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President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has conveyed her and the Filipino people’s condolences to the family of former United States President Gerald Ford who died Dec. 26 at the age of 93.

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President George W. Bush has declared Tuesday, January 2, 2007 as a National Day of Mourning in honor of the memory of President Gerald Ford, who passed away on December 26, 2006.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 30 Dec) – The U.S. Embassy in Manila said convicted American soldier Lance Corporal Daniel Smith has been transferred from the Makati City jail back to U.S. military custody.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Samuel Tanjil / 30 Dec) - The influential Sultan of Sulu, Sharif Ibrahim Ajibul Muhammad Pulalun, distributed rice and grocery packs to more than 300 mostly poor families in Zamboanga City.

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The Mindanao Examiner Joins The Reporters Sans Borders And All Media Organizations Around The World And The Philippines In Wishing Everyone A Happy New Year.

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We started 2006 with a pay hike for government workers and we will end it with a vow to do it again next year.As soon as Congress comes back from its holiday furlough, I will be sending up a bill that will seek to grant an average 10-percent increase in the base pay of government employees effective July 2007.

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(New Year’s Day is more than just firecrackers, horn-tooting and booze swiggling. It is also about a Jewish mother, revered over the centuries, by Muslims and Christians alike. And the column is about this Lady, who is specially honored on January 1 – Juan L Mercado).

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By Zachary Abuza

Yesterday the Philippine military announced that the body of Abu Sayyaf chieftain, Khadaffy Janjalani, had been found buried in the jungles outside of Kabuntakas village in Patikul town, on Jolo Island, an ASG stronghold off south-western Mindanao.

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COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 28 Dec) – Two people were injured in an explosion inside a shopping mall Thursday in the southern Philippine province of Sultan Kudarat, authorities said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 28 Dec) - A Philippine Air Force helicopter crashed Thursday while landing at the Zamboanga International Airport in the southern Philippines, officials said.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examienr / 27 Dec) - Philippine soldiers dug up a decomposing body believed to be that of a top terror leader linked to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya who was killed in fighting in the southern island of Jolo, officials said.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 26 Dec) – Troops shot dead a member of the communist rebel group New People’s Army in a clash Tuesday in the southern Philippines, the military said.

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CEBU CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 26 Dec) – Limang gusali sa Cebu Provincial Capitol compound ang nasunog matapos na umano'y magliyab ang loob ng tanggapan ng Capitol Security Unit sa ikalawang palapag.

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PAMPANGA (Mindanao Examiner / 27 Dec) – The outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said it was stepping up recruitment of fighters to carry out fresh offensive against government targets.

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Amidst the litter of a Noche Buena dinner table, empty bottles and ripped gift wrappers, the guest burped: "Christmas is indigestion". Want another viewpoint? Try walking, on Christmas morning, through the children’s charity ward of a government hospital. The wife and I did.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Al Jacinto / 25 Dec) - It’s been a year now, but nothing has change in Lumbangan. It is a village, about 10 kms east of Zamboanga City, where the government garbage dump is located.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 25 Dec) – For many people in Mindanao, Christmas is just one ordinary day. They go hungry just the same, but despite the poverty situation in many parts of the island, south of the Philippines, Filipinos expected a happy Christmas.

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COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 24 Dec) – The Philippine military on Sunday raised the alert in the southern region of Mindanao after troops discovered a motorcycle laden with explosives near a government checkpoint.

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Open letter to the Philippines’ President: Act now to dismantle culture of impunity.

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ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE (Rochell Hilario / 22 Dec) - After many months of consultations with residents of communities within and around its gold-copper project in Mount Canatuan in Siocon town in Zamboanga del Norte provice, TVI Resource Development Philippines, Inc. (TVIRD) has completed the approval process for its Social Development and Management Plan (SDMP) from the Philippine Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 21 Dec) - The Arroyo government said the Philippine economy is improving, jobs are many and poor families lesser since she became President in 2001.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Dec) – A violinist of the group Psalm of David performs at a beach front in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines to raise money for charity.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 21 Dec) – Philippine leader Gloria Arroyo approved Thursday a four-day unilateral Christmas truce in military offensive against communist insurgents, but security forces remain in alert for threats of attacks against civilian targets across the country.

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DUMAGUETE CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 21 Dec) – Naalarma na umano ang maraming mga civic groups at NGOs sa patuloy na paglaki ng bilang ng mga prostitute sa Dumaguete City.

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CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / 21 Dec) – Inasahang daragsain na naman ng mga dayuhang at lokal na turista ang lalawigan ng Cebu, hindi dahil sa ASEAN Summit, kundi sa tanyag na Sinulog Festival.

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BACOLOD CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 21 Dec) – Magandang balita sa mga Negrenses! Sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon sa Bisayas ay dadalhin ng isang international amusement firm ang mga dambuhalang robotic dinosaurs bilang bahagi ng educational tour nito sa ibat-ibang bansa.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 21 Dec) – The Malaysian Demak motorcycles continue to make names in the Philippines, a year after it opened its first manufacturing plant in Zamboanga City, west of Mindanao island.

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MANILA - Ambassador Kristie Kenney led U.S. Marines in distributing gifts to poor Filipino children at the Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission in Paranaque City.

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MAGUINDANAO (Juan Magtanggol / 20 Dec) – The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), on Wednesday reiterated its demand for self-determination in the troubled, but mineral-rich southern region of Mindanao as peace talks with Manila are to resume early next year in Malaysia.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mike Banos / 20 Dec) - Teachers in the Mindanao State University MSU-System of High Schools and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have what EduQuest, Inc. general manager Teresita Medado calls a "happy problem". They don't have enough computers and peripherals to integrate computers and the internet into classroom instruction.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Darwin Wee / 20 Dec) – To prevent power shortage and fully
meet the growing electricity demand in Zamboanga City, the state-owned National Transmission Corporation (Transco) said it is fast-tracking the construction of a 100-megavolt ampere power sub-station and a new 138-kilovolt transmission lines in January.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Mindanao Examiner partnered with the Manila-based Monad Studio to promote independent film making in the southern Philippines.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Darwin Wee / 19 Dec) - The continued smuggling of wild birds in the country and the lack of public awareness about the dreaded Avian Flu virus are putting the Philippines at risk of contamination, a government environmental official warned.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 19 Dec) – A Sultan of Sulu, Sharif Ibrahim Ajibul Mohammad Pulalun, on Tuesday congratulated Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, the newly crowned King of Malaysian.

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ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE - Aware that indigenous peoples face initial challenges in the management of royalties from resource development firms that operate in their ancestral lands, government agencies led by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have pledged full support for the Subanon natives in the remote mountain village of Canatuan in Siocon town in Zamboanga del Norte province.

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JOLO (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Dec) – Isinusulong ngayon ng pamahalaan at militar ang development ng magulong lalawigan ng Sulu, partikular sa mga dating kampo ng Moro National Liberation Front.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 18 Dec) – While politicians in the southern Filipino port city of Zamboanga brag about a robust economy and more development projects than ever, many Muslim enclaves here still remain poor compare to Christian areas where much of government projects are diverted.

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JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 16 Dec) - U.S. troops deployed in the southern Philippines distributed gifts to more than 100 children on the Muslim island of Jolo, where American forces are involved in humanitarian missions, a U.S. military spokesman said on Saturday.

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MANILA (Bert Laride / 16 Dec) - Unidentified gunmen on Saturday shot dead a Filipino lawmaker and his bodyguard in an attack just outside a Catholic church in Quezon City, police said.

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BASCO ISLAND - After two failed attempts to land over the past two months due to weather, a small group of U.S. Marines from Okinawa, Japan, with a large payload made a short side trip to the Philippine island of Basco with about 2,200 pounds of food, health care items, clothes, sporting goods and toys.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 15 Dec) – Two masked gunmen shot dead a young Muslim man and wounded another in an attack just outside their school in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, police said Friday.

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MANILA (Mitchel Confesor / 15 Dec) – The Japanese government has launched a program for Central Mindanao to build classrooms and buildings in eight schools, a couple of water systems, a complete set of post-harvest facilities, and a training center for Muslim women worth some USD624,000.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 15 Dec) – The Philippine government said it had no hand on the decision of detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebel leader Nur Misuari to run for governor in Jolo island in next year’s polls.

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MANILA - The United Nations country team in the Philippines has requested $2.6 million for rapid response projects from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) after several typhoons wreaked havoc on the country in recent weeks.

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MANILA - When the United States moves to downsize its military facilities in Okinawa, Japan, and begin construction on new military bases designed to house 8,000 marines and their families on the Pacific island of Guam, Filipino construction workers will likely do most of the heavy lifting.

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Manila (Bert Laride / 14 Dec) - President Gloria Arroyo has released more than P160 million in aid to assist families and beneficiaries of soldiers and policemen who were either killed or wounded in line of duty, the official Philippine Information Agency said Thursday.

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COTABATO CITY (Juan Magtanggol / 13 Dec)- The Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), on Wednesday said rebel forces were hunting down former guerrillas linked to the killing of a senior member in Mindanao island.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Dec) – Detained Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebel leader Nur Misuari has been allowed to return to his hometown in the troubled island of Jolo in the southern Philippines where he is to run for governor in next year’s elections.

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The 15th Reporters Without Borders - Fondation de France prize
was presented in Paris on December 2006.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Dec) – A Filipino court on Wednesday denied a petition of convicted U.S. Marine Daniel Smith to be in custody of U.S. authorities.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Linda Bansil / 13 Dec) - The international group Peace and Conflict Journalism Network (PECOJON) will conduct two workshops on peace journalism for students at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU) here.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Linda Bansil / 13 Dec) – An exhibit by the Lumah Ma Dilaut Center for Living Traditions on a collection of Art–in-stories by Sama and Sama Dilaut children drew praises and accolades from artists and students in Zamboanga City.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 13 Dec) – U.S. troops based in Japan are to distribute thousands of toys to Filipino children as part of their annual “Operation Goodwill,” a U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday.

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BASILAN ISLAND - Thousands of human rights activists, justice fighters and peace advocates from conflict-ridden Mindanao will gather for a weeklong peace summit in the former terrorist heartland of Basilan.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - Christmas came early for Filipino children in Zamboanga City, thanks to the U.S. military, which arranged for Santa Claus to visit local charities and distribute gifts to needy.

Children were able to tell Santa what they would like for Christmas during the event, which brought holiday cheer to everyone attending, a U.S. military statement said Tuesday.

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CAVITE PROVINCE - Barely six months after a failed ambush of EMI-Yazaki Workers’ Union president Gerry Cristobal, his successor was killed Monday morning just outside the company in Imus town in Cavite province, southwest of Manila, the International Labor and Solidarity Mission Philippines reported.

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MAGUINDANAO (Juan Magtanggol / 11 Dec) – Peace talks between the Philippines and the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, are set to resume early next year after both sides ended a meeting in Malaysia.

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CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / 11 Dec) – At least 5 people were dead and tens of thousands more affected by the typhoon Utor in the Philippines as it headed towards the South China Sea, social workers and government spokesmen said Monday.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 11 Dec) - The National Democratic Front (NDF) in Southern Mindanao on Monday condemned attempts by lawmakers allied with President Gloria Arroyo to change the Philippine Constitution despite a widespread public opposition.

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COTABATO CITY (Juan Magtanggol / 10 Dec) - Philippine authorities tightened security on Sunday as troops mounted a massive search for 4 men, one of them a Moro rebel, who escaped from a prison facility in Cotabato City in the troubled southern region, officials said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – Local government and private officials here are now taking steps to eliminate Zamboanga City from an existing list as a "hot spot" in the illegal trade of wildlife species in the country.

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SULU (Mindanao Examiner / 10 Dec) - Malaki na nga ang ipinagbago ng Sulu dahil sa dami ng tulong na ibinibigay ng pamahalang Estados Unidos mula ng dumating doon nitong taon ang mga sundalong Kano upang tumulong sa ibat-ibang humanitarian projects sa lalawigan.

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We are proud to announce the launching on January of The Mindanao Examiner, the latest weekly independent newspaper in southern Philippines, with circulations in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, Maguindanao in the Muslim Autonomous Region, General Santos, Davao, Cebu, Manila and Sabah in Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam.

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Pasonanca - a posh, uphill village in Zamboanga City, continues to draw huge crowds every day because of its magnificent view and cool climate and rows of restaurants.

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We hope this piece would serve as an inspiration to fellow journalists!


Newspaper companies beware! The journalists you are increasingly willing to let go may come back to haunt you. In today’s Internet world, all it takes is a little budget and a lot of ambition. Take the story of Paul Bass.

For 25 years, Bass covered the New Haven, Connecticut area for print publications and watched them all get eaten up by corporate giants. During a yearlong book leave, he decided that he couldn’t return to a newsroom “sucked of its spirit.” His salvation? The Internet.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Darwin Wee / 08 Dec) – Because of their exceptional contribution to peace-building efforts in Mindanao island, a Muslim community worker and a Catholic religious leader were hailed as this year's Peace Weaver awardees by the Peace Advocates Zamboanga (PAZ) during the weeklong celebration of the Mindanao Week of Peace.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - The influential Sultan of Sulu, Sharif Ibrahim Ajibul Mohammad Pulalun, on Thursday called on Filipino Muslims to support the Philippine hosting of the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu province.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Linda Bansil / 07 Dec) - The Amnesty International Zamboanga Group hosted a concert entitled "Music for Human Rights" and Modeling at the LRC Garden of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University here.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner/ 06 Dec) - Some $130,000 worth of American relief donations are expected to arrive in Manila to help families affected by the typhoon Durian (Reming) which ravaged the Bicol region.

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The Committee to Protect Journalists said it was investigating whether the shooting of journalist Arnie Pullan on the central Philippine island of Iloilo was related to his work as a radio host.

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Reporters Without Borders also urges investigation into death of Antony Licyayo of Radyo Cagayano.

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PIA (Philippine Information Agency Zamboanga City) Press Release 2006/12/04.

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JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 04 Dec) – The United States on Monday rewarded P80,000 to two Muslim families, whose sons had discovered a powerful Abu Sayyaf bomb planted on a road in the southern island of Jolo, where Filipino and American troops returning from a humanitarian mission were to pass.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 03 Dec) – Two young Muslim men believed victims of summary execution were recovered Sunday by fishermen from a boat drifting near Sacol Island, several nautical miles off Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, an army commander said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 03 Dec) - Siguradong matutuwa ang mga street children at batang pulubi sa Zamboanga City matapos na makatanggap ang Mindanao Examiner ng dalawang malalaking kahon ng children's book upang ipamahagi sa mga mahihirap.

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MANILA – Canberra praised Filipino leader Gloria Arroyo for the successful implementation of the Philippine government’s fiscal reform measures, noting that the continuing expansion of the local economy and growing confidence of the international financial and business communities.

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PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 03 Dec) - Pinuri ng mga sundalo at opisyal sa Western Mindanao ang pagkakatalaga sa isang beteranong Army commander bilang deputy commander ng First Infantry Division sa Zamboanga del Sur.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - Some 245 students and teachers from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) ended their two-day annual Regional Schools Press Conference (RSPC) held in Zamboanga City.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Dec) - Government soldiers captured an alleged leader of the radical Rajah Solaiman Movement linked to the terrorist groups Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiya in the southern Philippine island of Basilan, a marine spokesman said.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 01 Dec) - Communist insurgents killed four government soldiers in an ambush in the southern Philippines, where security forces were sent to hunt down New People's Army gunmen, a military report said on Friday.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 01 Dec) – Government soldiers hunting down members of the Abu Sayyaf had tumbled on a marijuana field allegedly owned by the al-Qaeda-linked militant group in the southern Filipino island of Jolo, officials announced on Friday.

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