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Davao-based Eevee wins 3-in-1 Soundskool 2009

The competition capped off its fifth successful year with a full concert featuring the lucky 13 Nescafe 3in1 Soundskool finalists, as well as some of the country's best musical acts at the Ninoy Aquino Sports Stadium.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

China Daily

Gunmen seize 40 people in southern Philippines

DAVAO CITY, the Philippines: Unidentified gunmen seized on Monday 40 people, including 20 journalists, in the province of Maguindanao, southern Philippines.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

ABS-CBN News

Holcim profits hit P855-M in Q3

Profits of Holcim Philippines Inc. grew ninefold in the third quarter of the year, a traditionally weak season for the local cement industry due to rainy months.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Zamboanga Journal

Journalists gather in Davao City for training on human rights reporting

Some 30 Filipino journalists have gathered Friday for a series of seminar and workshop on human rights reporting in Davao City in the southern Philippines.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

ABS-CBN News

Titan Exploration bags 3 coal supply contracts

With close to P300 million in investments to be poured in its coal mine operations Zamboanga Sibugay and Davao Oriental, Titan Exploration and Development Corp.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Philippines, World News, Department of Energy

Tue Nov 17, 2009

ABS-CBN News

Map of Mati, Davao Oriental

Two 5.1 magnitude earthquakes jolted Davao provinces on Tuesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

MindaNews

Daghang Salamat, Rey...

Rey will not like this but I will have to say that he is older than I am. In fact, much older.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

MindaNews

NUJP condemns Pinol for "shameless abuse of authority:" Pinol cries "unfair"

DAVAO CITY The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines national chapter has issued a statement condemning North Cotabato Governor Emmanuel Pinol's "shameless abuse of authority" for allegedly threatening a radio blocktimer who criticized Pinol's alleged "landgrabbing" from indigenous peoples in Arakan, North Cotabato and Bukidnon.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Zamboanga Journal

Rebel, soldier killed in clashes in South RP

DAVAO CITY, Philippines - " A communist rebel and soldier were killed in separate clashes in the volatile region of the southern Philippines, officials said Wednesday.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

MindaNews

DURIAN: Politics of national holidays, By Amina Rasul

Fifty Muslim religious leaders of Metro Manila and Luzon, both men and women, gathered at the Bayview Park Plaza from November 4 to 6 this week to discuss issues critical to our lives, focusing on human rights, elections, interfaith dialogues, and Islamic peace education.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

Inter Press Service

PHILIPPINES: Younger Prey in the World's Oldest Trade

DAVAO CITY, Philippines , Nov 9 - At 14, Ann is too young to be worrying about getting pregnant or acquiring AIDS.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Manila Times

Seen and heard

Our lack of understanding of these cultures, exacerbated by wrong if not absent information contained in textbooks and "lack of proper images of our indigenous peoples in the media," as National Commission for Culture and the Arts Executive Director Cecile Guidote Alvarez puts it, greatly contributes for these stereotypes to endure to this day, so ...

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

TravelPod.com Recent Updates

Davao, the window to Mindanao. - Davao, Davao, Philippines

Davao, the window to Mindanao. Davao , Davao , Philippines Friday, November 6, 2009 Text and Images by Ronald de Jong Davao Gulf Davao is often dubbed as the window to the island of Mindanao, an inviting city that will surprise its visitors and raise one's curiosity.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Scoop

US State Dept Backgrounds Notes: Philippines

Friday, 6 November 2009, 9:34 am Press Release: US Department of State - Background Notes October 2009 Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs PROFILE OFFICIAL NAME: Republic of the Philippines Geography Area: 300,000 sq.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Manila Bulletin

Mount Kitanglad named an ASEAN Heritage Park

Environment officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations declared the Mt.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

MindaNews

FGDs identify other sources of armed conflict

DAVAO CITY The focus group discussions conducted by Konsult Mindanaw! on the peace process following the botched Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain last year, have identified rido and mining as among "other sources of armed conflict." Konsult Mindanaw!, the research team from academe which the Bishops-Ulama Conference commissioned to do ...

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

USGS Earthquakes

M 5.6, Mindanao, Philippines

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Inter Press Service

PHILIPPINES: Children Worst Hit by Economic Crisis

Girls in gangs become more vulnerable when families can ill afford to feed them, increasing risk of being prostituted.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

Manila Bulletin

Encouraging the young to stand up and fight poverty

The first Millennium Development Goal adopted by member states of the United Nations is to halve extreme poverty around the globe by 2015.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

MindaNews

NPA claims Rebelyn suspect killed "after giving battle to NPA;" Army says he was "liquidated"

DAVAO CITY The New People's Army in Southern Mindanao has claimed that one of the suspected soldiers in the March 4 abduction- rape-slay-torture of teacher Rebelyn Pitao was killed in Crossing Malabog, Paquibato on Sunday afternoon because he was "armed, dangerous and gave battle to the NPA arresting team." "He was liquidated, as simple as that," ...

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