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ARMM moves to protect seaweed growers

By John Unson | January 26, 2006 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — While the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) accounts for more than 50 percent of the country’s yearly production of exportable agar-agar, local seaweed growers remain marginalized...

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