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MAHARLIKA SUNRISE FESTIVAL 2010

The annual, roving arts festival dubbed as the Maharlika Sunrise Festival is now on its 7th incarnation, known as "YlocoSining, Hidden Treasures of the North" – this year’s festival will be held in the Sunshine City of Laoag, Ilocos ...

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Farmers in Davao del Norte reap earnings from vegetables

DAVAO CITY -- Vegetable farmers in nearby Panabo City who had refused to lease their land to banana plantation operators a decade or two ago are now reaping the rewards of their decision. While her neighbors jumped at ...

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Group demands clear explanation of NGCP’s power rates hike petition

ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews/09 July) — A consumers group here said the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) should explain clearly the basis of its petition seeking another round of power rates increase. “We asked the Energy Regulatory ...

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PETITION AGAINST THE PRIVATIZATION AND SALE OF AGUS-PULANGUI HYDRO ELECTRIC COMPLEXES

http://www.petitiononline.com/pulangui/petition.html By June 2011, the Agus-Pulangui Hydro Electric Complexes will be up for sale and privatization. We believe that opening the complexes for privatization will be most disadvantageous to the people of Mindanao. But these benefits could ...

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Musikalilangan celebrates Earth Day Music Fest in General Santos City

Earth Day (April 22) is a day designed to inspire ecological awareness and to celebrate appreciation for the environment. The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 to promote the ideas of ecology, encourage respect for life on earth, and ...

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Panaghugpong Mindanaw accelerated the Samaj movements in southern Maharlika

“Accelerating Mindanao Samaj through Cadre Formation,” – is the conference theme of the Panaghugpong Mindanaw 2nd Leadership Assembly, recently conducted on March 5-7, 2010 at Koronadal Proper, Polomolok, South Cotabato. The PANAGHUGPONG MINDANAW is a regional federation of ...

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Chicken a la Carte: A Winning Film

Director: Ferdinand Dimadura | Genre: Drama | Produced In: 2005Synopsis: This film is about the hunger and poverty brought about by Globalization. There are 10,000 people dying everyday due to hunger and malnutrition. This short film shows a forgotten portion of the society. The people who live on the refuse ...