Farm tractors handed to Zambo Agriculture Office »
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/25 May 2010 by Vic Larato–In a bid to boost the city’s agricultural production, Mayor Celso Lobregat today turned over two farm tractors with implements worth P5.4 million to the City Agriculturist Office in Tumaga. It was a counter-parting project between the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office 9 under GMA [...]
Sayyaf, Al-Qaeda link positively identified by Menardo Wenceslao »
The Abu Sayyaf terrorist group operating in Mindanao is positively identified as one of the connected terrorist organizations to be based in the Philippines and Malaysia of the Al Qaeda group of Osama Bin Laden. Among the other identified terrorists organizations are Egyptian Islamic Jihad, The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Islamic Army of Aden (Yemen), [...]
Inter-faith groups in Zambo air concerns on city’s security crisis »
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines/25 May 2010—The Inter-religious Solidarity Movement for Peace (IRSMP) here released a Statement expressing its concerns on the current crisis of security and peace in the city. The Statement cited that “In the past four months or so, there have been at least 60 killings committed in public, in the streets of Zamboanga [...]
Ready for harvest in Tawi-Tawi »
Former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) combatants like Haigdir Elias (foreground, left) are leading peaceful and productive lives as aqua-entrepreneurs. USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program introduced ex-fighters of the Campo Muslim Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Languyan, Tawi-Tawi, headed by former MNLF field commander Kublai Elias (partly hidden), to the fundamentals of sustainable marine [...]
Taiwan holds promise for Mindanao food products »
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines/24 May 2010—Dried and processed fruit and other foods produced by Mindanao firms can find a niche in the increasingly affluent Taiwan market, particularly if they adopt its packaging, labeling and certification standards. This was among the findings of a half-day market survey of some Taipei retail outlets undertaken by Mindanao [...]
