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TINGOG SA SUBA: Wanted Perfect Wife

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:54 +0000

Because I am patriotic, it is my duty to help my president find a first lady. Here are a few (?) choices which the secretary of Pnoy’s heart is tasked to evaluate. Angel Locsin : tsk tsk taken Marian Rivera: taken too Ann Curtis : pag-iisipan Sarah Geronimo : too young Kim Chiu : can’t [...]

SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: Shame and the city

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:52 +0000

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/22 February) – Officials of Bukidnon rose in arms when some sectors in Cagayan de Oro City blamed supposed destructive activities in the mountainous province as a major factor in the killer floods brought by storm Sendong last December. There may be some truth to this allegation, although it is unfair to blame [...]

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Avoiding a Confrontation?

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:48 +0000

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, February 23, 2012 – In disallowing Philippine Air Lines vice president for sales Enrique Javier from testifying for the prosecution on the perks or special benefits the airline had given Chief Justice Renato Corona and his wife, is the Senate as impeachment court avoiding a confrontation with the Supreme Court? Sen. Juan [...]

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Domestic abuse fueled suspicions of foul play

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:45 +0000

Women’s rights and migrant advocates in South Korea say complaints of domestic abuse are not uncommon here, and the story of Cathy Deocades is no exception.

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Canadian firm planning to set up coffee plantations in Davao’s highlands

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:42 +0000

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 February) – A Canadian coffee firm is planning to establish five coffee plantation sites in the city as part of their its expansion throughout the country, an official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) revealed. Melanie Provido, high-value commercial crops coordinator of DA-XI, said Rocky Mountain Arabica Coffee Corp. is currently looking [...]

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DOH deploying more nurses to SouthCot remote areas

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:40 +0000

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 February) – The Department of Health (DOH) is set to deploy some 80 nurses to several remote and poor communities in South Cotabato this year as part of the third phase of the continuing Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local Service or RNheals-3 project. Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr. said the [...]

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CDO councilors want to sue water district for contempt over rate hike

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:38 +0000

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/22 February) – City councilors, during their session Tuesday, have decided to file contempt charges against the Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) for allegedly pushing through with its rate hike despite a preliminary injunction issued by the court. In his special report, Councilor Alden Bacal said he has continuously received [...]

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SouthCot tightens monitoring on small-scale miners

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:36 +0000

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 February) – The provincial government of South Cotabato has created a special body that will regularly look into the compliance of small-scale mining operations and other industries in the province to local and national environmental laws and regulations. In an executive order, South Cotabato Gov. Arthur Pingoy Jr. directed the activation [...]

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Rido in Bukidnon-Lanao Sur boundary directed at settlers to leave area

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:33 +0000

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/21 February) – A clan conflict in 10 villages along the border of Talakag, Bukidnon and Bumbaran, Lanao del Sur are aimed at driving non-Maranao settlers in the area, reports said. Two groups of armed men, the Dimas and the Mama Orak (or Mamurak) group, figured in clashes since January 2012, sending villagers [...]

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Mindanao’s power supply is ‘acutely short,’ says NGCP

MindaNews — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:31:30 +0000

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/22 February) – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has described the power supply in Mindanao as being “acutely short,” and that the firm should not be blamed for the daily power curtailment in parts of the island. Cynthia Alabanza, NGCP spokesperson, stressed on Tuesday that the firm’s transmission grid in [...]

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