ZAMBOANGA CITY ((Uly Israel) / 30 Sept) - Here comes the most touted, considered as the grandest festivity staged every year in Zamboanga City - the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival.

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ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE (Darwin Wee / 30 Sept) – The Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) in Western Mindanao has expressed optimism that it would exceed the 8,000 hectares targeted for abaca plantation in the region in three years time.

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MAGUINDANAO (Juan Magtanggol / 30 Sept) - Suspected communist insurgents torched a provincial bus after divesting its passengers of valuables in the southern Philippines, military authorities said Saturday.

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DIPOLOG CITY (Darwin Wee / 29 Sept) – The historic city of Dipolog in Zamboanga del Norte province is to host the two-day 1st Mindanao Trade, Investments and Tourism Congress next week.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 29 Sept) - Government soldiers clashed with members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group in the southern Filipino island of Jolo, a regional army spokesman said Saturday.

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We came about at first as a public service blog -- after a photo session in December 24, 2005 in Lumbangan, a small village east of Zamboanga City, where the government garbage depot is located.

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COTABATO CITY (Juan Magtanggol / 29 Sept) — At least 6 people were injured when a grenade exploded near a huge crowd watching a rock concert in the southern Philippines, police said Friday.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Darwin Wee / 28 Sept) – To maintain its position being the major producer of rubber in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office here is targeting to develop an additional 20,000-hectare rubber plantation in Zamboanga Peninsula until 2010.

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INDONESIA (Mindanao Examiner / 28 Sept) -- Southern Mindanao's Jose Abad Santos-Glan-Sarangani (JAGS-CT) Cooperation Triangle has forged trade links with North Sulawesi, a recent breakthrough made out of the five-day trade mission to Indonesia under the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) cooperation.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Miralyn Sorronda / 27 Sept) Diplomats from a Christian-dominated country and an Islamic state took turns to visit recently the Silsilah Dialogue Movement in Zamboanga City mainly for this reason: Interfaith dialogue and peace initiatives.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Darwin Wee / 27 Sept) In an effort to put back coins kept by many people into circulation, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has formally launched Wednesday the National Coin Recirculation Program.

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COTABATO CITY -- More than 30 civilian doctors from various hospitals in Central and Western Mindanao, and 40 military doctors assigned to conflict areas throughout the Philippines, have began seminars on war surgery techniques and the care of patients with war wounds, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Darwin Wee / 27 Sept) The Depatment of Trade and Industry in Western Mindanao has urged retail establishments in Zamboanga City to set up a Halal section in their stores, saying that if it proved successful, the measure could be implemented nationwide.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 27 Sept) The Philippine military rewarded Wednesday P450,000 to three civilian informants who helped the military capture two of three members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group in the southern Philippines.

Two of three informants, who wore ski masks to hide their faces, received P150,000 each from Maj. Gen. Eugenio Cedo, chief of the Western Mindanao Command based in Zamboanga City for the capture of Quirino Mahijul and Isnan Anenol in Basilan island in 2004.

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A video documentary titled, “Reinventing Business Permitting Means Better Business Climate,” will be launched on October 6, 2006 at 6:00 o’clock in the evening at the Renaissance Ballroom, New World Renaissance Hotel, Makati City. This event aims to share the lessons of Mindanao cities in enhancing their business permits and licensing processes with the rest of the country.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 27 Sept) Some 140 U.S. soldiers participating in a new joint anti-terrorism training in the southern Philippines were briefly by Filipino immigration authorities in Zamboanga City after some problems with their documents.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 26 Sept) Five Filipino crew men were rescued from a sinking ferry Tuesday as heavy rains and huge waves battered small sea crafts off the southern port city of Zamboanga City, the Coast Guard said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 26 Sept) -- A child had died and three others were hospitalized after eating cassava cake in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, health officials said Tuesday.

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3OTH National MILO Marathon.

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KIDAPAWAN CITY (Carl Bautista / 26 Sept) -- North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel F. Pinol urged the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to continue peace talks after both sides failed to sign any agreement on the so-called Muslim ancestral domain in Mindanao.

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JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 25 Sept) Muslims in Jolo on Monday praised an Italian philanthropist, Armando de Rossi, for his active role in bringing aid to many poor families in this impoverished southern Philippine island.

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JOLO ISLAND (Juan Magtanggol / 25 Sept) U.S. Ambassador to Manila Kristie Kenney on Monday braved the island of Jolo in the restive southern region, where Filipino troops, assisted by American intelligence, are hunting down leaders of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group and two Jemaah Islamiya bombers.

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MANILA -- President Gloria Arroyo expressed deep solidarity with the Filipino Muslim community in the universal aspiration for peace and harmony as Muslims all over the world observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

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MANILA -- Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson Ignacio Bunye on Sunday said the strong showing of key indicators -- rise in incomes, stable prices and low inflation rate -- reflect the good health of the Philippine economy.

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BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Sept) Philippine authorities announced Monday the arrest of an alleged Abu Sayyaf member, Badiu Yunos, who was implicated in the kidnappings of three U.S. citizens and dozens of Filipinos in 2001.

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KIDAPAWAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Sept) Some 100 participants from various people’s organizations, non-government organizations, academic institutions, and government agencies in Mindanao will gather for a three-day forum which starts Tuesday at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City to share experiences and reflections on community peace-building.

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MAGUINDANAO (Juan Magtanggol / 18 Sept) The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, warned Monday that Manila should be blamed if the peace talks fail after both sides ended a negotiation in Malaysia without any agreement.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 19 Sept) Troops raided Tuesday a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya in Jolo, where militants killed a marine commander and wounded two dozen soldiers in the latest fighting on the restive southern Philippine island, officials said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Darwin Wee / 19 Sept) After a decade of pastry-making, Maria Teresita T. Almeda has decided to shift her business direction to producing environment-friendly detergent and home care products.

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