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Braga wants e-jeepneys in Davao

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Jul 13, 2007

In a privilege speech, Councilor Pilar Braga touted the 12-seater electric vehicle “as the next Philippine transport icon.” The e-jeepneys, she said, “are aimed to demonstrate that there are climate-friendly alternatives to the current polluting modes of public transportation in the Philippines. Aside from its non-pollutive effect, it is also very economical and very good for the owners and drivers as it will increase their income compared to the use of diesel/gas.”

Basilan beheadings: Dishonoring the dead

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Jul 13, 2007

The Black & White Movement condemns in the strongest possible terms the beheading of ten marine soldiers following a firefight with members of the 8th Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT). “It is an inhuman and barbaric act that has no place in any civilized society and we ask that all means be exhausted to bring the perpetrators to justice”, says BnW lead convenor Enteng Romano.

Palace paving way for Misuari’s Jeddah trip

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Jul 11, 2007

Malacanang assured today the Saudi Arabian government that Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari shall be provided with unarmed security personnel during his trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to attend the three-party peace talks among representatives of the Philippines, the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the MILF.

MILF, troops in heaviest fighting in months

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Jul 11, 2007

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which has been fighting for a separate Islamic state for Filipino Muslims in the south the past three decades, said the violence could have been avoided had the military coordinated with them the troops’ entry to Tipo-tipo, which the rebels consider as part of their territory. We have all the mechanism in the ceasefire that allows coordination and to prevent this kind of unfortunate incident, said a front spokesman.

5 killed in Diwalwal landslide

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Jul 10, 2007

Five people were killed in a landslide in the gold-rush site Diwalwal, in Compostela Valley, police said Tuesday. One of the fatalities was a pregnant women; three other people were injured. The landslide occurred late Monday after a week of heavy rains, damaging three shanties and burying four small-scale miners and a miner’s wife who was five months pregnant, the Associated Press reported.

Another Anakpawis leader shot dead in ComVal

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Jul 10, 2007

The human-rights group Karapatan in Southern Mindanao condemned today the killing of another municipal and peasant leader of Anakpawis, who was shot dead in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley Province, on July 7.