Archive for November, 2007

News: MILF seeks foreign support as ‘thorny’ talks loom

Friday, November 30th, 2007

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) urged the international community to actively provide continuous political support to the Mindanao peace process.

Mohagher Iqbal, chief peace negotiator of the rebels, asserted that future negotiations wouldn’t be that easy for the forging a final peace agreement possibly by next year.

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News: MILF seeks foreign support as ‘thorny’ talks loom

Friday, November 30th, 2007

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) urged the international community to actively provide continuous political support to the Mindanao peace process.

Mohagher Iqbal, chief peace negotiator of the rebels, asserted that future negotiations wouldn’t be that easy for the forging a final peace agreement possibly by next year.

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News: Floods destroy P40M infra, crops in S. Cotatabo

Friday, November 30th, 2007

AT LEAST P40 million worth of infrastructure and agricultural crops were destroyed in Polomolok, South Cotabato due to flashfloods brought about by sporadic heavy rains in the area during the last two weeks.

Business: P50M dolphin farm project hit

Friday, November 30th, 2007

PLANS to establish a P50 million resort that would feature dolphins as major attraction have been criticized by two foreigners involved in the rehabilitation of Sarangani Bay.

News: Newly elected village chief sued

Friday, November 30th, 2007

POLICE have filed charges against a newly elected barangay chairman in Koronadal City and seven other persons for alleged involvement in illegal gambling activities in the area.

Business: Construction boom in mining town expected in 3 years

Friday, November 30th, 2007

TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato — Construction of facilities costing at least $600 million involving the venture of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. is projected to take two years starting early 2010 even as officials parry fears of arsenic poisoning in the area.

News: Newly elected village chief sued

Friday, November 30th, 2007

POLICE have filed charges against a newly elected barangay chairman in Koronadal City and seven other persons for alleged involvement in illegal gambling activities in the area.

News: Anti-measles drive extended in GenSan

Friday, November 30th, 2007

THE City Government has extended its anti-measles drive for at least two months after it only covered around 3,500 children of its target 16,000 beneficiaries for the month-long “Oplan Alis Tigdas” that ended last week.

News: Anti-measles drive extended in GenSan

Friday, November 30th, 2007

THE City Government has extended its anti-measles drive for at least two months after it only covered around 3,500 children of its target 16,000 beneficiaries for the month-long “Oplan Alis Tigdas” that ended last week.

Business: Construction boom in mining town expected in 3 years

Friday, November 30th, 2007

TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato — Construction of facilities costing at least $600 million involving the venture of foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc. is projected to take two years starting early 2010 even as officials parry fears of arsenic poisoning in the area.