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Extortion forces Negros Navigation to close down Cotabato operations

By John Unson | October 20, 2002 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — Threats of bomb attacks by big extortion syndicates forced a big shipping firm to halt its operations here and in Maguindanao.

Nation

ARMM traders investing elsewhere

By John Unson | July 20, 2002 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — So poor is the investment climate in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that 20 percent of local businessmen have been diverting their investments annually to safer areas outside...

Nation