Zamboanga News Forum

CAMP AGUINALDO – “The CPP-NPA-NDF must be held liable for Human Rights violations and must be charged with criminal offences for the wounded eleven civilians where a grenade exploded during a ‘bomb-making’ session in Sitio Silahis, Barangay Sampaguita, Kibawe town in Bukidnon last January 30, 2012,” Colonel Vicente Gregorio B Tomas, PA said.

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CAMP AGUINALDO – “The CPP-NPA’s call seeking for an independent probe into the US role in the Sulu air strike shows that indeed they sympathize and tolerate global acts of terror perpetrated by terrorist group organizations like the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Jemaah Islamiya (JI),” Colonel Vicente Gregorio B Tomas, PA said.

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Microsoft’s Windows Phone comes with certain restrictions. Marketed with tagline ‘Put People First’, Windows Phone has certain circumscription unlike predecessor which gives much more freedom. Downloading XAP files or deploying them has never been so easy. In fact, such options are left to developers only, putting freedom of normal tech enthusiasts on the stake.

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Manila, Feb. 5 – Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles on Friday reiterated that the government will not be the one to throw in the towel in the peace negotiations.

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The city government’s commitment to education is unwavering, as investments in education have reached P846.3 million within a 4-year period from 2007 to 2011.

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A land deal finalized this week between Paraguayan authorities and a land owner in the country’s central region will allow a long-displaced indigenous community to rebuild in safety and dignity, Amnesty International said today.

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One Cause

Cancer.

Childhood cancer, to be more precise. To have to battle with this disease at an age when one’s potentials are yet to be plotted and laid out seems like a totally unfair final sentence. As has often been quoted, no child should ever die in the dawn of life.

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Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, Jan. 31 – For almost two years, the gently sloping terrain of this once ancient seat of Islamic civilization in southern Philippines had been a picture of lost dreams and uncertain future.

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We may not realize is that while many of us eat bananas once in a while in the Western world, the banana is a key source of nutrition in others part of the world. Bananas (and plantains) are one of the most important staple crops upon which many millions rely.

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