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	<title>ISTAMBAY SA MINDANAO</title>
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	<description>Notes on Life and Living in Mindanao</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The IMT and clashes between the govt. and MILF</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/the-imt-and-clashes-between-the-govt-and-milf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Mindanao]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MindaNews checked the records of the Joint Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (Joint CCCH)  and found that the number of skirmishes between the governent and MILF forces has steadily gone down from 698 in 2002 to 569 in 2003, a year of war; to 16 in 2004, the year  the IMT came to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pikit stop over: Pamogon coffee break</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/pikit-stop-over-pamogon-coffee-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Davao]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Every Day Mindanao]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Food in Mindanao]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pamogon Store
Stall No. 04
Pikit Public Market
For coffee drinkers, a natural choice for a stop over in between Cotabato and Davao cities aside from rest room visits and road side meals, is the Pikit Public Market.
Aside from it being a vibrant and busy market place, it offers Pikit&#8217;s famous Pamogon &#8221;excelsa&#8221; coffee.
We scoured for that &#8216;aromatic&#8217; redemption and found it for sale in many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When its the ant&#8217;s view, not the birds eye view that matters</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/when-its-the-backdoor-that-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 14:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He willingly accepted our &#8220;invitation&#8221; for a courtesy call posed as a quick stop over. D.A., a known and even vocal advocate and leader of Lumads in Mindanao received us warmly in his humble shed-reception hall-meeting place made of bamboo. It was despite our short notice. 
My colleague J.J. and DA knew each other for quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working offsite in Mindanao</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/working-offsite-and-endless-departures-in-mindanao/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 21:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Davao]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Technology has whipped the way we work, allowing us many conveniences and sometimes inconvenience, too.
I&#8217;m wrapping up a training workshop for kids on Basic Reporting here in Davao City. The two weeks engagement gave me a chance to relive my four years here in Mindanao&#8217;s most populated city.
Oh its not vain, not really.
Because it also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMT pull out due to stalled talks - official</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/imt-pull-out-due-to-stalled-talks-official/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Malaysia&#8217;s decision to cease sending a peace monitoring team to Mindanao when the current team&#8217;s mandate ends in September, is due to non-progress in peace talks between the Philippines Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said this as quoted by Bernama.com.
He said in order for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excavations of hollowed words</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/digging-from-my-own-sagel-cave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[“I&#8217;m bored. I don&#8217;t really know what exactly I wanted to do, but I know I wanted to do something, right now.
If only there is internet, I would probably be surfing and reading something.” I finally decided to do something worthwhile.
I scoured an old and dirty collection of books in the office library.
Honestly, it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living in a Mindanao suburb</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/living-in-a-mindanao-suburb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Art and Culture in Mindanao]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bukidnon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Suburbs are commonly defined as residential areas on the outskirts of a city or large town. Most modern suburbs are commuter towns with many single-family homes. Many suburbs have some degree of political autonomy and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods.&#8221;
I enjoyed attending a village social gathering last Saturday. It was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What?</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/what/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t delay this. Perhaps there is no other time.
I have due respect for the competent people at Reuters, but I have to raise this one.
Reading the news below have disturbed me as a resident in Mindanao and as a citizen relating to many decent Muslims everyday.
There is clearly bias here and stereotype &#8212;working to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No rice shortage in Bukidnon?</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/no-rice-shortage-in-bukidnon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Measuring my rice has been the tease at home &#8212; something that has caused me &#8216;hunger&#8217;. When you are carrying heavier load than you should, you know what I mean.
I did try to eat less of it every time I remember; most of the time I failed.
So when the rice shortage news was carried in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving in the Mindanao &#8220;island village&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/surviving-in-the-mindanao-island-village/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Jobs in Mindanao]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t help but be depressed listening to stories of conflict that continue to afflict our people.  The images and sounds are chilling.
Sometimes I shut my senses out in order to avoid the hassle. But, normally that isn&#8217;t possible.
Maybe its the same surge of terror that pushed me to post this piece even if I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New blog on Bukidnon news and information</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/new-blog-on-bukidnon-news-and-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Blogging and Bukidnon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Central Mindanao Newswatch, Bukidon&#8217;s local newspaper, is launching this week its online journal Bukidnon Newswatch Online.
This is the paper&#8217;s second attempt to put up a blog for the community newspaper based in Malaybalay City.
This try was triggered by a recent mechanical problem, which delayed the release of the week’s issue. The paper received constant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bukidnon to Iligan and back</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/bukidnon-to-iligan-and-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of planning and preparation, the proposed training on Basic Journalism with Iligan City-based Civil Society Organization - Forum for Peace (CSOFP) was finally done.
We conducted the training on February 22 to 23 at the Redemptorist Compound in Brgy. San Miguel, Iligan City.
It was conducted under the Grassroots Documentation and Reporting Training arm of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rehab sought on Bukidnon&#8217;s Mt. Kitanglad</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/02/17/rehab-sought-on-bukidnons-mt-kitanglad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The provincial board of Bukidnon has approved a resolution seeking more funds for the rehabilitation and reforestation of the Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park. Read full report here.
In a resolution approved on January 30, the provincial board &#8220;significantly and zealously&#8221; requested Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, Gov. Jose Ma. R. Zubiri Jr., Second district Rep. Teofisto [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaamulan fest opens on February 18</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/kaamulan-fest-opens-on-february-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MALAYBALAY  CITY – This year’s Kaamulan Festival starts on February 18 with the opening of garden shows, food fests, bazaars, agricultural fair and livestock shows, according to information from the Provincial Tourism Office. 
Gov. Jose Ma. R. Zubiri, Jr. will formally open the annual fest at a gathering at the Capitol grounds, May Flor Intong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In RP, Mindanawons least hopeful in greeting 2008</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/in-rp-mindanawons-least-hopeful-in-greeting-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:46:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this survey valid and reflective of reality? 
From the MindaNews dispatch &#62;&#62;&#62;&#62; Hope for the New Year is high nationwide at 91%  but in Mindanao, residents were more hopeful for 2007 than they are for 2008, a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed.
The survey, conducted nationwide from November 30 to December 3 but released only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life in the Plateau</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/life-in-the-plateau/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eyeing Ahead]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all who sent messages to my Kamuyot bag.
Ma&#8217;am Prix (and to all who are unfamiliar with it), Kamuyot is Bukidnon&#8217;s version of the tinalak. It&#8217;s made of sinamay from abaca fiber, from plantations scattered in Bukidnon&#8217;s rugged terrain. Of course, its woven mostly by indigenous women who sell it to buyers from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back in Kamuyot country</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/back-in-kamuyot-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From now on, Istambay sa Mindanao will be blogging from Malaybalay City, Bukidnon still in Mindanao, Southern Philippines.
I&#8217;m back to my home province Bukidnon and on my day one as editor of Malaybalay&#8217;s Central Mindanao Newswatch.
Actually I&#8217;m just a consultant to the 19-year old weekly paper. From 2000 to 2004, I worked as a full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exodus day</title>
		<link>http://istambay.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/exodus-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mindanaw</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I fully anticipate this homecoming. But as in any exodus, the past two days and the next two days would be busiest.
I have to do packing, unpacking, throwing, storing and all other things any transient could go through.
The biggest part is adjusting, or in this case, readjusting to another work set up and environment.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections: Home Sick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You&#8217;re in a better place, I&#8217;ve heard a thousand times
And at least a thousand times I&#8217;ve rejoiced for you
But the reason why I&#8217;m broken, the reason why I cry
Is how long must I wait to be with you
I close my eyes and I see your face
If home&#8217;s where my heart is then I&#8217;m out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mindanao Week of Peace starts today</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the ninth time this year, the Bishops-Ulama Conference has held on to the ground by leading the celebrations for the Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP).
The BUC adopted Zamboanga City’s Peace Week and made it Mindanao-wide in 1999.
For almost a decade, the peace weeks have been opportunities for &#8220;peace weavers&#8221; to reflect on the need [...]]]></description>
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