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		<title>Brooms for Sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A young boy rides the hammock while keeping watch on their brooms for sale beside the highway in Barangay San Vicente, Sumilao town, Bukidnon. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno RELATED POSTSPretty HutsNew Landmark in SumilaoHelping HandFlood survivor: CopingREADY FOR SALE.Kidapawan City: Christmas Lanterns]]></description>
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		<title>Banca Making</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BANCA MAKING. A carpenter works on a banca hull in Barangay Day-asan in Surigao City on Monday, February 20, 2012. Fishing is the primary source of livelihood in the coastal areas of Surigao. MindaNews photo by Roel Catoto RELATED POSTSLazy AfternoonBantay DagatWrong WaySunday LeisureBANCA RIDE.Illegal Fishing Boats]]></description>
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		<title>Lazy Afternoon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LAZY AFTERNOON. A boy walks barefoot on the wooden foot bridge in Barangay Day-asan in Surigao City on Monday, February 20, 2012. This village, which has vast mangrove forest, has plenty of marine products like lobster and lapu-lapu. MindaNews photo by Roel Catoto RELATED POSTSBanca MakingWrong WaySunday LeisureFire OutWomb of the EarthNo Entry]]></description>
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		<title>Journalists cry harassment in mining area; mining firm says story fabricated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 February)  &#8212; A group of media from Pagadian City cried harassment by the Special Cafgu Active Auxiliary of  TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc.  in Sitio Balabag, Baragay Depore  in Bayog town, Zamboanga del Sur on Monday but the mining firm on Tuesday denounced in a statement what it called a “fabricated story [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/22/journalists-cry-harassment-in-mining-area-mining-firm-says-story-fabricated/</link>
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		<title>Pomelo farmers learn to make cash from trash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/21 February) – There’s cash from trash. Pomelo growers in North Cotabato are expecting more income after they were taught that there’s money in the fruit’s peelings, which they previously just threw away. In a recent training initiated by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region 12, the pomelo growers learned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/22/pomelo-farmers-learn-to-make-cash-from-trash/</link>
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		<title>2nd nat’l conference on Indigenous Knowledge held in NorthCot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (MindaNews/21 February) – The three-day 2nd National Conference on Indigenous Knowledge opened today (Feb. 21) at the Southern Christian College (SCC) in Midsayap, North Cotabato. The national conference has for its theme: “Asserting Customary Resource Use: Reclaiming Free Prior and Informed Consent and Transmitting Indigenous Knowledge”. The keynote address is to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/22/2nd-nat%e2%80%99l-conference-on-indigenous-knowledge-held-in-northcot/</link>
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		<title>An Asian tragedy called Cathy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GONGJU, South Korea – Two and a half hours south of Seoul by land lies the farming village of Tapgok-ri, a remote part of the city of Gongju. Here, in the middle of nowhere, is where Cathy Deocades lived. It is nothing like the glittery and glamorous world shown in Korean dramas and K-Pop music videos, which are increasingly popular among Filipino women.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/special-reports/2012/02/22/an-asian-tragedy-called-cathy/</link>
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		<title>SOMEONE ELSE&#8217;S WINDOWS: Martyred by imperialism?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 February) – In October this year, the Vatican will officiate canonization rites for what will be the Philippines&#8217; second saint, Pedro Calungsod, a Visayan lay worker who was killed in Guam on April 2, 1672. He was 17 or 18 at the time of his death. Personally, I have no doubt that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/someone-elses-windows/2012/02/22/someone-elses-windows-martyred-by-imperialism/</link>
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		<title>FASTLANES: Getting lost in the summit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/21 February) – Attending the Mindanao Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction and Geo-hazards Awareness here over the weekend was an excellent reason to reconnect with people who are battered but still fighting hard to recover from Sendong. The Summit convened by two Mindanawon Senators – Koko Pimentel and Tg Guingona – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2012/02/22/fastlanes-getting-lost-in-the-summit/</link>
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		<title>P1-M refund for Bukidnon power consumers looms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – The Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperatives faces the likelihood of being ordered to refund consumers affected by its imposition of extra charges for reconnection, an official of the power firm said. This developed after the Energy Regulatory Commission ordered Buseco to submit a copy of a list of the affected consumers. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/21/p1-m-refund-for-bukidnon-power-consumers-looms/</link>
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		<title>Logging, mining blamed for recent flood in Jabonga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – Logging and mining activities around Lake Mainit and its nearby areas were major factors in the recent flood that hit Jabonga town in Agusan del Norte, the town mayor and an environment group said. Mayor Glicerio M. Monton acknowledged that these activities have caused siltation in the river which channels [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/21/logging-mining-blamed-for-recent-flood-in-jabonga/</link>
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		<title>GenSan adopts P800-M anti-flood project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – The city government has adopted as top priority the immediate funding and implementation this year of its P800-million drainage master plan in a bid to resolve the perennial flooding problems in several villages in the area. Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio said they are currently seeking out available funding resources for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/21/gensan-adopts-p800-m-anti-flood-project/</link>
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		<title>LGUs in Region12 earn P20-M from minerals industry but&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/20 February) — Revenues of local government units in Southwestern Mindanao from the minerals industry reached P20.3 million last year, with South Cotabato as the top earner, which, interestingly, did not come from the mining industry but the quarry sector, latest data from the regional Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) showed. South Cotabato [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/business/2012/02/21/lgus-in-region12-earn-p20-m-from-minerals-industry-but/</link>
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		<title>Fil-Am tagged in car smuggling may face frustrated murder raps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – A Filipino-American who was accused of smuggling luxury vehicles from the United States is in for another trouble. This time Lynard Allan Bigcas of Cagayan de Oro City has been tagged in the shooting of a lawyer Roberto Palma Gil around 11am on Sunday along Torres Street in this city. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/21/fil-am-tagged-in-car-smuggling-may-face-frustrated-murder-raps/</link>
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		<title>SOMEONE ELSE&#8217;S WINDOWS: Admissibility versus perception</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/20 February) – Regardless of how the defense team of impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato C. Corona handles the documents concerning his several bank accounts which were not included in his statements of assets, liabilities and net worth, it would be a classic damn-if-you-do, damn-if-you-don&#8217;t situation. If they allow such documents to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/someone-elses-windows/2012/02/21/someone-elses-windows-admissibility-versus-perception/</link>
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		<title>SOUTHERN COMFORT: The Tampakan Copper and Gold Project: Mine for whom?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 ) – Sagittarius Mines Inc. general manager Mark Williams said the company had already spent more than US$360 million for the initial development of the US$5.9 billion Tampakan Copper and Gold Project. When allowed to go on commercial production, the mining project will reportedly contribute an average of one percent to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2012/02/21/southern-comfort-the-tampakan-copper-and-gold-project-mine-for-whom/</link>
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		<title>Mindanao Declaration:  create independent disaster management and risk reduction agency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/19 February) &#8212; The two-day Mindanao Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction and Geo-hazard Awareness ended Sunday afternoon with an eight-point Declaration urging, among others, the passage of a law establishing a “permanent, independent disaster management and risk reduction agency” and the conduct of  similar summits in Mindanao’s six regions. The three-page, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/20/mindanao-declaration-create-independent-disaster-management-and-risk-reduction-agency/</link>
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		<title>North Cotabato beefs up disaster preparedness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/19 February) &#8212;  North Cotabato Gov. Emmylou “Lala” J. Taliño-Mendoza has beefed up disaster preparedness and response in the 17 town-one city province with the purchase of rescue equipment and  the installation of a radio communications network to link barangays in every town. Talino’s move came in the wake of  disasters that have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/20/north-cotabato-beefs-up-disaster-preparedness/</link>
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		<title>GenSan hosts 7th BIMP-EAGA friendship games in December</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 Feb) &#8212; The “Tuna Capital of the Philippines” will host the 7th friendship games among member-countries of the East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA) on December 8 to 12. EAGA comprises Brunei, East Indonesia, East Malaysia and the Philippines’ Mindanao and Palawan. Joaquin Loyzaga, executive director of the Philippine Sports Commission, said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/20/gensan-hosts-7th-bimp-eaga-friendship-games-in-december/</link>
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		<title>Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao meet in DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/19 Feb) &#8211;  Peoples’ Lawyers in Mindanao will gather here this weekend to discuss environment,  justice and human rights at a time when “peoples’ rights and conditions remain unchanged and neglected in the second Aquino administration.” Lawyers, law students, paralegals and legal workers will be attending the 4th Mindanao Assembly of People’s Lawyers on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/20/peoples%e2%80%99-lawyers-in-mindanao-meet-in-dc/</link>
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		<title>COMMENT: Aquino Does Not Hide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 Feb) &#8212;  While Chief Justice Renato C. Corona has been doing his personal and legal best to hide his millions in pesos and dollars by declaring only a small portion in his Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth and by locking up in a safe in the Supreme Court his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2012/02/20/comment-aquino-does-not-hide/</link>
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		<title>SOMEONE ELSE&#8217;S WINDOWS: Germans cry Wulff – for real</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/19 February) – Initially recalcitrant, German President Christian Wulff eventually resigned over allegations of corruption involving a dubious home loan even while maintaining he has done no wrong, the BBC reported on Friday, February 17. Wulff, who had been president for less than two years, was a personal choice of Chancellor Angela Merkel, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/someone-elses-windows/2012/02/20/someone-elses-windows-germans-cry-wulff-%e2%80%93-for-real/</link>
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		<title>Mindanao LGUs complacent in disaster preparedness and response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews/18 February)&#8211;   There is “some level of complacency” in all regions in Mindanao when it comes to disaster preparedness and response because the majority view is that Mindanao is “a gifted island… is not typhoon-prone,” Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soiiman said Saturday. Typhoons and floods in Mindanao “are few and far [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/19/mindanao-lgus-complacent-in-disaster-preparedness-and-response/</link>
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		<title>Attitude Change needed to respond to Climate Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/18 February) &#8212;   Talking about climate change is useless if there is no attitude change,  Senator Teoffisto Guingona said in his opening address at the Mindanao Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction and Geo-hazard Awareness. “It would be useless if we stop at merely talking about Climate Change. There is another important [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/19/attitude-change-needed-to-respond-to-climate-change/</link>
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		<title>Dinky on lessons from Sendong: info should be synchronized</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews/18 February)&#8211; Among the many lessons from the tragedy that was Sendong is that information from various government agencies dealing with the disaster should be synchronized,  Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman told the Mindanao Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction and Geo-hazard Awareness here Saturday afternoon. “We have to have a common [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/19/dinky-on-lessons-from-sendong-info-should-be-synchronized/</link>
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		<title>Barangay chair asks:  “What road rehab?”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/18 Feb) –   Residents of barangays identified as beneficiaries of former President Arroyo’s farm-to-market road projects in 2008 want to know if these  projects were indeed implemented as reported. Records show that the city was among the beneficiaries of the Department of Agriculture’s Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) opening and rehabilitation of farm-to-market roads [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/uncategorized/2012/02/19/barangay-chair-asks-%e2%80%9cwhat-road-rehab%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>COMMENTARY: Senator Miriam Santiago: Lost in translation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/18 February) &#8212; The feisty senator for Iloilo is a joy to hear for her educated wit and superior command of the King’s language which many of us in the press would often run to our next Thesaurus to get the exact meaning and context of her predictably unpredictable but deep vocabulary. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2012/02/19/commentary-senator-miriam-santiago-lost-in-translation/</link>
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		<title>Jabonga: Flooded</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DANGER CLOSE. A woman walks in knee-deep floodwaters unmindful of a warning sign in Barangay Poblacion, Jabonga town in Agusan del Norte, on Feb. 16, 2012. Nonstop rains this week flooded Jabonga forcing 2,500 families to flee. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas &#124; Read Story RELATED POSTS2,500 families displaced by floods in AgusanLake MainitLiving DangerouslyFlooded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/02/18/jabonga-flooded/</link>
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		<title>Where are they?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[WHERE ARE THEY? A priest blesses the row of pictures of those who have remained missing two months after the killer floods brought by tropical storm Sendong, during a Mass in Cala-Cala, Barangay Macasandig in Cagayan de Oro City, on Feb. 17, 2012. Some 400 victims of the floods remain missing in the city. MindaNews [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/02/18/where-are-they/</link>
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		<title>2,500 families displaced by floods in Agusan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/17 February) – Some 2,500 families in the lakeside town of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte were displaced by floods brought by a low pressure area that hit parts of Mindanao last Wednesday. A state of calamity was immediately declared in the town following an almost nonstop rainfall which started last February 13, Monday. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/environment/floods/2012/02/18/2500-families-displaced-by-floods-in-agusan/</link>
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		<title>Aquino urged to issue moratorium on Tampakan project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KORONADAL CITY(MindaNews/17 February)— Leaders of communities affected by mining in four Mindanao provinces on Friday urged President Benigno C. Aquino III to issue a moratorium against the massive Tampakan copper-gold project. In a manifesto issued here after the three-day forum dubbed “Regional Gathering of Mining Affected Communities,” the group pressed for a temporary suspension of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/18/aquino-urged-to-issue-moratorium-on-tampakan-project/</link>
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		<title>Surigao Norte DepEd head: no tax clearance, no graduation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/17 February) – Can the parents of graduating students be required to submit tax clearance certificates before their children may graduate? Dr. Evelyn R. Fetalvero, Officer In Charge of the Department of Education in Surigao del Norte seemed to think so. On January 18 this year, she issued Memorandum No. 08 telling school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/18/surigao-norte-deped-head-no-tax-clearance-no-graduation/</link>
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		<title>Bukidnon school produces 2011 nursing board topnotcher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/17 February) &#8212; A graduate of Mountain View College in Valencia City, Bukidnon topped the 2011 Nursing Licensure Examination, according to the announcement of the Professional Regulation Commission Thursday. Jerald L. Pelayo, who is now back in his hometown Masbate City, got a rating of 86.4 percent. Closely trailing Pelayo is Linsid Angelou [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/18/bukidnon-school-produces-2011-nursing-board-topnotcher/</link>
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		<title>2011 palay production in R-12 improves</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/17 February) – Palay and corn production in Region 12 or the Soccsksargen Region posted significant improvements last year as it firmed up its position as among the top grains producer in Mindanao and the entire country. Herlita Caraan, National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) Region 12 director, said the region’s palay and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/18/2011-palay-production-in-r-12-improves/</link>
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		<title>Talking Peace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TALKING PEACE. MILF peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal (right) with panel member Abhoud Syed Lingga (left) and secretariat member Mike Pasigan, after Tuesday&#8217;s talks at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. MindaNews photo by Carolyn O. Arguillas RELATED POSTSMILF Peace PanelA Valentine’s Day surprise for the MILF from the women in the GPH peace [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/02/17/talking-peace/</link>
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		<title>Freshwater fish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freshwater fish such as lidup, haluan, pantat, tilapia and gurami are sold at the Pigcawayan Public Market in North Cotabato on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. These are sold at P50 to P100 per bundle, which weighs almost 2 kilos. MindaNews Photo by Ruby Thursday More RELATED POSTSPoorman&#8217;s FishAgdao Market: BananaAgdao Market: Cleaning FishAgusan del Sur: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/02/17/freshwater-fish/</link>
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		<title>R-9 development, peace and order councils seek bigger role in GPH-MILF talks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/16 February) – Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo said he favors the proposal to give two regional bodies of Region IX a bigger role in the peace process between the Government of the Philippines peace panel and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Local officials in the region have proposed to make the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/peace-process/2012/02/17/r-9-development-peace-and-order-councils-seek-bigger-role-in-gph-milf-talks/</link>
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		<title>Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte Flood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A man gets up the roof as floodwaters submerged part of his house early Wednesday evening (Feb. 15, 2012) in Barangay Kawit Occidental in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte. By this time, residents said the flood has already receded, allowing vehicles to pass the highway. But traffic snarled due to the flood, road repairs and undisciplined [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/17/kauswagan-lanao-del-norte-flood/</link>
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		<title>Flood survivor: Coping</title>
		<description><![CDATA[COPING. A survivor makes some rugs for sale at the resettlement site in Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City on Feb. 10, 2012. Almost two months after Typhoon Sendong destroyed their homes last Dec. 17, 2011, survivors are still trying to cope and find ways to eke a living. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo RELATED [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2012/02/17/flood-survivor-coping/</link>
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		<title>Minimum wages in Southwestern Mindanao frozen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/16 February) — Minimum wage earners in Southwestern Mindanao will have to wait for another month to know if their salary rates would be adjusted. This after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) did not issue a decision during their meeting last Wednesday regarding the minimum wages of private sector workers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/17/minimum-wages-in-southwestern-mindanao-frozen/</link>
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		<title>South Cotabato allots P5M for Science High</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 February) – The provincial government of South Cotabato has allocated some P5 million to help fund the construction of the initial buildings of the planned Philippine Science High School (PSHS) campus in nearby Koronadal City. South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr. said Thursday the appropriation was endorsed by the Provincial School [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/17/south-cotabato-allots-p5m-for-science-high/</link>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Jam</title>
		<description><![CDATA[VALENTINE&#8217;S DAY JAM. Dozens of vehicles are stranded due to a one-lane bridge, which is being repaired at the portion of Davao-Cotabato highway in Barangay Matti, Digos City on Valentines Day, Feb. 14, 2012. MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco RELATED POSTSIligan: Bridge RepairBurst of ColorsVirtual SeaEnterprising ResidentsGood Morning PikitSTRANDED.]]></description>
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		<title>Dengue cases recorded in 4 GenSan barangays</title>
		<description><![CDATA[GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 February) – Local health personnel are closely monitoring four villages here due to the rising incidence of the deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever since last month. Dr. Lalaine Calonzo, acting head of the City Integrated Health Services Office (CIHSO), said Thursday they have so far recorded 32 confirmed cases of dengue within [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/17/dengue-cases-recorded-in-4-gensan-barangays/</link>
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		<title>SOMEONE ELSE&#8217;S WINDOWS: A lost pair of shoes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/16 February) – A few weeks ago I saw a DVD version of the 1997 Iranian film “Children of Heaven.” The story revolves around two siblings, Ali and his sister Zahra, and the hassles they have to go through after she loses her pair of pink shoes. Comic and heart-wrenching at the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/someone-elses-windows/2012/02/17/someone-elses-windows-a-lost-pair-of-shoes/</link>
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		<title>TINGOG SA SUBA: A Valentine&#8217;s story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ang akong amigo&#8217;ng tricycle driver mi-istorya mga pasahero niadtong gabiona puwerting daghana paingon sa&#8230; ( hibalo ka na ) apan dako iyang kalisang kay kasagaran mga ten-edyer man hesusmariaehosep mga high-school gani ang uban iyang gipangutana ang studyanteng batan-on nagdala ba siya og condom tubag sa bata wala kay masuko ang simbahan hapit siya (driver) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/mindaviews/2012/02/17/tingog-sa-suba-a-valentines-story/</link>
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		<title>GPH, MILF panels to meet again in March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/15 February) – The government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels have agreed to invite two consultants each when they resume talks in March but gave no hint in their Joint Statement that an agreement or agreements could be signed “within the first quarter” as targeted by government. The two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/16/gph-milf-panels-to-meet-again-in-march/</link>
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		<title>A Valentine’s Day surprise for the MILF from the women in the GPH peace panel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR (MindaNews/15 February)  &#8212;  Only women could have thought of what could be a first, worldwide, in contemporary peace-making history: a Valentine’s gift to  the peace panel of a revolutionary group. The second day of the three-day peace talks fell on a Tuesday, Valentine’s Day and just as soon as the panels sat down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/16/a-valentine%e2%80%99s-day-surprise-for-the-milf-from-the-women-in-the-gph-peace-panel/</link>
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		<title>Small-scale miners eye operations in Tampakan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/15 February)—With the denial of the environmental compliance certificate (ECC) to Sagittarius Mines Inc., several individuals have expressed interest to establish small-scale mining operations in Tampakan, South Cotabato. Siegfred Flaviano, Provincial Environment Management Office chief, said Wednesday that representatives of the group have approached the agency on how to get a clearance for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/16/small-scale-miners-eye-operations-in-tampakan/</link>
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		<title>PAL eyes Davao-Darwin flight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 February) – The Philippine Airlines (PAL) is planning to open a direct flight between Davao and Darwin, Australia once the Philippines regains category one status under the international safety rules on aviation. Felix J. Cruz, vice president for marketing support of PAL, said yesterday in a press briefing on the PAL Interclub [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/business/2012/02/16/pal-eyes-davao-darwin-flight/</link>
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		<title>Zambo police retrieve cluster bombs at construction site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/15 February) – Anti-bomb personnel of the Zamboanga City Police Office retrieved Japanese cluster bombs from a construction site in this city, a police official disclosed Wednesday. City police director Senior Supt. Edwin de Ocampo said the cluster bombs were found by construction workers digging for a post foundation last Monday in Barangay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/02/16/zambo-police-retrieve-cluster-bombs-at-construction-site/</link>
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