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		<title>Mamanwas bicker over division of royalty fee from mining firm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/16 May) – A disagreement among Mamanwas over how to divide up the royalty payment from a mining firm has remained unresolved. Shen Zhou Mining Group Corporation (SMGC) had deposited the P11-million royalty fee for the Lumads on May 10 yet. But the amount had not been withdrawn as of Tuesday afternoon due [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/17/mamanwas-bicker-over-division-of-royalty-fee-from-mining-firm/</link>
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		<title>Ex-Rep. Pinol files P2.4-M suit vs Rep. Catamco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/16 May) &#8212; A former congressman of North Cotabato has filed a P2.4-million damage suit against his successor, Rep. Nancy Catamco, her brother, and a supporter for allegedly destroying his person and integrity. Bernardo Pinol Jr., filed the civil case at the Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 17 here, around 1130 a.m., on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/17/ex-rep-pinol-files-p2-4-m-suit-vs-rep-catamco/</link>
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		<title>Colleagues in human rights movement set tribute for Frederico Gapuz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 May) — A tribute for human rights lawyer Frederico Gapuz has been scheduled on Thursday (May 18) at the Iglesia Filipina Indepeniente’s Pro-Cathedral of the Virgin Mary in Barangay Bulua here. Human rights defenders, civil libertarians, church leaders and political activists from all over Mindanao are expected to pay their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/17/colleagues-in-human-rights-movement-set-tribute-for-frederico-gapuz/</link>
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		<title>3 minors saved from prostitution in Digos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 May) &#8212; Police rescued three girls from prostitution but the alleged pimp managed to escape during the entrapment operation in Digos City, Davao del Sur yesterday. Senior Inspector Francis Sonza, provincial commander of the Criminal Intelligence and Detection Group, said that Mely Meneses, the suspected pimp managed to escape after sensing that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/17/3-minors-saved-from-prostitution-in-digos/</link>
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		<title>NPA frees policeman in Zambo Sur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/16 May) –New People’s Army (NPA) rebels released on Tuesday a policeman they had held captive since last month after a raid on the police station of Tigbao town, Zamboanga del Sur. Chief Supt. Napoleon Estilles, Police Regional Office-9 director, said Police Officer 2 Faisal Juhaili was released around 4 p.m. Tuesday in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/17/npa-frees-policeman-in-zambo-sur/</link>
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		<title>SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Irrepressible Fred Gapuz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/16 May) – With his brilliance as a lawyer, the late Frederico “Fred” Gapuz could have just chosen the path that would have brought him wealth, influence, and perhaps power. But maybe some people are cut out to take the roads less traveled by, to test the limits of situations that seem too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/someone-elses-windows/2012/05/17/someone-else%e2%80%99s-windows-irrepressible-fred-gapuz/</link>
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		<title>WAYWARD AND FANCIFUL: Postcard pretty Prague</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PRAGUE, Czech Republic (MindaNews/16 May) &#8212; I&#8217;d love to sit and write, but it&#8217;s just too damn cold, I&#8217;ve got to keep moving. The place is Prague and the time is spring. Locals say there&#8217;s no lovelier time to see this city than in spring when the days are long and the weather is fine. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/wayward-and-fanciful-by-gail-ilagan/2012/05/17/wayward-and-fanciful-postcard-pretty-prague/</link>
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		<title>MINDA against privatization of profitable Agus-Pulangi hydro plants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – The Mindanao Development Authority (MINDA), as expressed by its head, wants the hydroelectric plants along the Agus River in Lanao and Pulangi River in Bukidnon to be in government hands because, contrary to claims by some quarters, these are profitable. Secretary Luwalhati Antonino, who heads MINDA, said she [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/16/minda-against-privatization-of-profitable-agus-pulangi-hydro-plants/</link>
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		<title>52 houses damaged as floods, landslides, tornado hit SouthCot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – Some 52 houses and related structures were damaged as flashfloods, landslides and a strong tornado ravaged several farming villages in two municipalities in South Cotabato province Monday afternoon. No casualties have been reported but an initial 27 houses and farm sheds were confirmed damaged after a twister battered two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/16/52-houses-damaged-as-floods-landslides-tornado-hit-southcot/</link>
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		<title>Bishop urges Malaybalay parishioners to follow organic farming of San Isidro Labrador</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – Malaybalay Bishop Jose A. Cabantan said celebrating the parish fiesta is still relevant because it is a way to express gratitude to God and to remember a model in faith, naming San Isidro Labrador as not only a local patron saint but also a model among present-day farmers. Cabantan told [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/16/bishop-urges-malaybalay-parishioners-to-follow-organic-farming-of-san-isidro-labrador/</link>
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		<title>DILG chief declares he is not running for senator</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo has declared that he is not running for senator in the 2013 mid-term elections. Robredo made the declaration in a press conference here Monday afternoon when asked if his trips to the provinces are already part of the preparation for his candidacy for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/16/dilg-chief-declares-he-is-not-running-for-senator/</link>
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		<title>TINGOG SA SUBA: Sunog sa Butuan</title>
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		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2012/05/16/tingog-sa-suba-sunog-sa-butuan/</link>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Corona Trial: Game over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/15 May) – It ain’t really over until the fat lady sings. But Monday’s appearance of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales, former colleague of Supreme Court Justice Renato Corona, at resumption of the latter’s impeachment trial may yet be the game-changer of this highly-charged Philippine political drama. By calling Carpio-Morales to the witness stand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2012/05/16/commentary-corona-trial-game-over/</link>
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		<title>Malaybalay bishop to pols: stop the bickering, get to work</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – The Bishop of Malaybalay has chided the governor and the vice governor over their bickering as the province faces the problem of rising criminality. He instead urged them to set aside their differences and get to work. Bishop Jose A. Cabantan said that because of the recent killings in Kalasungay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/15/malaybalay-bishop-to-pols-stop-the-bickering-get-to-work/</link>
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		<title>ARMM OIC legislators assume post; Lanao Sur’s Mitmug is Speaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 May) &#8212;  Presidential appointees to the 27-member Regional Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) assumed their post Monday at the ARMM compound in Cotabato City with the election of Lanao del Sur Assemblyman Rasol Mitmug Sr., as Speaker. Mitmug, 31, was a member of the staff of Senator [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/15/armm-oic-legislators-assume-post-lanao-sur%e2%80%99s-mitmug-is-speaker/</link>
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		<title>SouthCot, Kudarat farmers rejoice with the rain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – The early onset of the rainy season has brought some relief to farmers in nearby South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat provinces who were affected by the closure earlier this month of a major irrigation system in the area. Reynaldo Legaste, South Cotabato agriculture officer, said the continuing rains in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/15/southcot-kudarat-farmers-rejoice-with-the-rain/</link>
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		<title>Tunnel survivor lives to tell the tragic tale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – “Unsaon man, dawaton na lang kay disgrasya man” (What can we do, it was an accident), says 18-year-old Berdan Avila, the lone survivor in a mining tunnel tragedy that killed seven young men early morning Thursday last week.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/15/tunnel-survivor-lives-to-tell-the-tragic-tale/</link>
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		<title>GenSan power situation improves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – The power outages here and nearby Sarangani and South Cotabato provinces have eased off in the last several days as the National Power Corporation’s (Napocor) power supplies to the critical Mindanao grid continue to stabilize. Joy Celeste Alora, information officer of the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/15/gensan-power-situation-improves/</link>
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		<title>Pimentel opposes Zubiri’s entry to UNA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – Senator Aquilino Pimentel III is opposing the entry of Bukidnon politician Juan Miguel Zubiri into the Senate slate of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) for the 2013 mid-term elections. Pimentel, Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) president, has described Zubiri as a “thorn” in the UNA political coalition during a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/15/pimentel-opposes-zubiri%e2%80%99s-entry-to-una/</link>
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		<title>No tuition hike for Cotabato state u.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – School officials of the University of Southern Mindanao (USM) announced last week they won’t increase tuition fees for school year 2012-2013 despite the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED’s) approval of a 10-percent increase. USM officials, however, urged enrollees to pay in full the tuition and miscellaneous fees during enrolment to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/15/no-tuition-hike-for-cotabato-state-u/</link>
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		<title>CDO fire officials warn local Novo branch to follow Fire Code</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – The Bureau of Fire Protection here has issued today a notice to the local branch of Novo Jeans and Shirts to comply with the Fire Code after a conflagration of its branch in Butuan City claimed 17 lives when workers were trapped inside. In an interview Monday, City [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/15/cdo-fire-officials-warn-local-novo-branch-to-follow-fire-code/</link>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: The Philippine Impeachment Trial: Corona’s Rubicon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – The impeachment trial of Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona resumes in the afternoon today with his defense counsels taking the biggest gamble yet in the four-month-old high political drama by calling hostile witnesses in a dramatic dash to the finish line. Repeatedly scored by Presiding Judge Juan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2012/05/15/commentary-the-philippine-impeachment-trial-corona%e2%80%99s-rubicon/</link>
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		<title>The Boys of Summer: Philippine style</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – They used to soak themselves in cold and icy springs or salty beaches until they quiver to the bones for that once in a lifetime rite of passage. Nobody bothered to explain why, but for the boys of summer, this ritual serves as an anesthetic. After all, there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/feature/2012/05/15/the-boys-of-summer-philippine-style/</link>
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		<title>“Batang Karabaw“  should be in school instead of hauling logs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY  (MindaNews/13 May) –  Children should be in school instead of  hauling logs,  the director of the Social Action Center (SAC) of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro said in reaction to the recent expose on “batang karabaw” or children employed to haul logs on foot in Agusan del Norte. “(It is) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/human-rights/2012/05/14/%e2%80%9cbatang-karabaw%e2%80%9c-should-be-in-school-instead-of-hauling-logs/</link>
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		<title>2 brothers executed by suspected NPA in Makilala</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/13 May)  –  Suspected communist guerillas operating in the hinterlands of North Cotabato executed two farmers in Makilala, North Cotabato at around 7 p.m., Saturday, authorities said. SPO3 Norberto Calayca, investigator at the Makilala police, identified the victims as brothers Marlon Sulutan, 36, and Randy, 32,  both farmers and residents of Purok-Eden, Barangay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/14/2-brothers-executed-by-suspected-npa-in-makilala/</link>
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		<title>UPLM founding chair Atty. Frederico Gapuz passes away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 May) &#8212; Lawyer Frederico M. Gapuz, the founding chailr of the Union of Peoples&#8217; Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) passed away Saturday afternoon in his home in Alubijid, Misamis Oriental due to lingering illness, the UPLM said in a statement issued Sunday. He was 77 years old. “UPLM is deeply saddened by the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/14/uplm-founding-chair-atty-frederico-gapuz-passes-away/</link>
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		<title>COMMENT: On ‘GPH-MILF Decision Points on Principle’ (5)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 May) -- MILF Panel Chairman Mohagner Iqbal’s opening and brief closing statements strongly state the MILF position as of April 2012 for all to know and for Government to consider in relation to the “Decision” while pursuing the negotiations on substantive issues. Government knows. OPAPP Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, in the April 26 OPAPP report, saw the ensuing negotiations to be “tough and serious”.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/comment/2012/05/14/comment-on-%e2%80%98gph-milf-decision-points-on-principle%e2%80%99-5/</link>
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		<title>Canopy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CANOPY. Vast rubber plantations in the outskirts of Isabela City provide a natural canopy for a road network connecting different barangays. Rubber is one of the primary products of the island province. MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco RELATED POSTS Basilan Power Barge Highway Blues Small boats in Basilan Agusan del Sur: Provincial Nursery Cantilan: Picturesque [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/05/13/canopy/</link>
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		<title>Noise barrage in Zambo for anti-dengue clean-up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/12 May) –  A noise barrage and motorcade will be held here Monday “to let each and every resident know about Tuesday’s city-wide clean up drive” to prevent the spread of dengue hemorrhagic fever which has reached the outbreak level. The city government re-scheduled the massive and simultaneous clean-up drive on dengue preventive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/13/noise-barrage-in-zambo-for-anti-dengue-clean-up/</link>
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		<title>Sulu  groomed for tourism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/12 May) –  Sulu as a tourist spot? Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan said has approved the formulation of a Provincial Tourism Master Plan (PTMP) to establish a clear direction and provide the necessary information and strategies to develop a viable tourism industry in the province. In a press statement, Tan said  Sulu’s natural [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/13/sulu-groomed-for-tourism/</link>
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		<title>Residents warned vs rabies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/12 May) – Residents here have been warned to be extra cautious in dealing with dog bites following the death last week of  a resident in Barangay Balindog due to rabies. Rubber tapper Samson Dayanan, 49, was bitten by one of their puppies sometime in March, his wife Malou said. Malou said the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/13/residents-warned-vs-rabies/</link>
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		<title>COMMENT: On ‘GPH-MILF Decision Points on Principles’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/12 May) --  The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is as eager – or even more – to see a peace agreement coming to stay; but it is cautious. From the statements of its negotiating panel chair and top officials, MILF will engage in the negotiation of substantive issues as agreed in the “Decision” without deviating from the political settlement Government has agreed to in August 1998, June 2001 and June 2010.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/comment/2012/05/13/comment-on-%e2%80%98gph-milf-decision-points-on-principles%e2%80%99-3/</link>
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		<title>Mamanwas want mining firm out of Surigao</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGDIANAO, Claver, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/11 May) – Mamanwas vowed to continue barricading the mining site of Shen Zhou Mining Group Corporation here until the company shuts down and leaves port. Vilma Coter, a Mamanwa representative told MindaNews on the same day that they won&#8217;t budge despite the reported payment of royalty fees on Thursday [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/human-rights/indigenous-peoples/2012/05/12/mamanwas-want-mining-firm-out-of-surigao/</link>
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		<title>Basilan Power Barge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[POWER BARGE. A banca passes by a power barge stationed in Isabela City in Basilan on May 9, 2012. Cut off from mainland Mindanao, Basilan relies on this power barge for its energy needs. A firm, Coastal Power Development Corporation has expressed interest in investing additional power barges to augment the current power supply in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/05/12/basilan-power-barge/</link>
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		<title>Agusan Sur villagers flee mil ops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/11 May) – Residents of a farming village in Trento, Agusan del Sur have evacuated in the wake of military operations, human rights group Karapatan-Southern Mindanao said in a statement today. Karapatan said the 10th and 4th Infantry Divisions bombarded Sitio Upper New Visayas, Barangay New Visayas, Trento on May 7 resulting in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/12/agusan-sur-villagers-flee-mil-ops/</link>
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		<title>16 minors rescued from alleged trafficker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 May) – Government agents rescued at least 16 minors from Maguindanao province who were allegedly recruited for fake overseas job placements by a suspected human trafficker based in this city. Timmy Rejano, supervising agent of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Region 12, said Friday they intercepted the victims while their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/12/16-minors-rescued-from-alleged-trafficker/</link>
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		<title>Dengue outbreak declared in Zamboanga City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanews/11 May) &#8211; The city government has declared a dengue outbreak as the number of victims of the mosquito-borne disease reached 732. The figure covered the period January 1 to April 30 this year, and was higher by 426 cases compared to the same period last year. Mayor Celso Lobregat, who issued the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/12/dengue-outbreak-declared-in-zamboanga-city/</link>
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		<title>Army captures 3 NPA camps in Sultan Kudarat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 May) – Government troops overran three major camps of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the mountains of Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat following a series of operations in the area. Lt. Col. Alexis Noel Bravo, commander of the 27th Infantry Battalion, said Friday they seized the camps after several intense [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/12/army-captures-3-npa-camps-in-sultan-kudarat/</link>
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		<title>COMMENT: On ‘GPH-MILF Decision Points on Principles’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY, May 11, 2012 – The “Decision” is a “breakthrough”. This is the tone of the popular reaction. Topping the commendation for the Parties in reconciling their positions is the optimism that a peace agreement will soon be reached; an influential leader in the Senate promised to lead in fulfilling the legislative aspects of the agreement.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/comment/2012/05/12/comment-on-%e2%80%98gph-milf-decision-points-on-principles%e2%80%99-2/</link>
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		<title>Mining Disaster</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the Surigao City Quick Action Response Team (QART) and village volunteers load the body of one of the seven victims who died of suffocation in a tunnel in Mat-i, Surigao City 10 May 2012. The miners entered the abandoned tunnel without oxygen support. MindaNews photo by Vanessa L. Almeda &#124; Read Story RELATED [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/05/11/mining-disaster/</link>
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		<title>7 miners die of suffocation in Surigao tunnel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MAT-I, SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – Seven miners died of “suffocation due to oxygen deprivation” this morning in a tunnel in this village known for its small-scale mining sites, but rescuers were able to save a 19-year-old miner.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/11/7-miners-die-of-suffocation-in-surigao-tunnel/</link>
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		<title>Mindanao radio stations urge authorities to expedite probe on Mati reporter’s murder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – The Tingog Mindanao Radio Alliance (TIMRA), an association of radio stations in the island, has called on the Philippine National Police and other law enforcement agencies to expedite their investigation on the killing of a reporter of one of their member-stations in Davao Oriental. Nestor Libaton, who worked for TIMRA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/11/mindanao-radio-stations-urge-authorities-to-expedite-probe-on-mati-reporter%e2%80%99s-murder/</link>
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		<title>Hataman: ARMM’s appointed legislators are  “reform-oriented”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) &#8212;  OIC Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) says he is “sure” that majority of the  27 persons named to the Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA) are “reform-oriented” even if the names are dominated by and associated with traditional politics. “Konti lang political names dyan” (there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/governance/2012/05/11/hataman-armm%e2%80%99s-appointed-legislators-are-%e2%80%9creform-oriented%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Liguasan Marsh eyed as freshwater fish biodiversity center</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is planning to develop a freshwater fish biodiversity center in the 288,000-hectare Liguasan Marsh, a bailiwick of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Asis G. Perez, BFAR director, said that Liguasan Marsh supports a rich biodiversity that not only includes fresh water fishes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/11/liguasan-marsh-eyed-as-freshwater-fish-biodiversity-center/</link>
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		<title>Parties work to settle conflicts in Bukidnon-Lanao Sur border</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – A multi-sectoral dialogue to map out the multi-faceted land and armed conflicts along the boundary of Bukidnon and Lanao del Sur provinces were set Thursday at the Municipal Conference Hall of Kalilangan town in Bukidnon. Bienvinido Narciso, who is among the facilitators, said the dialogue came about from the desire [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/11/parties-work-to-settle-conflicts-in-bukidnon-lanao-sur-border/</link>
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		<title>Media groups ask PDI to apologize for “security risk’ caption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – The Philippine Daily Inquirer “owes an apology and an explanation to the public, to Muslims and to its own staff photographer” for “such a blatantly bigoted caption”  that accompanied Wednesday’s front page photo of a woman in burqa, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/11/media-groups-ask-pdi-to-apologize-for-%e2%80%9csecurity-risk%e2%80%99-caption/</link>
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		<title>Soldiers advised to avoid ‘girls, alcohol, gambling’ to win people’s hearts and minds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KIDAPAWAN CITY (May 10/Thursday) – To capture people’s support and sympathy, especially in areas influenced by communist guerillas, soldiers must avoid “girls, alcohol, and gambling,” a military official in North Cotabato said. Capt. Ernesto Aguilar, commander of the Bravo Company of the 57th Infantry Battalion, said soldiers of “good moral character” will surely “win people’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/05/11/soldiers-advised-to-avoid-%e2%80%98girls-alcohol-gambling%e2%80%99-to-win-people%e2%80%99s-hearts-and-minds/</link>
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		<title>Small boats in Basilan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Small boats ferrying goods and travelers ply the channel between Isabela City in the mainland of Basilan and Malamawi Island. MindaNews Photo by Ruby Thursday More RELATED POSTS Basilan Power Barge Illana Bay Good Morning Marilog! Balangay boats arrive in Singapore Glitter of Gold Canopy]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/05/11/small-boats-in-basilan/</link>
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		<title>SOMEONE ELSE&#8217;S WINDOWS: Why can&#8217;t Joe Zubiri wait?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/10 May) – Without intending to, Bukidnon Vice Gov. Jose Ma. R. Zubiri Jr.&#8217;s verbal antics on Monday confirmed what had only been known through the grapevine, that he has always wanted Gov. Alex P. Calingasan to resign so that he (Zubiri) can regain his former post. Reports on a local radio station [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/someone-elses-windows/2012/05/11/someone-elses-windows-why-cant-joe-zubiri-wait/</link>
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		<title>Smoldering ruins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SMOLDERING RUINS. A firefighter goes inside the smoldering ground floor of Novo Jeans and Shirts along Montilla Boulevard, Butuan City dawn Wednesday May 9. 2012. Police said 17 employees sleeping in the upper floors of the store were killed. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas &#124; Read Story RELATED POSTS 17 killed in Butuan fire Claver: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/05/10/smoldering-ruins/</link>
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