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Protest in Gensan vs abductions

Members of the party-list group Bayan Muna stage a protest rally in General Santos City on Thursday evening, calling on the military to release their colleague Gilbert Rey Cardi?o, who was abducted Wednesday by men believed to be government agents in Koronadal City. Related stories: Bishop Calang on abductions: ?We cannot allow the tragedy of silence to continue to befall us? | Bayan Muna leader cried ?Pulis! Pulis!? | Davao Today's coverage of human rights issues

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$1-billion mining investment eyed in Mati

According to officials from the mining inudstry, the Philippines's potential for growth in the sector remains good. In fact, BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, is interested in investing up to a billion US dollars in a nickel mine project in Mati, Davao Oriental, according to Benjamin Philip Romualdez, president of the Philippine Chamber of Mines. Romualdez said at the Asia-Pacific Mining Conference in Makati City this week that foreign companies have invested nearly $700 million in the Philippines in the past three years as a result, he said, of the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Mining Act of 1997 that opened the industry to foreigners. But environmentalists, who protested the conference, have warned of environmental destruction. (Photo: arkibongbayan.org)

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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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