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Philippines Telco Introduces GK1MB ?Service Card?

NAGA CITY, PHILIPPINES — As part of its continuing support for the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Foundation, leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) announced last week that it will soon introduce a new GK service card featuring the mobile commerce services of the Smart Money platform.

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Philippines: Leading partylists pledge swing vote for 8 Senate bets

MANILA — Five leading party list groups with a combined mass base of 3.6 million voters have thrown their support behind eight senatorial candidates from the Genuine Opposition and the so-called Wednesday Club for the upcoming May 2007 elections.

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Samal Bat Cave: The World’s Largest

DAVAO CITY — The Monfort Bat Cave on Samal Island was recently determined to house the world?s largest colony of Geoffroy?s rousette fruit bats (Rousettus amplexicaudatus) with approximately 1.8 million bats. Bat Conservation International (BCI) the leading bat conservation organization based in Austin, Texas, U.S.A. came to visit the Monfort cave last June 2006 to evaluate the cave and determine its relative significance. BCI identified potential threats and provided management and research recommendations. The current colony exceeds the carrying capacity of the cave as large numbers of bats roost in risky locations, even on the ground which is very unusual and under large rocks on the cave floor making them very susceptible to predation by rats, crows, snakes, cats and dogs. Hunting by humans and disturbance of this species in other bat caves in the region has likely driven many bats to seek refuge in the protected Monfort Bat Cave.
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