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Wednesday, August 06, 2008 (Philippines)
| Seeing the wide open door on this house on stilt, you'd wonder why such a door opens to nowhere, with not even a ladder going down to the waters. Until you see the fisherman and his boy come home and pass through the back door by climbing up notches on the bamboo posts below. (Sun.Star Davao/Seth delos Reyes) |
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NORTH Cotabato Vice Governor Emmanuel Piñol is proposing for the creation of a multi-sectoral commission that will study the proposed memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD).
The commission, he said, would ensure that whatever agreement is reached between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is a result of the consensus from all stakeholders that will be affected by it.
Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo
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Official: Permit issuance relies on prepared docs
THE speed of procurement of business permits in Davao City really depends on the preparedness of the businessman, an official of the Davao City Investments and Promotion Center (DCIPC) said.
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Rebels only hitting soft targets: AFP
EVEN as the New People's Army (NPA) continues to rampage through Southern Mindanao, and of late in Davao City, the military maintains that it is in control of the situation and that the rebel group is now losing its grip.
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Lumad councils convene assembly to settle rift
TRIBAL groups in a village in Davao Oriental decided to settle the numerous issues hounding their groups due to the rift between the Australia-based BHP-Billiton and Filipino-owned Asiaticus Management Corporation.
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