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Monday, 12 May 2008 22:06 |
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/12 May) -- Between 80 and 95 percent of public vehicles in major cities in Mindanao ground to a halt today after various groups in the island joined a nationwide transport strike to protest the continuing increases in the prices of petroleum products and rice.
The strike paralyzed public transport in the cities of Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and Kidapawan.
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Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews
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Monday, 12 May 2008 22:04 |
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 May) – Libya is sending 25 soldiers “to assist sustain the ceasefire in Mindanao,” Presidential Adviser Jesus Dureza said in a press statement issued early tonight.
The announcement came two days after 29 of 41 Malaysians in the International Monitoring Team (IMT), including its Head of Mission who is retiring, returned to Malaysia, leaving only 27 -- 12 Malaysians, 10 Brunei soldiers, five Libyans and the lone civilian, a Japanese – out of the 57-member IMT Batch 4.
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Monday, 12 May 2008 13:25 |
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 May) – The Central Mindanao University (CMU) has blocked a government composite team from conducting a land survey this week, defying a presidential order cutting a fifth of its at least 3,000 hectares for indigenous peoples.
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Monday, 12 May 2008 13:21 |
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 May) – Redemptorist priest Amado “Picx” Picardal arrived in Surigao City from Liloan in Southern Leyte Sunday, a day ahead of schedule and is resting and doing laundry work today, Day 50 of his 56-day bicycle journey nationwide “for life and peace.”
He has biked 4,614 kilometers around the country since he left Davao City on Easter Monday, March 24. |
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Monday, 12 May 2008 10:00 |
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/11 May) -- The proposed environment code of South Cotabato province is making officials of a big mining firm nervous as it will ban the use of open-pit mining.
The foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. had earlier expressed it prefers open-pit mining for its Tampakan copper and gold project.
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