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MILF slams oil exploration in Bangsamoro homeland |
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Oil giants use cost-benefit analysis to justify
continuing ‘plunder’ of energy resources in the region
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By Julmunir I. Jannaral, Correspondent
COTABATO CITY: The hierarchy of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
on Wednesday disclosed that foreign companies are conducting oil
exploration in the seas of Sulu archipelago and Tawi-Tawi on without
direct benefit to the Moro people.
The MILF in a statement identified these foreign
companies as the United States Exxon Mobil Exploration Co. and the
Malaysian firm Mitra Energy Ltd. that reportedly will start drilling
in the Sulu Sea by the fourth quarter of this year.
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Lawmaker hopeful on automation of 2010 polls
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Cotabato City: Detractors should lay off the Commission on Elections
and give it the benefit of proving that the system required to
automate the 2010 presidential polls can still be fully installed in
time, Cotabato Rep. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza said Sunday.
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Search for missing plane with 7 on board resumes
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TUGUEGARAO CITY: Military and police teams resumes their operations
to locate the eight-seater plane which went missing while on its way
from the Tuguegarao Airport to Isabela’s coastal Maconacon town on
Thursday April 02.
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6 wounded in Koronadal City explosion
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: A powerful explosion on Saturday ripped through a
commuter bus in Koronadal City, South Cotabato that wounded at least
six people, police said.
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Local water agency eyes Jalaur River as long-term water source
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ILOILO City: The problem-plagued Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD)
will not be taken over by the Local Water Utilities Administration
but LWUA Board Chairman Prospero Pichay said he would be sending an
expert to help the water utility...
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