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Mindanao: Terror Continues in San Luis, Agusan del Sur

Reference: Analyn Lumawag, Deputy Secretary-General, Karapatan Caraga
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TERROR CONTINUE IN SAN LUIS

San Luis, Agusan del Sur, has a long history of people?s struggle against the incursions of foreign and local investors in the lumad ancestral domain and rich agricultural areas that lowland farmers have cultivated for generations. Since the 1950?s, during the logging boom in the region, it has been one of the most coveted territories for its rich forests and agricultural potential.

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Philippines: Korean Firm to Install, Supply Mindanao Substation Expansion Project

The government has awarded a contract to an international company that will install and supply the Mindanao Substation Expansion Project.

In a press statement furnished by National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) corporate communications officer for southeastern Mindanao Milfrance Capulong to the Davao business reporters it stated that contracts had been signed between them and a South Korean company.

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Philippines: Lone Gunman Behind Sulu Army Camp Carnage, Says Esperon

A lone gunman was responsible for the shooting rampage at an Army patrol base in Sulu province that killed nine soldiers and a civilian, the Chief of Staff, General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said.

Quoting initial findings of a military investigation, Esperon also said “no drinking spree and no mauling” preceded the carnage, contrary to some news reports.

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Philippines: Dureza Bares New Program for Ex-Rebels

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12 April 2007

MANILA?The creation of a national committee that would assist the nation’s former armed rebels lead normal lives is vital to the overall peace process, the government’s top peace adviser said.

Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (PAPP) Secretary Jesus Dureza said President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s signing of an Administrative Order creating the National Committee on Social Integration (NCSI) is essential to the search for a just, lasting, and sustainable peace in the country.

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Philippines: DILG Wants Unified Plan vs Terror in Mindanao

By Rose B. Palacio

Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno called on local executives in Mindanao island to draw up a unified plan to fight terrorism in Mindanao.

Secretary Puno has asked governors and mayors in Mindanao to mobilize communities in Mindanao to help law enforcers combat the terrorist threats.

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