MINDANAO VIRGILIO LEYRETANA

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                    [Title] => Revived SPDA needs P1.5 B
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — The newly reactivated Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) needs an initial grant of P1.5 billion to chart new growth blueprints for impoverished communities in Mindanao.


Zamzamin Ampatuan, SPDA executive director, said the agency needs the funds since it was removed from the list of government agencies funded under the General Appropriations Act when it was abolished two years ago.


                    [DatePublished] => 2006-10-08 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => John Unson
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                    [Title] => BIMP gab to tackle halal standards
                    [Summary] => SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao — Newly drafted halal standards of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will be among the topics to be discussed in the Aug. 23-26 conference of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines (BIMP) economic tie-up in Palawan.


The halal standards, formulated by chemists, engineers, foreign-trained clerics, agriculturists and physicians, are meant to ensure the palatability of meat and poultry products that will be exported to Muslim countries.


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Revived SPDA needs P1.5 B

By John Unson | October 8, 2006 - 12:00am

COTABATO CITY — The newly reactivated Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) needs an initial grant of P1.5 billion to chart new growth blueprints for impoverished communities in Mindanao. Zamzamin...

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BIMP gab to tackle halal standards

By John Unson | August 23, 2006 - 12:00am

SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao — Newly drafted halal standards of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will be among the topics to be discussed in the Aug. 23-26 conference of the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines...

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