Mindanao

Power crisis looms in Mindanao

Published by rudy Date posted on December 14, 2009

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Mindanao will be in big trouble in the next five years if the shrinking of the reserve capacity of the Mindanao power grid remains unchecked.

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House approves bill on Mindanao authority

Published by rudy Date posted on December 3, 2009

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a creation of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), which seeks to promote, coordinate and facilitate the active and extensive participation of all sectors to effect peace and development in Mindanao. By virtue of House Bill 6958, MinDA seeks to address the need for a…

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Can there be peace in Mindanao?

Published by rudy Date posted on November 14, 2009

(Speech delivered before the Rotary Club of Manila 101 on November 13, 2009, Tower Club, Makati City.) MANILA, Philippines – A Manila broadsheet recently reported the signing of a GRP-MILF accord calling for the establishment of an International Contact Group (ICG) – a body that will be composed of major foreign government stakeholders in addition…

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Mindanao power outages confirmed

Published by rudy Date posted on September 15, 2009

MANILA, Philippines – With still unresolved power problem in Visayas, Mindanao is now suffering from rotating brownouts. Government officials yesterday confirmed reports of scheduled power outages in major portions of Mindanao after several power plants in the area are currently on a “shutdown mode.”

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Islamic schools in Muslim Mindanao strengthened

Published by rudy Date posted on September 15, 2009

COTABATO CITY: Educators in the Muslim Autonomous Region have agreed that to contribute to the attainment of lasting peace as well as economic development in the restive region of Muslim Mindanao is to strengthen the Islamic schools known as “madaris,” according to education official of the region on Monday.

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Mindanao to get more aid

Published by rudy Date posted on March 31, 2009

JAPAN yesterday signed a slew of grant agreements worth over half a million dollars for humanitarian projects in strife-torn Mindanao.

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March –
IT’S WOMEN’S MONTH!

“Respect and support women
every day of the year/s!”

Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.

Accept the National Unity Government (NUG) 
of Myanmar.  Reject Military!

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Time to support & empower survivors. Time to spark a global conversation. Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!

 

Monthly Observances:
Women’s Role in History Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: Environmental Week;
   Women’s Week
Week 3: Philippine Industry and “
   Made-in-the-Philippines Products Week
Last Week: Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment
   of the Girl Child Week
Daily Observances:

March 8: Women’s Rights and   
   International Peace Day;
   National Women’s Day
March 4: Employee Appreciation Day
March 15: World Consumer Rights Day
March 18: Global Recycling Day
March 21: International Day for the Elimination
   of Racial Discrimination
March 23: International Day for the Right to the Truth
   Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations
   and for the Dignity of Victims
March 25: International Day of Remembrance of the
   Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 27: Earth Hour

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