’ belonging to the 4th Infantry Division.

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Did aerial spraying cause this ‘rare disease?’

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 September)– Did aerial spraying cause Keratosis
follicularis, a rare disease diagnosed in a woman living near a banana plantation here? Dermatologist Maria Myla Alvarado of the Davao Medical Center did not think
so, saying the disease is genetic.

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NDF calls Arroyo’s European trip “tour of shame”

Malaybalay City (MindaNews/14 September) — The National Democratic Front
called President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo' s trip to Europe a "tour of shame,"
citing the concern raised by European leaders over the spate of unresolved
political killings that have occurred in the Philippines since she assumed
power in 2001.

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People?s orgs with success stories to be recognized

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/13 September) —  Peoples’ organizations with inspiring successes in the search for peace and in reducing poverty will take centerstage in the three-day civil society organizations’ forum on September 19 to 21 at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City.

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San Miguel to put up hitech feed mill in Manado

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 Sep) — Food and agribusiness giant San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is reportedly planning to establish a modern feed mill in Manado, Indonesia in a bid to produce cheaper feed products for Mindanao's animal and halal poultry industries.

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Seven SoCot towns tapped for MRDP

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 Sep) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has tapped at least seven agricultural municipalities in South Cotabato as primary beneficiaries of the second phase of the World Bank-funded Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP).

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Tagum City opens Durian Festival

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 September) – Saying their place is also a “durian
country,” city officials opened Sunday its durian festival, which is now on
its second year and features a month-long trade fair and other activities
that aim to promote durian and its by-products.

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Gail Ilagan?s book launched Monday

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/09 September) – “Fly on the Wall,” Gail Tan Ilagan’s columns in book form will be launched Monday at the Ateneo de Davao University where Ms Ilagan teaches.
Gail writes “Wayward and Fanciful” for MindaViews, the opinion section of MindaNews.

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Solon, NDFP hit GMA for unabated slay of activists

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 September) – A senator has questioned the sincerity of Malacañang’s order last month to law enforcement agencies to solve the spate of killings of leftist activists, citing the murder Thursday of Bayan Muna Bohol provincial chairman Victor Olayvar as proof that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has failed to rein in the military which has been blamed for most of the political and media killings.

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