MANILA, Philippines - As the nation prepares to commemorate Labor Day, the Arroyo administration has certainly been busy conjuring artificial solutions to appease the growing frustration and resentment of workers nationwide over its anti-poor and anti-labor policies and programs.

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An invitation from IRONoriel Productions to watch full-length film "HOMESICK" on May 1, 2 & 3, 2008, 7 p.m. at The Videotheque, U.P. Diliman, Quezon City.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Backed by a Supreme Court decision, the city government Wednesday demolished the Zamboanga Barter Goods Retailers Association, Inc. (ZAMBAGORA) building in downtown Zamboanga City.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat inaugurated on Wednesday the newly renovated building of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) regional office financed by the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JIATF)-West and the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - While most employees across the country are off to observe the May 1 Labor Day celebration, hordes of young Zamboangueños and their parents, are expected to fill the Joaquin Enriquez Sports Complex for the city-sponsored Summer Learn to Play a Sports program.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 30, 2008) – More US troops are expected to arrive soon in the Philippines to support hundreds already deployed in the southern part of the country aiding Filipino troops in battling terrorism.

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 30, 2008) – Philippine communist rebels on Wednesday said they are holding two government soldiers captured during a raid on a southern town.

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Soldiers Harass, Threaten Union Leader, Workers.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 30, 2008) – Government forces clashed with militants in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, leaving one soldier wounded and a still undetermined number of gunmen dead and wounded, officials said.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Zamboanga City has began demonstrations on farming upland rice in different villages in an effort to help sustain the supply of grains here.

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COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 29, 2008) – Muslim rebels negotiating for a separate state in the southern Philippines warned that peace talks may collapse unless Manila honors its commitment to grant them their demand for ancestral domain.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - The City government is now laying the groundwork for the convening of a “food summit” next month which aims to put a comprehensive plan to ensure food sufficiency amidst the threat on global warming.

Mayor Celso Lobregat met with concerned agencies to discuss about rice production measures, climate change and food summit and other issues affecting the residents as an offshoot of global warming.

“We want to get everybody involved. We will discuss climate change and more importantly what each and every one of us as citizens—individually and collectively can do to delay the impact of global warming and what can be done by each and every individual to address the food security aspect,” Lobregat said.

Lobregat on Monday held a meeting with the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), the City Environment and Natural Resources Officer (OCENR), City Human Resource Management Office (CHRMO), City Legal Office, City Agriculturist Office and the City Administrator’s Office to plan the mechanics for the proposed food summit.

He cited the need to involve the academe, the civil defense, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Science and Technology-PAG-ASA, National Food Authority and the Department of Agriculture among to ensure a ripple effect of the things to be discussed during the summit.

Lobregat said Zamboanga is an importer of rice and that it produces 30 percent of the rice demand. “We have to look at measures to either increase the production or decrease wastage on the demand side,” he said.

He said the city should help in the global campaign to help control climate change. Zamboanga City, he said, has experienced two storm surges last year that brought devastating effects.

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An Indonesian man has been sentenced to eight years in jail for helping fund the operations of Jemaah Islamiah (JI).

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MAKATI CITY, Philippines - The United Opposition (UNO) dismissed the Arroyo government's much-ballyhooed P5-billion aid program for poor families as "another publicity gimmick," echoing the position of the Catholic Church and civic groups that the fight against poverty would require "an honest to goodness campaign against graft and corruption in government and not mere politically-motivated dole out".

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Statement of TUCP Secretary-General and former Senator Ernesto Herrera
on the Delay in the Passage of the Proposed Affordable Medicines Act.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 28, 2008) – Freed former Moro National Liberation Front chieftain Nur Misuari will begin touring Muslim communities in the Philippines to campaign for peace.

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Dear readers:

Although overlooked, Sulu is a potential haven to reside. I know many would raise their eyebrows with this because Sulu has a reputation for being chaotic – well, it’s really something of an image problem, which is exaggerated. But if you come down here and feel Sulu for yourself, you’ll know what I mean.

When I first made the journey to Sulu Ethnological Museum at Notre Dame College, the Provincial Capitol with a Moor-inspired architecture, the Masjid Jami, the largest of the town´s mosques, and the Barter Trade Market, I was caught in a pleasant surprise by their exquisiteness and culture. Bud Dato, a 200 meters high hill outside Jolo, is the site of the revered tomb of a Muslim missionary from abroad. The town and sea below may be seen from a nearby military camp.

Likewise, the island is rich with white beaches, having crystal clear water and lush green mountains such as the kilometer-long white sand Maubo Beach in Patikul, the next town to Jolo. But the province is more known for its excellent diving spots, the best of which is Tubbataha Reef.

Although Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim extremist group who have claimed responsibility for attacks on foreigners, still remains a threat, the military presence helps assure safety. The military is relentless in its operations to bring this group as well as other groups that have forged alliances with them to justice.

As a matter of fact, Sulu is more stable, more developed, and relatively safe now compared last 2002 when I first arrived despite travel warnings, advising travellers to avoid Sulu archipelago, where accordingly there are ethnic and religious animosities.

I admit, before my first visit to Sulu, I told myself that such place portrayed by media as a “no man’s land” has no bit of hope for peace and prosperity.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 27, 2008) – Filipino engineers are to begin a survey in Sulu province for the expansion of the airport and once finished, huge planes such as 737s and cargo aircrafts, will be able to fly and land safely.

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SULU (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 27, 2008) – Sisimulan na umano ang survey sa pagpapalawak sa airport ng Sulu upang mabuksan ang mas maraming mga ruta ng eroplano sa lalawigan.

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COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 27, 2008) – A homemade bomb exploded at a bus depot in the southern Philippines, but authorities said there were no reports of casualties.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 26, 2008) – Hundreds of people on Saturday gathered in Zamboanga City to commemorate the birth anniversary of the late Maria Clara Lobregat.

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 2, 2008) – Philippines soldiers mounted a massive operation Saturday to free two infantrymen seized by communist insurgents in Compostela Valley province in Mindanao, officials said.

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Letter To The Editor.

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To the Editor.

In behalf of the people of Sulu, I would like to thank our military here for their care, attention, and help in nurturing and cleaning the environment. It’s very endearing to see them with their full battle dress attire, but with waste bags in their hands, picking up the litters in the shore of Lintayon Beach in Umangay Village, Patikul, Sulu.

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Eleven senators have presented a joint resolution seeking to amend the Constitution by replacing our present unitary system of government with a federal system. It should be passed by the Senate. Then it should also be passed by the House of Representatives.

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Sine Totoo presents Maki Pulido's "Bakwet." Airing on April 26, GMA-7 on Saturday at 11:15 p.m.

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COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 25, 2008) – Former Muslim separatist rebel group Moro National Liberation Front has praised Manila on Friday for allowing its deposed leader Nur Misuari to post bail for his temporary liberty, but cautioned the Libyan firebrand against dividing the MNLF.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 25, 2008) – Dozens of Army soldiers on Friday left Sulu as peace and order continue to improve in this province, once a hotbed of Muslim insurgency and terrorism in the southern Philippines.

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Patuloy ang pag-arangkada ng Filipino filmmaker na si Brillante "Dante" Mendoza sa iba't ibang international film festivals, bagay na nagpapatunay at nagkukumpirma ng galing ng mga Pinoy pagdating sa paglikha ng makabuluhan at dekalibreng pelikula.

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Because of biofuel production Filipinos will go hungry? This question is just the reverse of the title of an article I’ve read in a Metro Manila tabloid issue during the fourth quarter of last year.

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The granting of presidential pardon must have some controlling measures to be strictly followed by any incumbent President of the Republic. Whether the recipient of a presidential pardon is a former President or ordinary citizen who is found guilty of a crime, the controlling guidelines should always prevail in granting such kind of clemency.

To grant presidential pardon to a former head of State or any Filipino citizen who is convicted of a crime, should be based on the weight of a crime committed and the duration of punishment he has to undergo in a prison cell.

The decision should not be anchored on the whims and caprices of any president or to the irrational clamor of some sectors who are supporters of the convicted public official.

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MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 24, 2008) – Philippine opposition leaders accused the government of failing to eradicate smuggling activities in the country which is now facing a huge rice shortage and soaring prices of basic commodities.

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From: Biraddali Salim
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 7:55:47 AM
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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 24, 2008) - The Bishops-Ulama Conference (BUC) urged educators and religious leaders to actively participate in social healing as an indispensable component of the process of peace in the Philippines, particularly in Mindanao.

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We in Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK), a national union representing more than 80,000 government employees nationwide, are greatly concerned about the recent appointment of Ricardo Saludo as Chair of one of the most vital pillars of our democracy—the Civil Service Commission (CSC).

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 23, 2008) – Hundreds of villagers have fled their homes after government soldiers pursuing communist insurgents occupied a state-run school and a chapel in the southern Philippines, a human rights group said.

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Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information from the Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) that an activist has continuously been under surveillance allegedly by the military. After having his case reported police authorities have conducted an inquiry about his current situation but they failed to provide him any protection.

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 22, 2008) - Some groups within and outside the Southern Philippines Development Authority have expressed opposition to the plan of Administrator Jerry Tomawis to transfer the main office of the agency to Cagayan de Oro City.

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Pope Benedict XVI outsmarted Brown, the British Prime Minister, who replaced Blair, whom I met and spoke with for a few minutes during a recess at the WTO Second Conference in Geneva 10 years ago; it was following his speech and I was expressing my disagreement on the matter of an incorrect sentence he used about the social situation of British children.

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MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 22, 2008) – The Philippines largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, urged Manila on Monday to resume the stalled peace talks as Malaysia threatened anew to pull out all its ceasefire observers deployed in Mindanao is there is no progress in the seven-year old negotiations.

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In the name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate

The widespread practice of declaring new act in religion to be bid’a (innovation) is still issue unaddressed in the province of Sulu.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / April 1, 008) – Muslim villagers joined US and Filipino troops in a coastal clean-up campaign during the World Earth Day celebration Monday in the southern province of Sulu.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 20, 2008) – Hundreds of Muslims turned up Sunday in the southern Filipino town of Jolo and demanded independence of Sulu province, once the seat of power of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo.

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MANILA, Philippines - Security officials have offered a total of P34 million in reward money for any information that will lead to the capture of 12 wanted leaders of the al-Qaeda-backed Jemaah Islamiyah and the Abu Sayyaf group.

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SULU (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 19, 2008) – Isang malaking coastal clean-up ang isasagawa ng lalawigan ng Sulu bilang pakiki-isa sa selebrasyon ng World Earth Day.

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines – A respected aleem in Davao City remarked on the good relations between Muslims and Christians at the time of Prophet Muhammad.

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PAGADIAN CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 17, 2008) – Four communist insurgents surrendered to the military in the southern Philippines after a series of negotiations, officials said Thursday.

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Zamboanga Popular Rice Prices As Of April 17, 2008.

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On April 3, 2008, World Bank President Robert Zoellick alerted the international community that global food shortages and rising cost of staple foods could cause widespread instability. Food shortages combined with rising fuel prices, global climate changes, the international financial meltdown epitomized by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, and the cost of wars and local armed conflicts pose a multi-faceted threat to international stability.

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I have decided to write this reflection after listening to a public comment disseminated by one of the media of the Revolution, which I will not specifically mention.

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 16, 2008) – Six jungle bases of communist rebels have been captured by government troops in a campaign that began last week in the southern Philippines, officials said.

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PLEASE DO WATCH & VIEW THE TAMBISAN SA SINING VIDEOS AT YOUTUBE.

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The Sulu Gazette is the official newsletter of the Sulu Provincial Government.

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern about the manner the police conducted its investigation into the case of a 32-year-old farmer who was abducted, tortured and left for dead.

The victim survived from his ordeal but the investigation has come to a halt after the police argued that the victim himself could not identify his attackers and that no witnesses have also come to identify them.

They, however, ignored the circumstantial evidences that could have help in identifying the perpetrators believed to be soldiers.

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Jakarta (AsiaNews) – After a week of uncertainties Indonesian police confirmed last night the capture of a high level terrorist, implicated in Poso’s inter-religious violence.

Agus Idrus, leader of the local cell of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), was stopped by immigration authorities in Malaysia.

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MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 15, 2008) - Sultans, swords, streamers. Where East meets West, visiting Marawi City in central Mindanao is like having a blast in the past. Women walk the streets in their colorful malongs. Kids singing and dancing hip-hop music converge in karaoke bars.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 15, 2008) – The Philippine Army recalled hundreds of soldiers from the southern province of Sulu as part of the military’s new deployment strategy, officials said Tuesday.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 14, 2008) – The US Agency for International Development has partnered with Petron Foundation to construct and rehabilitate more than 160 school rooms in the troubled region of Mindanao, south of the Philippines.

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COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 14, 2008) – Muslim rebels negotiating peace with the Philippine government on Monday assailed police authorities for linking them to twin bombings in Zamboanga City.

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‘We ought not suffer ourselves to be deluded by unfounded theory or specious argument.’ -Abbe Felice Fontana.

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No one requires additional proof of the growing hatred that drives the slaughter in Iraq, a country where 95 percent of the population is Muslim — of these, over 60 percent are Shiites and the remainder Sunnis - or the killings in Afghanistan, where over 99 percent of the population is also Muslim — 80 percent Sunni and the remainder Shiite. The two nations are also made up of nationalities and ethnic groups of diverse origins and locations.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 13, 2008) – Unidentified bombers struck early Sunday, targeting a Roman Catholic Cathedral and a coffee shop in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, police said.

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The 15th Iligan National Writers Workshop is accepting manuscripts on its 15th year this year.

Fifteen (15) slots, five each from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are available for writing fellowships to the INWW on May 26-30, 2008 in Iligan City.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 11, 2008) – Security forces rescued a Filipino trader kidnapped by the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group after a firefight before sunrise Friday in Sulu province, south of the Philippines, police said.

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SARANGANI, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 10, 2008) – An ancient burial cave was discovered in the Philippine island of Mindanao, south of Manila, and officials have sealed the site to prevent looting of artifacts, many of them jars made from clay.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 10, 2008) – Abu Sayyaf militants freed six people they kidnapped in the southern Filipino province of Sulu, police said on Thursday.

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Today political unrest spans the Philippine archipelago, across a country grappling with endemic poverty - the UN estimates that over 40 per cent of Filipinos live on less than two US dollars a day.

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In the reflection titled “Bush in the Sky”, published by our newspapers this past March 23rd, I claimed Bush would get up to his old tricks during the NATO meeting in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, held from the 1st to the 3rd of April.

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WINNIPEG, Canada (April 11, 2008) - Philippines Congressman Satur Ocampo, Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is in Winnipeg for one day to hold a public forum with the Filipino community at 6 pm, April 11, 2008 at Broadway Disciples United Church, 396 Broadway at Kennedy.

Manitoba Legislature House Speaker George Hickes will host lunch for Congressman Ocampo to be followed by a meeting with Premier Gary Doer.

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MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 09, 2008) – The Philippines' largest Muslim separatist rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), accused Manila on Wednesday of delaying the peace talks.

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A Publication by the Asian Human Rights Commission.

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A young boy looks curiously at a sign left by unidentified men at the Jolo airport in the southern Philippine province. The sign criticized Nur Misuri, founder of the Moro National Liberation Front for sending a woman to represent the former Muslim rebel group at a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Senegal. The sign reads: Misuari has no right to send Yolanda, a Yahudi, to head the MNLF delegation to the last OIC summit meeting in Dakar, Senegal." Misuari was ousted last week as MNLF chairman, by his former aides and named Muslimin Sema, the mayor of Cotabato City, as the new head of the organization. (Mindanao Examiner Photo).

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 08, 2008) – Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen hijacked a jeep transporting fuel and seized all its six passengers and driver at a village in Maimbung town in Sulu province in southern Philippines, police said on Tuesday.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 06, 008) – Philippine soldiers killed a suspected Abu Sayyaf militant in a clash in Pandami island in Sulu province, officials said Sunday.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 06, 2008) – More than 1,300 Muslim teachers took their licensure examination Sunday in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.

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MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 05, 2008) – The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, has criticized Manila for what it called a “witch hunt” in arresting two Jordanian nationals linked by authorities to al-Qaeda and a plot to assassinate President Gloria Arroyo.

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This is to react on Kara David's report aired over 24 Oras on April 3, 2008, linking the relationship between population and rice shortage.

David's shallow reporting only shows how insufficient her research is in alleging that the growing population is one of the causes of rice shortage in the country. The report is a mere scapegoat to subtly promote so-called "reproductive health." Many of us wonder how much money David and reporters like her get from contraceptive grants to promote artificial contraception? Don't they have any source about Natural Family Planning besides the Church?

Of course, if it's the Church they quote, they can forever claim that it's from the moral stand point that makes the Church promote NFP. Also, it would be easier to attack NFP through the clergy who don't use NFP because they have vowed for chastity. But what about the economists' and the scientists' findings and points of view? Have reporters like Kara ever quoted any expert on the scientific side of NFP? What about the cancerous side effects of hormonal contraceptives like pills, implants, injectibles? Is she aware that these extrogen-progestogen products have been labeled by the World Health Organization as Type 1-carcinogenic since 2005? Why did they not report that? Hormonal contraceptives do prevent certain cancers while advancing more serious ones (breast, cervical) kinda "your cancer, your choice."

But I'm no longer surprised why these reporters are so afraid to quote scientists, Nobel laureate economists (from Simon Kuznets to Amatirya Sen who counter the population growth=poverty claim), doctors, or even NFP users themselves. It's because these media men are so scared to let the public know that they (the reporters) are very one-sided on the population issue, that they were trained in population control-funded institutions like UP, or because they receive benefits of whatever kind (monetary, sexual liberation, but definitely not better health!) from self-proclaimed reproductive health groups.

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The University of the Philippines Dulaang Laboratoryo under the Department of Speech Commununication and Theater Arts serves as a training ground for Theater Students enrolled in their thesis subject presents The Blu Rm, a special project presentation. It is a play in ten intimate acts that evokes a new perspective on love, sexuality, lust and desire.

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SOUTHERN LEYTE, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 04, 2008) – A utility man working on an electrical post cheated death after he survived electrocution in an accident in Maasin City in southern Leyte in central Philippines.

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SOUTHERN LEYTE, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 04, 2008) – A proposal regulating the use of chainsaws are gaining public support in southern Leyte province in central Philippines.

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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has been informed that a 14-year-old boy who was recovering from typhus, has died after having been punished by his teacher for failing to do his homework.

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Manila, Philippines - An Italian priest who was held hostage last year for 40 days by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines has been assigned to a parish in the Philippine capital, Manila, the Catholic news agency, Adnkronos International said.

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When the First World War broke out in 1914, China joined the allies.

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MANILA, Philippines - Instituto Cervantes trains the spotlight on Spanish Javier Bardem, who recently won the Best Supporting Actor plum at the Academy
Awards for his turn as a chilling sociopath hitman in the movie "No
Country for Old Men".

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MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 03, 2008) - International media watch dog Reporters Without Borders on Thursday hailed the 12-year prison sentence that a court in the central Philippines city of Cebu imposed on John Lloyd Ortiz on March 31 for the attempted murder of radio journalist Cirse Torralba in 2004.

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COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 02, 2008) – A former Muslim rebel leader, Nur Misuari, jailed on charges of rebellion in the Philippines, has been removed as chieftain of the Moro National Liberation Front.

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Without some basic historical knowledge, the subject I am dealing with would not be understood.

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Reporters Without Borders condemns the change to the mandate of the special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression that was made by the United Nations Human Rights Council at the end of its seventh session on 28 March. The rapporteur is now supposed to investigate abuses of the right of freedom of expression.

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SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 02, 2008) – Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed a kidnapped Muslim teacher hours after he was seized in the southern Filipino province of Sulu, police said.

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MANILA, Philippines - The US Embassy warned its citizens Tuesday about plans by "extremist elements" to kidnap Americans and other foreigners in a southern Philippine city where US counterterrorism troops have been deployed.

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SULU (Mindanao Examiner / Apr. 01, 2008) – Philippine health officials and non-government organizations advocating health and women’s rights praised Sulu province for passing the Reproductive Health Code.

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It happens time and time again.

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Conventional wisdom is the war on terror or "conflict among civilizations" will be a struggle lasting for generations.

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