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Security forces foil bombing attempt inside school campus Volume III, No. 145
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AMITAN City Basilan Province––Government soldiers disarmed Monday an improvised explosive planted at a government school in this city. The explosive was discovered inside the Colonia Elementary School. It was unknown how the bomber managed to smuggled the explosive inside the school. The discovery of the explosive came a day after a bomb attack in North Cotabato’s Kabacan town killed a student and injured 17 others. See FULL STORY, page A7
PH agriculture grows in first nine months of 2014
By PAT SAMONTE Butuan News Bureau
BUTUAN City––Philippine agriculture managed to expand by 9.55 percent in terms of value and by 0.33 percent in terms of volume for the first nine months of the year, all despite considerable damage caused by successive typhoons to the industry, a report from the Philippine Statistics SUNSET. A group of youth in Balingasag, Misamis Oriental, enjoys a sunset over Macajalar Bay. The municipal Authority (PSA) said. According to the report, government has opened a night café event every Friday evening serving food and entertainment to patrons. This regular activity has been drawing visitors from neighboring towns in the province. national agricultural output Mindanao Daily News photo by Gerry Lee Gorit grossed by P1.1 trillion
Kin of Ampatuan massacre victims set awareness drive
GENERAL Santos City–– Relatives and colleagues of media workers who were slain in the gruesome November 23, 2009 Ampatuan massacre are set to launch a series of awareness campaigns in connection with the commemoration of the fifth anniversary of the killings. Emily Lopez, chair of the Justice Now Movement, said Monday they will visit schools and local communities this week to inform the public about the progress
of the cases that had been filed against the suspects in the massacre that killed 58 people, including 32 media workers. She said they want the people to know the latest developments on the case, especially the status of the continuing trial against members of the Ampatuan political clan of Maguindanao who have been tagged as masterminds of the carnage. The move also aims to get wider support from See drive, page A11
at current prices on the back of better prices paid to food producers in the crops, livestock and poultry subsectors. Palay production reached 11.41 million tons from January to September, translating to a 0.41 percent increase from last year’s output. Meanwhile, the harvest of corn production inched up by 0.07 percent to 5.93 million metric tons during the same period. See GROWS, page A11
SP supports BSP venture
THE 17th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas during its regular session last week presided over by Councilor Ramon Tabor enacted Ordinance No. 12865-2014, exempting the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP)Cagayan de Oro from payment of amusement tax for the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Games between Alaska Aces and Globalport on November 22, 2014 at Xavier University Gym in Cagayan de A float depicting the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines joins the parade on Oro City. Wednesday afternoon (November 12) in Surigao City marking the 75th year of the Diocese of Surigao of the Roman Catholic Church. MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto
See supports, page A7
Review selection process for college scholars, govt agencies told GRANTING financial aid to poor but deserving students to enroll in college is not enough. Government must help ensure these grantees finish their education through a proper selection process. These were the recommendations presented by the latest study released by
state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). Authored by PIDS consultant Denise Valerie Silfverberg, the study “How should income-based grantees in tertiary education be chosen?” is a preliminary review of the Students Grants-In-Aid Program
for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As a “form of affirmative action”, SGPPA provides financially constrained but deserving students the opportunity to
obtain college degrees and “break the cycle of poverty”. A related PIDS study published in 2013 found that the higher a person’s educational attainment, the better are his chances to get employed and earn higher wages. See AGENCIES, page A11
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