Mayor Jun Acharon and Manny Pacquiao join hands with ABS-CBN for a star-studded two-day musical concert this weekend as Christmas presentation to the residents of the city to be held at the Lagao Gym. (Contributed photo)
A TOP opposition leader in Southwestern Mindanao warned of widespread unrest if the Arroyo government and its allies would insist on revising the 1987 Constitution through the controversial convening of Congress into a constituent assembly.
South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes, who heads the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) in the region, said the railroading by the administration-dominated House of Representatives of the proposed Charter change has compromised the country's volatile unity and the rule of law.
S. Cotabato chosen as Dole pilot area
KORONADAL CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) has chosen South Cotabato as one of the six pilot areas in the country for the implementation of the Self-Employed Workers Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (Sweed) program.
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MNLF to send delegation to Jeddah tripartite meet
THE Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) will send a 20-man delegation composed of MNLF officials, Lumad and Christian representatives to a tripartite meet in Jeddah on February next year to review the 1996 Peace Agreement.
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Stop discriminating us: Muslims tell Christians
MUSLIM and lumad leaders who attended a peace forum at the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University last week called on Christians to stop discriminating them for peace to finally reign in this war-torn island.
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