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		<title>Hello Kalibotan!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for dropping by. I am proud that after seven years, ISTAMBAY SA MINDANAO is still around. This has become a portal of sorts for me on the web. This is my home online. Since 2001, I have worked in the news media as reporter, editor, marketing in charge, business manager, trainer, coach, researcher, photographer, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1682&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reading the 11-point summaries of the GPH-MILF Peace Talks in Kuala Lumpur</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I used to cover Davao City, I have become more familiar with the GPH-MILF peace negotiations. Even if it is only the committees on the cessation of hostilities who meet, they issue a joint statement to some how shed light on the coverage of meeting. I expected this from the talks in KL but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1673&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Accompanied by the bees and night insects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, After a blog hiatus, I am tempted to key in a few sentences. For several weeks and nights I&#8217;ve toiled the night for this research. I&#8217;m happy to be able to do this. It might have meant a number of sleepless nights.I am, however, looking at the end of this. I am taking one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1667&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Keep it up Ma&#8217;am Heidi!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have two thumbs up for the courage of former auditor Heidi Mendoza. You are doing a great favor to our nation&#8217;s search for good governance and responsible citizenship. Some journalists can relate with you fight, somehow a candle in the dark. But let this small spark enlighten others who want to keep us all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1660&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beginner’s Random thoughts on running in Malaybalay City</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come to the race to compete only with yourself. Expect to be laughed at; laugh with them, it’s another exercise. Stretch your body before running and your limits, too; but do not be suicidal Prepare for the race and your needs after it, including one more item at the drug store: muscle pain ointment. Listen [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1657&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NEVER FORGET!</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/never-forget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In line with the commemoration of the 1st anniversary of the Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao, we are sharing this logo/patch. You may use this instead of your present Facebook profile pix on Nov. 23 as a sign of your solidarity with the families of the victims, the journalists and media workers, and the rest of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1651&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pacquiao wins</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/pacquiao-wins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 08:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to boxing icon Manny Pacquiao for winning his bout against Mexican Antonio Margarito. I am proud that the fight wasn’t entirely a mismatch. I was prepared to accept if he was defeated to flow in some humility into the man. But his victory is pride for the Filipino, so I’m just glad he made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1647&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Changing the world starting from one&#8217;s dining table</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/changing-the-world-starting-from-ones-dining-table/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the road to a resort in Lianga, Surigao del Sur late on October 28, our Grassroots Documentation and Reporting Training Team talked about the application of science in the food that we eat. It was a humorous but &#8220;meaty&#8221; chatter. The usual one you get into inside the vehicle while heavy rains slow your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1612&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NIA&#8217;s organic fertilizers for Northern Mindanao: People&#8217;s money in shadowy subsidy</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/nia-10s-organic-fertilizer-subsidy-the-project-the-scam/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY CITY, Philippines &#8211; About P30 million worth of organic fertilizer subsidy implemented by the National Irrigation Administration in Region 10 for thousands of farmers in Northern Mindanao becomes subject of public inquiry after farmers complained it is of sub-standard quality. NIA-10 proposed the project to help irrigators&#8217; associations they are working with to improve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1601&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Commemorating World Press Freedom Day in Bukidnon</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2010/05/02/commemorating-world-press-freedom-day-in-bukidnon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 20:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 3 and on the run up to it, members of the news media are commemorating the World Press Freedom Day in Bukidnon. This is probably the first time it will be held here in recent times with a concerted effort to spread understanding on the role of the news media in society and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1596&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mindanao in random darkness</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/mindanao-in-random-darkness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In less than a month, from February 11 to March 3, Mindanao&#8217;s reported power shortage jumped from 156 megawatts to 510 megawatts. It&#8217;s more than triple the volume now. Is this imagined or a reality (as shown here), the doubt is there but the random brownouts are making a dent already. Electric cooperatives have felt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1589&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Localizing the peace agenda: Tulunan town has its own ‘peace process adviser’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you manage a troubled peace zone? For Mayor Lani Sarillo Candolada of Tulunan, North Cotabato, the key is getting a ‘peace process adviser’ who can focus on the town’s peace agenda so as to address conflicts in the locality. Candolada said they thought of the measure since 2007 in view of boundary conflicts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1583&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>‘Boodle fight’ to ‘boodle peace’: from warriors to peace builders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Counting how many battles fought, enemies killed, and firearms recovered has been among the usual indicators in an official’s military scoreboard. But it’s got to change, military officials tell new generation officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Mindanao. Col. Julieto Ando, of the Eastern Mindanao Command, has stressed this point to junior [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1580&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An appeal</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/an-appeal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know war is our worse problem in Mindanao. But a natural catastrophy helped by a man-made disaster such as what is unfolding in Luzon, appears to be an even harsher foe. Apart from thinking of gathering aid for our evacuees in our conflict zones, I believe it is also a just cause to gather [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1576&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Corn farmers ask Yap to resign</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/corn-farmers-ask-yap-to-resign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:44:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corn farmers from around Northern Mindanao are gathering in Cagayan de Oro City Friday for a protest rally against the Department of Agriculture over the corn price crisis and to demand the resignation of Agriculture Sec. Arthur Yap, organizers said. Lantapan town councilor Emmanuel B. Alsula, one of those organizing Bukidnon farmers for the rally, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1574&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does corruption perpetuate conflict? Look at Mindanao!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes! The answer is in the survey conducted by Konsult Mindanao,  a group created early this year as a research arm of the Bishops-Ulama Conference. &#8220;Corruption poses a serious threat to the attainment of lasting peace in Mindanao, respondents to a Mindanao-wide survey believe so.  They said that during a review of the initial results [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1571&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Matigsalugs to file case vs. ‘illegal occupants’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(First published at MindaNews.com) The Federation of Matigsalug-Manobo Tribal Councils, Inc. (Femmatrics) of the Matigsalug Manobo tribe has announced they are likely to go to court to force &#8220;illegal occupants&#8221; in their ancestral domain to a free and prior informed consent process (FPIC). Femmatrics chair Datu Roelito Gawilan told this reporter they are preparing to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1569&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bukidnon, Mindanao major corn producer, and NFA&#8217;s lower buying price</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/bukidnon-mindanao-major-corn-producer-and-nfas-lower-buying-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(First published at MindaNews.com) The National Food Authority (NFA) Council’s decision to cut its buying price of yellow corn grains from P13 to P10 per kilo amid the already very low price in the market drew flak not only from farmers but also from members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan here. Board member Glenn Peduche, an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1565&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the status of Mindanao &#8216;super region&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/what%e2%80%99s-the-status-of-mindanao-super-region/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was no mention of the super regions, including the “Mindanao agribusiness” super region, in President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s 2009 State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 27 but recent updates show that this year, Mindanao got the biggest chunk in infrastructure releases. The updates were given during the 13th Agribusiness Mindanao Super Region Interagency [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1563&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EO 765: Good for bakers, bad for corn farmers</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/eo-765-good-for-bakers-bad-for-corn-farmers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First published in MindaNews.com. President Arroyo signed Executive Order 765 in December 2008  claiming that  &#8221;reduction on tariff on food wheat would help stabilize the price of bread and other baked food products.&#8221; Unfortunately, former agriculture secretary Leonardo Montemayor said in a report that the order did not only include the lifting of tariff on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=istambay.wordpress.com&amp;blog=378703&amp;post=1561&amp;subd=istambay&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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