GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 31 May) – Police doused off public fears of terror attacks in General Santos City in the southern Philippines after cell phone text messages warned of an impending bombings by the Abu Sayyaf and the Jemaah Islamiya.

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COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 31 May) – Philippine authorities tightened security in the southern province of Shariff Kabunsuan due to rising tension between supporters of opposing politicians.

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NORTH COTABATO (Mindanao Examiner / 31 May) – Kidnappers have freed on Thursday four people they earlier seized in the southern Philippines, officials said.

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NORTH COTABATO (Mindanao Examiner / 31 May) – Unidentified gunmen seized four Caucasians Thursday in the restive region of the southern Philippines, officials said.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 31 May) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cabled a message to his Filipino counterpart Gloria Arroyo to felicitate her, the government and the people of the Philippines on the country's National Day.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – A farmer was killed after four gunmen barged in his house in Davao City in the southern Philippines, police said.

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MANILA – Canadian mining firm TVI announced on Wednesday that, while it applauds the mission and objectives set out in the recently published Rights & Democracy Report, entitled "Human Rights Impact Assessments for Foreign Investment Projects", the company is very critical of the flawed execution of the Philippines Case Study contained in the report.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – A Filipino court has convicted a father to serve jail time for life after he was found guilty of raping his daughter in the southern Philippines.

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NORTH COTABATO - Peace talks between Manila and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have been sidelined by the recent national and local elections. A story published on the newkerala.com reports about struggle of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in Mindanao.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – A Filipino woman, despondent over the family’s extreme poverty condition, committed suicide in the southern province of Davao Oriental, police said on Wednesday.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – Inirekomenda ni Armed Forces of the Philippines-National Capital Region Command (AFP-NCR) Chief Major General Mohammad Dolorfino ang pagbabalik ng tropa sa kalakhang Maynila.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – Philippine troops clashed Wednesday with communist insurgents in the outskirts of Gingoog City in the southern province of Misamis Oriental, officials said.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – Nabigyan na ng bagong posisyon ang mga nagsilbing security aide ni dating Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commission Virgilio Garciliano makaraang makaladkad ang mga pangalan sa sinasabing mga akusasyon ng dayaan noong nakalipas na May 2004 elections.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – The militant trade union, Kilusang Mayo Uno, on Wednesday said local authorities are to arrest a Filipino political activist who led an anti-Arroyo protest in New Zealand during a state visit by the Philippine leader.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – Umaasa ang ilang opisyal ng militar na hindi magsisilbing inspirasyon sa mga batang sundalo ang napipintong pagkapanalo ni dating Navy Lieutenant Seniorgrade Antonio Trillanes sa Senado.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - Incoming Grade 4 pupil Joshua Bue and some of his schoolmates go to school even on summer to take math lessons from their newly trained teachers.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – The Philippine military on Wednesday tightened security at sea in the restive southern region where some 2,000 U.S. and Filipino troops are to begin a joint amphibious training.

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MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – Muslim villagers on Wednesday have threatened to stage more street rallies to protest what they say is “undue” allegations that there was massive cheating in the recently held national and local polls.

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PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 30 May) – Six communist insurgents have surrendered to the Philippine military after a series of negotiations that took security officials three months to finish, the local Philippine Information Agency said on Wednesday.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 29 May) – Gunmen shot dead two people in separate attacks in the troubled region of the southern Philippines, police said Tuesday.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 29 May) – Manila is to benefit from Australia once a security pact is signed between the two countries, a Filipino defense deputy said.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 29 May) - Barely five days to go before the 13th Congress resumes again for the last time, Senator Mar Roxas once more called on his fellow legislators to attend the last three plenary session days and the forthcoming meetings of the Bicameral Conference Committee, to help push the approval of a bill seeking quality and affordable medicines.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 29 May) – Communist insurgents ambushed a military patrol and wounding at least eight soldiers in Aurora province, north of the Philippines, officials said.

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BACOLOD (Mindanao Examiner / 29 May) – Patuloy ang power struggle sa pagitan ng mga lider ng Revolutionary Ploretarian Army-Alex Bongcayao Brigade (RPA-ABB) sa Bisayas at posibleng samantalahin ito ng New People’s Army (NPA) upang tuluyang mawasak ang pundasyon ng break-away group.

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MANILA - Delegates to the interfaith dialogue hosted by Prime Minister Helen Clark at Waitangi in New Zealand, were left in no doubt about the real issues of peace, security and tolerance that should be on their agenda, the National Distribution Union said on Tuesday.

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NEGROS ORIENTAL (Mindanao Examiner / 29 May) – Alarmado ngayon ang Department of Health sa lalawigan ng Negros matapos na mapansin ng mga eksperto ang pagtaas ng bilang ng mga taong may sakit na ketong o leprosy.

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This brief blog entry takes you through a series of negotiations over time between peacemakers and terrorists: A peacemaker walks up to the left side of a line. A terrorist walks up to the right side of the line. The peacemaker introduces himself. The terrorist kills him.

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MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 28 May) – The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, said it would help Filipino authorities hunt down members of the Jemaah Islamiya hiding in the restive southern region of Mindanao.

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LANAO DEL SUR (Mindanao Examiner / 28 May) – Pumutok kanina ang balitang magbibitiw na umano si Elections Commissioner Rene Sarmiento bilang pinuno ng Task Force Maguindanao, na kung saan ay talamak diumano ang dayaan sa nakaraang halalan.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 28 May) – A huge fire swept through a slum neighborhood in the southern Filipino city of Davao, police and fire marshals said.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 28 May) – The Philippines and Australia are to sign a bilateral agreement that would allow the two countries to hold joint anti-terror training exercises in country, Filipino security officials said.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 28 May) – Philippine police on Monday accused the New People’s Army (NPA) of executing a civilian and abducting another in the southern city of Davao.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 28 May) - Tatlong miyembro ng Philippine Army ang napatay habang tatlo pa ang sugatan kasunod ng pakikipagsagupa sa mga gerilya sa Masbate province kahapon.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - While the Philippines is still enjoying the Avian-Influenza Disease (Bird-Flu)-free country status, the Department of Agriculture in the region wants to keep it by conducting a pre-emergency planning activity with various concerned agencies.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 27 May) – One person was killed and eleven others injured after the truck they were riding rammed a street lamp in Davao City in the southern Philippines, police said Sunday.

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DAVAO DEL NORTE (Mindanao Examiner / 27 May) – A motorcycle gunman shot dead a young woman in a broad daylight attack in Panabo City in the southern Filipino province of Davao del Norte, police said Sunday.

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LANAO DEL SUR (Mindanao Examiner / 27 May) – Philippine soldiers and policemen on Sunday guarded the counting of votes from special elections marred with violence, fraud and cheating in the province of Lanao del Sur.

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SULU (Mindanao Examiner / 26 May) – Magsasampa umano ng kaso ang bagong gobernador ng Sulu matapos itong pagbintangan ng pandaraya ng abogado ng Genuine Opposition.

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COMPOSTELA VALLEY – An independent mayoralty bet here has been declared winner after garnering only 3,835 votes or a mere 21.5 percent of the town’s 17,856 registered voters.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 26 May) – Philippine authorities captured a senior leader of the New People’s Army rebels and his wife in the southern province of Misamis Oriental.

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LANAO DEL SUR (Mindanao Examiner / 26 May) – Armed clashes and violence marred Saturday’s special elections in the Muslim autonomous province of Lanao del Sur in southern Philippines, officials said.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 25 May) - International media group Reporters Without Borders on Friday urged Filipino provincial and national authorities to thoroughly investigate the murder of photojournalist Dodie Nunez, of the regional newspaper Katapat, which had criticised corruption.

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SULU – Isang panibagong bukas at bagong pag-asa ang naghihintay sa magulong lalawigan ng Sulu matapos na magwagi si Hj. Sakur Tan bilang bagong gobernador.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 25 May) – Suspected anti-crime vigilantes killed three men in separate attacks in the southern Philippines, human rights activists said Friday.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 25 May) – Mahigpit ang siguridad sa Basilan province para sa isang special elections matapos na lumutang ang ibat-ibang akusasyon ng pandaraya.

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COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 25 May) – Angry residents here protested the inclusion of Cotabato City as part of the congressional district of the fledgling Shariff Kabunsuan province.

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COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 25 May) – Thousands of supporters of Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema celebrated his victory Friday after the former rebel leader-turned-politician has been proclaimed winner in the recent elections.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 25 May) – Philippine jail authorities on Friday mounted a massive search for a prisoner who escaped from his escorts during a court hearing in Pasay City.

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The Free Jonas Burgos Movement (FJBM) calls on all our colleagues in the artists' and writers' circle to manifest their support in our call to the AFP, PNP and the GMA government to double their effort in locating Jonas Joseph Burgos, son of late press freedom icon Jose "Joe" Burgos, who was abducted on April 28, 2007 at the Ever Gotesco Mall in Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 24 May) – Philippine election officials declared Mayor Celso Lobregat as winner in the recent national and local polls.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 24 May) – Walang balak ang liderato ng Philippine Army na itago ang mga tauhan nitong nais gisahin ng Philippine National Police (PNP) sa pag-uungkat na may kaugnayan sa pagkawala ng anak ng dating Malaya publisher at aktibistang si Jonas Burgos.

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ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE - Antonio Feliciano is a surgeon with a social conscience and despite his hectic schedule, he finds time to share his many blessings with the less fortunate.

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COMPOSTELA VALLEY (Mindanao Examiner / 24 May) – Two alleged Filipino Jemaah Islamiya members were killed in a clash with government soldiers in southern Philippines, officials said Thursday.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 24 May) – Pormal ng bumaba ngayon sa tungkulin ang itinuturing na ikatlong mataas na lider ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 24 May) – Philippine and U.S. soldiers are to begin a joint naval exercise off the southern region of Mindanao, where Filipino security forces are hunting down members of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group and Jemaah Islamiya.

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ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE (Mindanao Examiner / 23 May) - Who says the "Bayanihan Spirit" among Filipinos has died down? Not in Zamboanga del Norte.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 23 May) – Local business leaders are pressing for the idea to aggressively pursue agricultural and industrial tourism in a bid to promote Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.

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MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 23 May) – The Japan International Cooperation Agency is to launch a two–year grassroots study to assess the social, economic and development needs of the war-devastated areas in Mindanao.

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The Samoan-American ‘Jesus Freak’ with a huge heart – and family of twenty-six to go with it. The extraordinary story of Chaz Yandall and his outreach to the orphaned and abandoned children of the Philippines.

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BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / 23 May) – Philippine troops clashed with gunmen in the southern island of Basilan, where security forces were protecting the canvassing of votes in the recent national and local polls, officials said.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 22 May) - Wala pa rin matibay na ebidensya ang Philippine National Police (PNP) upang iugnay at idiin ang sinumang pulitiko sa insidente ng panununog sa Pinagbayanan Elementary School sa bayan ng Taysan sa lalawigan ng Batangas.

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BASILAN (Mindanao Examiner / 22 May) – Police on Tuesday sent more forces to secure the canvassing of votes on Basilan island following a grenade attack that injured three people.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 22 May) – Aminado ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na nagkaroon ng kapabayaan sa mga tauhan ng militar para bantayan ang mga nakukumpiskang sasakyan na nasa kanilang kustodiya.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – Filipino companies interested to market and export their products to Canada can now avail of the online services of the Trade Facilitation Office of Canada (TFOC).

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 22 May) – Nagpahiwatig ngayon ang liderato ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ng posibilidad na maibalik ang mga sundalong una nang ipinakalat sa Kalakhang Maynila.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 22 May) – Hindi bilib ang liderato ng Hukbong Pandagat kay dating Navy Lieutenant Seniorgrade Antonio Trillanes IV kahit na manalo ito sa kanyang kandidatura bilang senador.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - Canadian mining firm, TVI Resource Development Inc. (TVIRD) has reported a C$2.4 million (P102 million) net income in the first quarter of this year, up by 67% compared to the same period of last year with C$1.4 million.

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SULU (Mindanao Examiner / 22 May) – Pormal ng idineklara kahapon ng Commission on Elections dito ang bagong gobernador ng Sulu province na si Sakur Tan at dalawang congressman na sina Yusop Jikiri at Munir Arbison, gayun rin ang ibang mga alkalde sa kabila ng tangkang patigilin diumano ang proklamasyon.

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Rosemary Nebrao-Garcia passed away May 15, 2007 on Tuesday night at around 9:30 at the Philippine Kidney Center.

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JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 17 May) – Filipino soldiers continue to hunt for Jemaah Islamiya militants -- including two Indonesians tagged as behind the deadly 2002 Bali bombings -- in the southern island of Jolo, a military spokesman said Thursday.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 17 May) Eight Filipinos with alleged ties to the Indonesian terror network Jemaah Islamiya have surrendered to the Philippine military in Manila, officials said.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 17 May) – Nasawi an gang 5 pasahero habang mahigit sa 20 pa ang sugatan matapos na magsalpukan ang dalawang bus sa Lucena City sa Quezon province kagabi.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 17 May) – Patay ang pitong tauhan ng Philippine Army kasunod ng pananambang ng mga miyembro ng New People's Army (NPA) sa Boliney sa lalawigan ng Abra kaninang umaga.

Nasawi ang lahat ng 7-man team ng 41st Infantry Battalion na pinamumunuan ni Lieutenant Mark Evan Onrubia nang salakayin ng tinatayang 100 mga gerilya dakong alas-6:30 ng umaga sa Barangay Amtuagan, sa naturang lalawigan.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 16 May) Napatunayan umano ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na wala itong kinikilingan at hindi namumulitika ang kanilang hanay matapos na mairaos ang eleksyon ng walang kontrobersya laban sa militar.

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SULU (Mindanao Examiner / 16 May) – Nilangaw ang boto ni detained Moro National Liberation Front chieftain Nur Misuari at halos nagkukumahog ang bilang ng botong natanggap sa lalawigan ng Sulu.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 16 May) – Hindi umano bibigyan ng espesyal na pagtrato sa kulungan si coup leader Navy Lieutenant Seniorgrade Antonio Trillanes sakaling maideklarang panalo sa eleksyon.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - Muslim religious leaders in Western Mindanao warmly received Al Khalifa (The Steward), a sourcebook on environmental protection and conservation written from the perspective of Islam.

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SURIGAO DEL SUR (Mindanao Examiner / 12 May) – Oil giant Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (PSPC) launched what it said could be the cheapest and durable and cost-effective road treatment product.

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7.Bring your Voter's ID. For those who don't have them yet, at least know your precinct number.

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COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 12 May) - Two people were killed and five others injured in firefight between policemen and gunmen in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao, military and police reports said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 11 May) – One of four children of Jemaah Islamiya bomber Dulmatin tried to flee Friday from a military hospital in Zamboanga City after breaking down while undergoing a medical check-up.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 11 May) – The Philippine military on Friday said it has in custody four children of Jemaah Islamiya bomber Dulmatin, tagged as behind the deadly Bali bombing in 2002.

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SULTAN KUDARAT (Mindanao Examiner / 10 May) – Philippine police captured one of four alleged bomber tagged as behind the deadly attack in Tacurong City in the southern province of Sultan Kudarat, officials said Thursday.

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COTABATO CITY - With only a few days to go to the crucial middle-term elections, the spectre of gunfire and massive fraud hovers threateningly over the Philippines.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 10 May) – Nakahanda ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na tulungan ang Philippine National Police (PNP) sa paglalatag ng mga ebidensya hinggil sa diumano'y pagkakanlong ni Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino sa isang hinihinalang rebelde at kriminal.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 10 May) – Isang sundalo ang napatay at tatlong iba pa ang sugatan matapos na makipagsagupaan ang mga ito kaninang umaga sa rebeldeng New People's Army sa lalawigan ng Negros Occidental.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 10 May) – Five policemen were killed in an ambush Thursday by communist insurgents in the town of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro province, officials said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – With three more days the May 14 polls, every institutions and individuals wanting to ensure an honest, orderly and peaceful, elections are now busy doing what they believe it takes are necessary to be done before “judgment day” comes.

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MANILA - Bengie is a 14 year old, picked up by police on the streets of Manila accused for stealing food from a vendor's stall and held for weeks in local police station mixed in with thieves, accused rapists and even child abusers.

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A nephew of Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s former chairman Sheikh Hashim Salamat has assailed the press people’s “use of the term terrorism, linking it to Islam,” asseverating that “the education and economic development of the Bangsamoro are the most effective solutions to the decades-long armed conflict that have confronted Mindanao”.

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QUEZON CITY – Mismong ang liderato ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ay naalarma na rin sa pagpaparatang sa institusyon sa pagkawala ng aktibista at anak ng publisher na si Jonas Joseph Burgos.

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COMPOSTELA VALLEY - As candidates go for the homestretch in their campaign this week before Monday's polls, the provincial election has assessed that the general mode of political campaigns waged by competing aspirants to public is fairly just within the election laws and rules of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 09 May) – Kinumpirma ngayon ni Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. ang pagpapakalat ng tropa ng mga sundalo sa tatlong probinsya at isang syudad bunsod ng pag-init ng election-related violence.

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The University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) invites you to join any or all of its 2007 Multimedia Workshop offerings – a series of short-term, specialized courses on the power of images and the various aspects of film and audiovisual production.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 09 May) - Sa wakas, ipinag-utos na ni Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. ang pansamantalang pag-alis ng tropa ng mga sundalo sa kalakhang Maynila.

Ayon sa direktiba ni Esperon kay AFP National Capital Region Command Chief Major General Mohammad Ben Dolorfino, epektibo ngayon hanggang Biyernes ay unti-unting lilisanin ng militar ang Metro Manila at iiwan ang ilang mga proyektong sinimulan ng mga ito sa ilang komunidad.

"I am directing Major General Dolorfino to start pulling out troops from depressed communities in Metro Manila starting today and to complete the pullout on or before May 11," ani Esperon sa pahayagang Mindanao Examiner.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 09 May) – The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) in Davao City on Wednesday said it is concerned about the outcome of elections next week because of rising poll violence in the country.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 09 May) – The Philippine military on Wednesday barred two foreign journalists from a press conference of a detained coup leader now running for senator with politicians opposed to President Gloria Arroyo’s rule.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 08 May) – Communist rebels freed a government soldier they seized in the southern Philippines after more than three weeks in captivity, the New People’s Army (NPA) said on Tuesday.

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MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 08 May) – At least three dozen people were killed and wounded in bomb attack late Tuesday afternoon in the southern Philippines, officials said.

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Release Jihan Manampad and Rina Togonon! Stop pursuing legitimate students in the course of their academic work!

Joint Statement on the arrest of two innocent Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) Sociology students by the Military in Caluag town in Quezon province.

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NEGROS OCCIDENTAL (Mindanao Examiner / 08 May) – Tinatayang aabot sa mahigit 7,000 mga parak ang ikakalat ng pulisya upang pangalagaan ang kasiguruhan ng halalan sa Bisayas sa susunod na Lunes.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 08 May) – Sasampahan umano ng kaso ni Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino ang militar kaugnay sa pagkaka-aresto ng mga sundalo sa isang suporter nito na pinagbintangan lider ng rebeldeng New People's Army (NPA) sa lalawigan ng Leyte.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 08 May) – Four Moro National Liberation Front rebels were killed in fierce battle Tuesday in the southern Philippines, officials said.

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 07 May) – Mistulang siga at akala mo kung sinong umasta si John Estrada matapos nitong itaas ang kamay at saka minostra ang “dirty finger” sign sa isang television crew sa paliparan ng General Sanyos City kanina.

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MARAWI CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 07 May) – Community elders and leaders here are again pushing for an honest, orderly, peaceful, and moreover, safe elections! It is again "red" for Lanao del Sur province, one of the hotspots in this part of the country.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY - ECI Telecom (NASDAQ: ECIL), a global provider of networking infrastructure equipment, announced Monday that the Telecoms Infrastructure Corporation of the Philippines (TelicPhil), a consortium of seven franchised telecom operators, has again selected ECI’s optical solution to expand the National Digital Transmission Network (NDTN), Business Wire reported.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 07 May) - Natunton sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) ang sasakyang ginamit diumano sa pagdukot sa aktibistang si Jonas Joseph Burgos, anak ng namayapang Malaya newspaper publisher and press freedom advocate na si Jose Burgos.

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MANILA - After a brief hiatus, ABC-5 News & Public Affairs launches a brand
new season of its landmark program "Dokyu" this May.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 07 May) – Manghihimasok na rin ang Estados Unidos sa isinasagawang pagsasanay ng mga pulis sa kalakhang Maynila sa pagtugon sa hostage crisis.

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Nominations are now open for the 2007 Ateneo Art Awards, presented by the Ateneo Art Gallery, the country's premier museum of modern Philippine art, along with Metro Society, Y Style, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Land and Smart Communications in keeping with the spirit of bringing art into the national consciousness.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 07 May) – Umakyat na sa mahigit 2,000 katao ang naaresto sa buong bansa ng Philippine National Police (PNP) bunsod ng paglabag sa umiiral na gunban ng Commission on Elections (Comelec).

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 07 May) - The environmental agenda of most of the council candidates from Davao City’s 1st District showed their concern for the water quality and supply and the protection of the watersheds, something that brings a spark of hope for environmental groups who have been working intensively for this particular issue.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 06 May) – The New People’s Army on Sunday said it is holding captive a government soldier and will try him for war crimes in a people’s court in the southern Philippines.

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MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 06 May) – Matapos na sisihin ng Philippine Air Force ang isang saranggola sa pagbagsak ng kanilang UH-1H chopper sa Cebu province ay inanunsyo naman ng militar na tatanggap ito ng 11 helicopters mula sa Estados Unidos.

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GENERAL SANTOS (Mindanao Examiner / 06 May) – Kalat sa Mindanao ang ulat na napatay diumano sa isang ambush si boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao at halos nagkagulo ang mga media sa balitang kumalat sa text messages.

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JOLO ISLAND (Mindanao Examiner / 05 May) – The Philippine Commission on Human Rights is poised to file criminal charges against a senior Abu Sayyaf leader, whose group is tied to al-Qaeda terror network, for the killing of seven kidnapped Filipinos in Jolo island.

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MAGUINDANAO (Mindanao Examiner / 05 May) - The Ulama League of the Philippines and the 16 Royal Sultans in Mindanao on Saturday urged candidates in the May 14 national and local elections to make the polls honest, orderly and peaceful.

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY – “I believe that it is possible to have unity in diversity.In the world in which we live today, and it is rightly called ‘the global village’, we cannot imagine having unity without diversity,” said Lieutenant Colonel Abubakar Bin Abdmalik, the team leader of Headquarter Site 4 of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines ─ Moro Islamic Liberation Front – International Monitoring Team (GRP-MILF-IMT), which overseas the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between the rebel group and the Filipino government.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 05 May) – A Philippine court has ordered the arrest of a senior leader of the Moro National Liberation Front and ten others in connection with simultaneous attacks that killed three soldiers in the restive southern island of Jolo.

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DAVAO CITY —Driven by it's commitment to support peace and development efforts in Mindanao, the Canadian government, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), has recently provided an additional P40 million to the Mindanao Trust Fund (MTF), further boosting the implementation of community-driven development for the conflict-affected and vulnerable areas.

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QUEZON (Mindanao Examiner / 04 May) – Gunmen ambushed political supporters and campaigners of a northern Philippine town mayor Friday and killed six people.

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MANILA – The international media watch group, Reporters Without Borders, welcomed Friday the news that Jose Miguel Arroyo, the husband of President Gloria Arroyo, has decided to drop all law suits against the country's journalists and publishers.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 03 May) - Hindi nagpatinag ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa mga pag-angal hinggil sa muling pagkilos ng militar upang magbantay sa halalan sa Mayo 14.

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DAVAO CITY - TALIWALA sa 93 ka mga party-list nga magpapili sa umabot nga Mayo 14 nga eleksiyon ngano Kalahi party-list man ang angayan natong botohan?

Kini ang upat ka mga dagkung mga rason ngano suportahan natong mga Pilipino labi na kitang mga taga Mindanao ang maong party-list.

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MANILA – Mariin ang pagpalag ngayon ni Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. sa pagtatrato sa militar bilang suspek sa pagkawala ng anak ng publisher na si Jonas Burgos.

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NORTH COTABATO (Mindanao Examiner / 03 May) – Filipino security forces arrested two suspected bombers in a raid early Thursday on their hideout in the restive province of North Cotabato, south of Manila.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 03 May) – Four Filipinos were reported killed in a rocket attack in Iraq’s capital Baghdad.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 03 May) - Halos walumpu na umano ang mga napapaslang na mga kandidato at politiko at tagasuporta, mahigit isang linggo bago ang halalan.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 02 May) – Communist insurgents briefly held a town mayor and his group who were campaigning in the southern Philippines, a military report said.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 02 May) - The question on the local politicians’ sincerity on environmental concern was again raised by residents of Davao City’s 2nd District who attended the Green Vote 2007 candidates’ forum.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 02 May) – Sinisisi ngayon ng Philippine Air Force ang isang sarangola sa umano’y dahilan kung bakit bumagsak ang UH-1H helicopter nito sa Lapu-Lapu sa lalawigan ng Cebu.

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CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / 02 May) – Unidentified gunman shot dead a mayoralty candidate in an attack Wednesday in Cebu, police said.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 02 Apr) - Hawak na ngayon ng Philippine National Police Region 1 ang isa sa mga suspek sa pagpaslang kay Mayor Julian Resuello ng San Carlos City sa Pangasinan.

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U.S. news-seekers are increasingly turning to Internet search engines, video clips and gossip-slingers to sate curiosity about current events, according to Agence France Presse, which cited a study released Tuesday.

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QUEZON CITY - The Families of Desaparecidos for Justice (DESAPARECIDOS) condemned the disappearance of Jonas Joseph Burgos and Melisa Reyes, on April 28, in Quezon City.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 01 May) – Mahigpit ang babala ngayon ng liderato ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa mga miyembro ng organisasyon hinggil sa pangangampanya para kay retired Army Major General Jovito Palparan na kumakandidatong kongresista sa ilalim ng Bantay party list group.

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QUEZON CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 01 May) – The Philippine military on Tuesday denied accusations that it was behind the disappearance of a political activist and son of a popular press freedom advocate.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner . 01 May) - Nagpalabas na ngayon ng P300,000 pabuya ang Philippine National Police upang agarang maresolba ang kasong pagpaslang kay Mayor Julian Resuello, ng San Carlos City sa lalawigan ng Pangasinan.

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MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 01 May) – Thousands of workers and members of progressive groups have staged street rallies Tuesday to mark the celebration of the International Labor Day.

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DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 01 May) - The Gabriela Women’s party list condemned Sunday the killing of Alagad party list regional coordinator Josephine Buca in Davao City in southern Philippines.

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CEBU (Mindanao Examiner / 01 May) – Patuloy na tumataas ang krimen sa lungsod ng Talisay at alarmado na umano ang publiko sa halos pagiging inutile ng pulisya na mapigil ang mga karahasan.

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