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                    [Title] => Resumption of mango exports to US seen next mo
                    [Summary] => The country is expected to resume exports of fresh Guimaras mangoes to the United States by next month after the conclusion of an inspection tour being conducted by American quarantine experts.


Exports of mangoes from Guimaras Island off the coast of Iloilo were suspended last year after a trial shipment in 2002 to allow the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out quarantine procedures in the Philippines.


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                    [Title] => ‘Clamming’ up to progress
                    [Summary] => CAMIGUIN ISLAND – It only took one village chief to mobilize the entire community to conserve and preserve the giant clams which are on the verge of extinction.


Rolando Cordero, the barangay captain of Cantaan, Guinsiliban in Camiguin Islands, collected some 50 giant clams from the deeps of Camiguin in 1994 after winning the Most Outstanding Fisherfolk award and embarked on its propagation in his area.


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                    [Title] => Floirendos still rule Davao Norte
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The clan of political kingpin and banana magnate Antonio Floirendo Sr. once again proved it has a firm grip on Davao del Norte politics as re-electionist Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario overwhelmingly trounced former Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian in Monday’s elections.


The Commission on Elections proclaimed Del Rosario, Floi—rendo’s brother-in-law, Thursday night after garnering 160,534 votes versus Sebastian’s 76,067.


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                    [Title] => Floirendos still rule Davao Norte
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The clan of political kingpin and banana magnate Antonio Floirendo Sr. once again proved it has a firm grip on Davao del Norte politics as re-electionist Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario overwhelmingly trounced former Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian in Monday’s elections.


The Commission on Elections proclaimed Del Rosario, Floi—rendo’s brother-in-law, Thursday night after garnering 160,534 votes versus Sebastian’s 76,067.


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                    [Title] => Local squabbles affect PPC campaign sortie in Southern Mindanao
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Squabbles among local politicians affected the campaign sortie here yesterday of the senatorial slate of the administration’s People Power Coalition (PPC).


A number of supposed key PPC leaders here boycotted yesterday’s campaign rallies in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley and Tagum City, Davao del Norte.


Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario refused to attend the rally after PPC heads designated former Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian as the coalition’s provincial chairman.


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                    [Title] => Davao officials threaten to boycott PPC rallies
                    [Summary] => Lakas members in the Davao provinces and Compostela Valley, from congressman, governor to town councilor, will boycott today’s campaign rallies of the administration People Power Coalition (PPC) in their provinces.


"Hindi kami sinabihan, so hindi kami pupunta (We were not informed about the rallies, so we will not go). It’s as simple as that," Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio "Tonyboy" Floirendo, who was in his district, told Manila-based reporters yesterday.


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                    [Title] => 2 GMA allies vying for Davao Norte gov
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Two staunch supporters of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are slugging it out for governor of Davao del Norte — and seeking her blessings as well.


The two are incumbent Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario and former Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian, who belong, respectively, to Lakas-NUCD and Reforma, both member-parties of the People Power Coalition.


Del Rosario is the brother-in-law of banana magnate Antonio Floirendo Jr., long regarded as a political kingpin in this part of the country even during the Marcos regime.


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                    [Title] => NPC endorses 10 senatorial bets
                    [Summary] => The Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) of businessman Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. has decided to adopt eight senatorial candidates from the opposition Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) and two from the administration People Power Coalition (PPC).


The NPC is also nominating Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., former Local Government Secretary Alfredo Lim and Rep. Luis "Baby" Asistio as its mayoral candidates for Quezon City, Manila and Caloocan City, respectively. Belmonte will be the official candidate of Lakas and PPC.


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                    [Title] => PPC resolving conflicts in local levels; poll fraud plot bared
                    [Summary] => The administration People Power Coalition (PPC) is facing a lot of problems in the provincial, district, city, and town levels but it is now in the process of resolving them, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said yesterday.


"We admit there are many conflicts among our members, but the coalition continues to arbitrate them," he told reporters.


Belmonte is executive vice president of Lakas, one of several political groups under the PPC umbrella.


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                    [Title] => Duterte-De Guzman showdown looming
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — As the deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy for those seeking local posts draws near, it has also become certain that a fierce showdown looms between Davao City first district Rep. Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent Mayor Benjamin de Guzman.


The two erstwhile political allies-turned-rivals have lately been having their hands full firming up their respective slates for the coming May elections.


Both have also been working on getting the support of national parties for the much-needed endorsement and machinery.


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AGRICULTURE SECRETARY ROBERTO SEBASTIAN

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Exports of mangoes from Guimaras Island off the coast of Iloilo were suspended last year after a trial shipment in 2002 to allow the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out quarantine procedures in the Philippines.


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Rolando Cordero, the barangay captain of Cantaan, Guinsiliban in Camiguin Islands, collected some 50 giant clams from the deeps of Camiguin in 1994 after winning the Most Outstanding Fisherfolk award and embarked on its propagation in his area.


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                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The clan of political kingpin and banana magnate Antonio Floirendo Sr. once again proved it has a firm grip on Davao del Norte politics as re-electionist Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario overwhelmingly trounced former Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian in Monday’s elections.


The Commission on Elections proclaimed Del Rosario, Floi—rendo’s brother-in-law, Thursday night after garnering 160,534 votes versus Sebastian’s 76,067.


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                    [Title] => Floirendos still rule Davao Norte
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                    [Title] => Local squabbles affect PPC campaign sortie in Southern Mindanao
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A number of supposed key PPC leaders here boycotted yesterday’s campaign rallies in Nabunturan, Compostela Valley and Tagum City, Davao del Norte.


Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario refused to attend the rally after PPC heads designated former Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian as the coalition’s provincial chairman.


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                    [Title] => Davao officials threaten to boycott PPC rallies
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"Hindi kami sinabihan, so hindi kami pupunta (We were not informed about the rallies, so we will not go). It’s as simple as that," Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio "Tonyboy" Floirendo, who was in his district, told Manila-based reporters yesterday.


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The two are incumbent Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario and former Agriculture Secretary Roberto Sebastian, who belong, respectively, to Lakas-NUCD and Reforma, both member-parties of the People Power Coalition.


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The NPC is also nominating Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., former Local Government Secretary Alfredo Lim and Rep. Luis "Baby" Asistio as its mayoral candidates for Quezon City, Manila and Caloocan City, respectively. Belmonte will be the official candidate of Lakas and PPC.


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"We admit there are many conflicts among our members, but the coalition continues to arbitrate them," he told reporters.


Belmonte is executive vice president of Lakas, one of several political groups under the PPC umbrella.


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The two erstwhile political allies-turned-rivals have lately been having their hands full firming up their respective slates for the coming May elections.


Both have also been working on getting the support of national parties for the much-needed endorsement and machinery.


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