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	<title>Keith Bacongco : Manunulat, Maniniyot</title>
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		<title>Happy Eid&#8217;l Fitr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maranaos in Munai, Lanao del Norte prepared carabao meat for the Eid&#8217;l Fitr on Thursday or Friday, depends if the &#8220;new moon&#8221; would show up Wednesday evening. Although carabao meat is also sold at the public market, it&#8217;s my first time to see a butchered carabao for the Eid&#8217;l Fitr.]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/09/happy-eidl-fitr/</link>
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		<title>The Water Hyacinths in Ligusan Marsh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Ruby Thursday  More was still working on her portfolio about Moro women, we happened to meet Bai Romina Pendatun-Ali in the marshy town of Gen. Salipada K. Pendatun sometime in March this year. After making some arrangements on our trip to one of the villages in Liguasan Marsh, Bai Romina shared to us that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/08/the-water-hyacinths-in-ligusan-marsh/</link>
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		<title>Commentary: Thou Shall Not Steal Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 Aug) — I was browsing the official Kadayawan sa Davao website on Wednesday morning to check for upcoming events when I noticed a familiar photograph of then Vice Mayor (now Mayor) Sara Duterte hailed by her supporters outside the Commission on Elections (Comelec) office after filing her certificate of candidacy for mayor. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/08/commentary-thou-shall-not-steal-photos/</link>
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		<title>Pilots Are Leaving (PAL)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Before, they say PAL means Plane Always Late. But now, it could be Pilots Are Lacking or Pilots Are Leaving. I don&#8217;t believe that the PAL management did not anticipate that pilots are leaving soon and would seek for greener pasture abroad. They knew it. But the problem is that, I think some qualified pilots [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/08/pilots-are-leaving-pal/</link>
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		<title>Waling-waling lady now promoting cacao as income earner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 August) — After popularizing the rare Waling-waling (Vanda sanderiana), Charita Puentespina is now pushing for another source of income among local farmers: cacao farming. Puentespina, who first introduced hundreds of Waling-waling seedlings to the public in 1986, is also advocating natural farming method among farmers. She particularly recognized the potentials of cacao [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/08/waling-waling-lady-now-promoting-cacao-as-income-earner/</link>
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		<title>Power and mining investments in Mindanao</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, July 31, we had a chance to interview Mindanao Economic Development Authority chair Jesus Dureza if what could be the long term priorities for Mindanao that could help boost the economy of the region. He identified two things: mining and power. This could mean more mining applications under Aquino administration as well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/08/power-and-mining-investments-in-mindanao/</link>
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		<title>Dureza: Still no word from P-Noy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HAGONOY, Davao del Sur –  Two days after offering to relinquish the chairmanship of the  Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), laywer Jesus Dureza on Saturday said he has not   received any feedback from the President. Dureza, who also serves as National Programme Director of Action for Conflict Transformation for Peace Progam (ACT for Peace), added he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/07/dureza-still-no-word-from-p-noy/</link>
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		<title>Illegal trade of South Asian Box Turtles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, I happened to pass by Duterte St and I found these turtles sold by two guys for P40 to P50 each. These are South Asian Box Turtles (Cuora amboinensis) from marshy villages of Midsayap, North Cotabato sold for P40 to P50 each along the street in Davao City. A biologist from University of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/07/illegal-trade-of-philippine-turtles/</link>
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		<title>Baberkyu ta!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just for P5 only, some people grab a stick or two and another P5 (I think) for rice as a dinner! And this is available in almost every corner in Davao City.]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/07/baberkyu-ta/</link>
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		<title>Lumads meet in Kitanglad for 4th State of the Indigenous Peoples’ Address (SIPA)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DAVAO CITY  (MindaNews/24 July) – An estimated 100 Lumads (indigenous peoples) from various parts of the country will gather at the foot for Mt. Kitanglad in Bukidnon for the fourth State of the Indigenous Peoples’ Address (SIPA)  in time for President Benigno Aquino’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://bacongco.com/blog/2010/07/lumads-meet-in-kitanglad-for-4th-state-of-the-indigenous-peoples%e2%80%99-address-sipa/</link>
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