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Saturday, August 15, 2009 |
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Business, religious
sectors
want role in peace talks |
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By Julmunir I. Jannaral, Correspondent
Cotabato City: Members of the business and religious communities
have surprisingly been active lately in demanding extensive
participation in the 11-year-old peace process between the
government peace panel and its counterpart in the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF).More than 400 businessmen from five southern
provinces signed last weekend a manifesto urging the MILF, the
executive department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process to
convert into a “peace zone” the immediate surroundings of the
Polloc Port in Maguindanao province, which is inside the
jurisdiction of the ARMM’s Regional Export Zone Authority in
Parang municipality.
The Polloc Port is the ARMM’s
biggest and traders port in the region, thus, want it to developed
into a regional industrial site to generate much-needed investments
that can help provide impoverished Muslims in the area with decent
livelihoods.
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Sen. Biazon notes
indicators of urban decay,
environmental degradation present in Baguio
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BAGUIO CITY: The conversion of
forestland into commercial sites, lack of population policy either
natural or migration growth, garbage problem and lack of zoning are
among the serious indicators of urban decay in Baguio, according to
Sen. Rodolfo Biazon.
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Angono treasurer
arrested over missing P18-M cash in vault
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The Angono, Rizal Police
Department arrested the municipal treasurer and an administrative
staff of the town-based auditor over allegedly missing P18-million
cash from the local government’s safety vault.
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PCSO seeks record
on largest medical mission
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CABANATUAN CITY: How large is the
number of Filipinos longing for free medical assistance?
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Landslide isolates
Benguet village
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ITOGON, Benguet: Hundreds of
residents in Sitio Luneta were isolated while classes were suspended
affecting dozens of elementary pupils after a landslide damaged all
the school buildings and cut the main road going...
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Prelate opposes
proposed casino in Legazpi City
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LEGAZPI CITY: The Diocese of
Legazpi strongly contested the proposed casino operation in this
city as it might create social ills specifically among the youth.
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