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MOUNT DIWATA, Compostela Valley Province -- For Solita Cruz and Aloma Zamora, going home is not an option
at the moment. "I'm afraid something might happen to me and
my family," says Solita. "I have decided to fight back.
I am going to file charges against those responsible for the death
of my husband," says Aloma. Daisy C. Gonzales and Carlos H. Conde
looks deeper into the lives of small-scale miners in Diwalwal. Full
story
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Mindanawons win
Nat'l Book Award in journalism, essay
DAVAO CITY -- Mindanawons Jose Torres Jr. and Patricio N.
Abinales, both of them MindaNews columnists, topped this year’s
National Book Awards in journalism and essay, respectively. Full
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Diwalwal at night.
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Gloria, 'Ina ng Masa,' is first president to
visit Diwalwal
DIWALWAL, Compostela Valley -- "She is the first president
to ever set foot in this very far mountain barangay." Paterno Piayo of Blucor Mining said this while sitting on one
of the stools facing Barangay Diwalwal's gym where at least 5,000
residents were expecting the arrival of President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo. Full
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Special Report
"Boat people" of the new millennium
BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi -- The blip that suddenly appeared on the
radar brought everyone on board the Philippine Navy ship BRP
Sultan Kudarat to life. The blip turned out to be "M/B Jamilla," a
wooden-hull passenger ship, carrying Filipino deportees
escaping a crackdown in Malaysia. Full
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Rice prices remain high
in San Franz
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur -- Prices of commercial rice here
have remained high for the past two weeks despite the assurance of
rice traders and retailers to lower prices. At the San Francisco Public Shopping Mall, high quality
commercial rice varieties are still being sold from P25 to P28 a
kilo. Full story
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