Helping Hands. Members of the Philippine and US navies load food and supplies onto a truck for delivery to a Mindanao orphanage. The donation by the US military was part of the 13th annual bilateral maritime training exercise called Carat (Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training) that began last week in Zamboanga and Basilan. (Photo courtesy of the US Navy/US Embassy)

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Aussie firm to launch $10-million oil venture in Mindanao

By Rose Palacio

The Australian oil and gas exploration firm Tap Oil Ltd. will spend about $10 million (P480 million) for the development of Service Contract (SC) 41 in Sandakan Basin in Mindanao.

Paul Underwood, the company?s managing director, said they are actively pursuing new opportunities in Southeast Asia.
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TU: Mindanao may win it for Zubiri, Recto

The administration?s Team Unity (TU) is pinning its hopes on less than two million votes from six provinces in Mindanao that have yet to be canvassed to push Miguel Zubiri and Ralph Recto into the Magic 12.

The provinces are Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Surigao del Norte.
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