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The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) said the Arroyo administration is running out of enough material time to conclude a peace settlement in Mindanao.
Khaled Musa, deputy chairman of the MILF committee on information, said that more and more people are doubting the sincerity of the government under President Arroyo to push for a genuine [...]
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DEMANDS A PUBLIC APOLOGY
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Lawyer Zuleika Lopez is the “Davao City Council Secretary but does not behave like one.”
Worse, she is also “impertinent” and her behavior “appalling.”
These ugly descriptions were dished out by councilor Mabel Acosta in a strongly-worded letter to Lopez, in the latest twist to the worsening relations between [...]
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A Davao City councilor accused of shady dealings outgunned a coming ethics probe, and absolved his accuser for what he said was an erroneous rap.
“I forgive him,” said councilor Conrado Baluran referring to former floor leader councilor Bonifacio Militar.
After stirring up a controversy with a resignation letter that accused some councilors of brokering deals with [...]
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‘Tax arrears” behind
rebel raid on Apex
New People’s Army (NPA) rebels raided the Apex Mining compound in Compostela Valley province last week to punish the company for not paying revolutionary tax, according to a police officer.
Supt. Ronald de la Rosa, police regional director, said police gathered information communist rebels attacked the mining firm after failing to [...]
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‘Anemic’ agenda making
SP sessions shorter
Are Davao City councilors conspiring to produce less legislative proposals under floor leader Danilo Dayanghirang to explain why the council’s agenda for regular sessions becoming anemic?
This question surfaced as city councilors meet today for the session with only a few legislative items for consideration, in a pattern that has been [...]
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By ROGER M. BALANZA
A transport leader yesterday pooh-poohed reports of a massive transport strike today with Mindanao’s two key transport groups shunning the action.
Carlos “Toto” Cirilo, spokesman of the Alliance of Concerned Transport Organization (ACTO), on television also said various transport groups would be backing the transport strike, the first this year amid a new [...]
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