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                    [Title] => Ransom paid for kidnapped Indian trader’s release
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Ransom was paid in exchange for the release last week of Indian trader Krishan Singh Arora at the border of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte provinces, his daughter revealed yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 760105 [Title] => Gov't loses count of missing from 'Sendong' [Summary] =>

The government's lead disaster response agency has lost count of the number of people who went missing following the onslaught of tropical storm Sendong.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-20 16:32:44 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 553246 [Title] => EC provides additional funds for IDPs in Mindanao [Summary] =>

The European Commission (EC) has allocated an additional 5 million euros (about P330 million) in humanitarian aid to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mindanao.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => The Good News [SectionUrl] => the-good-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512674 [Title] => MILF denies hand in Lanao Norte's power line blast [Summary] =>

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has denied any involvement in the other day’s bombing of a power transmission tower in Lanao del Norte, but warned security problems in the South will persist if the government will remain at war with certain guerilla leaders not covered by President Arroyo’s suspension of military offensives against the MILF.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 425191 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: UK issues new travel advisory to citizens in RP [Summary] =>

The United Kingdom  has issued a new travel advisory to its citizens living in the Philippines to refrain from traveling to Mindanao.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-20 08:57:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1116774 [AuthorName] => Alexa Villano [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329731 [Title] => World Bank identifies bioregions in Mindanao [Summary] => CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The World Bank, government and private environmental groups have identified several provinces in Mindanao as areas that need to address issues on biodiversity conservation, rehabilitation and protection.

Armando Pacudan, regional operations manager of The Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE), said there is a need to conserve the rich biological and ecological heritage of the country and to involve the community in conservation efforts in the said areas.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462424 [AuthorName] => Lino Dela Cruz [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278517 [Title] => Family of kidnapped trader wants proof of life [Summary] => Marawi City — The family of a kidnapped Cagayan de Oro City trader is asking his abductors for proof of life before they negotiate his release and pay any ransom.

"Kahit tawag sa cellphone para marinig ang boses ni Leonardo Agan wala (There’s not even a cellphone call to hear the voice of Leonardo Agan)," said Brig. Gen. Ben Dolorfino, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Brigade and Joint Task Force Ranao.

Dolorfino quoted some members of Agan’s family who were reportedly willing to negotiate his release.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462358 [AuthorName] => Lino De La Cruz [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250476 [Title] => Comelec to hold special polls on May 22 [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has scheduled for Saturday special elections in one town and 39 barangays in Kalinga, Nueva Vizcaya, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte after elections there were postponed for various reasons.

In a resolution dated May 16, the Comelec also ordered, if necessary, the printing of new ballots and the deployment of military men in the areas.

Special elections were ordered in four barangays in Kalinga after ballot boxes and other election materials intended for them were hijacked by heavily armed men prior to the polls.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222414 [Title] => DPWH spent P1-M for vehicle repairs [Summary] => Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) spent more than P1 million for the upkeep of three service vehicles in Mindanao during nine months of work in 2002.

And the vehicles may no longer be in use as the DPWH had started renting cars for its project consultants at the questionable sum of P40,000 a month.

A document obtained by The STAR showed that the P360,000 was paid to maintain each of the three vehicles used in 2002 in several projects in Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 146432 [Title] => ‘Pentagon’ dupes priest’s negotiators of P500,000 [Summary] => Despite paying half-a-million pesos, a team of negotiators failed to secure the release of Italian priest Giuseppe Pierantoni from his abductors. [DatePublished] => 2002-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Ransom paid for kidnapped Indian trader’s release
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Ransom was paid in exchange for the release last week of Indian trader Krishan Singh Arora at the border of Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte provinces, his daughter revealed yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 760105 [Title] => Gov't loses count of missing from 'Sendong' [Summary] =>

The government's lead disaster response agency has lost count of the number of people who went missing following the onslaught of tropical storm Sendong.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-20 16:32:44 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 553246 [Title] => EC provides additional funds for IDPs in Mindanao [Summary] =>

The European Commission (EC) has allocated an additional 5 million euros (about P330 million) in humanitarian aid to assist internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Mindanao.

[DatePublished] => 2010-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => The Good News [SectionUrl] => the-good-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 512674 [Title] => MILF denies hand in Lanao Norte's power line blast [Summary] =>

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has denied any involvement in the other day’s bombing of a power transmission tower in Lanao del Norte, but warned security problems in the South will persist if the government will remain at war with certain guerilla leaders not covered by President Arroyo’s suspension of military offensives against the MILF.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804871 [AuthorName] => John Unson [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 425191 [Title] => LOCAL NEWS: UK issues new travel advisory to citizens in RP [Summary] =>

The United Kingdom  has issued a new travel advisory to its citizens living in the Philippines to refrain from traveling to Mindanao.

[DatePublished] => 2008-12-20 08:57:02 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1116774 [AuthorName] => Alexa Villano [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 329731 [Title] => World Bank identifies bioregions in Mindanao [Summary] => CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The World Bank, government and private environmental groups have identified several provinces in Mindanao as areas that need to address issues on biodiversity conservation, rehabilitation and protection.

Armando Pacudan, regional operations manager of The Foundation for the Philippine Environment (FPE), said there is a need to conserve the rich biological and ecological heritage of the country and to involve the community in conservation efforts in the said areas.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462424 [AuthorName] => Lino Dela Cruz [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 278517 [Title] => Family of kidnapped trader wants proof of life [Summary] => Marawi City — The family of a kidnapped Cagayan de Oro City trader is asking his abductors for proof of life before they negotiate his release and pay any ransom.

"Kahit tawag sa cellphone para marinig ang boses ni Leonardo Agan wala (There’s not even a cellphone call to hear the voice of Leonardo Agan)," said Brig. Gen. Ben Dolorfino, commanding general of the 2nd Marine Brigade and Joint Task Force Ranao.

Dolorfino quoted some members of Agan’s family who were reportedly willing to negotiate his release.
[DatePublished] => 2005-05-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1462358 [AuthorName] => Lino De La Cruz [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250476 [Title] => Comelec to hold special polls on May 22 [Summary] => The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has scheduled for Saturday special elections in one town and 39 barangays in Kalinga, Nueva Vizcaya, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte after elections there were postponed for various reasons.

In a resolution dated May 16, the Comelec also ordered, if necessary, the printing of new ballots and the deployment of military men in the areas.

Special elections were ordered in four barangays in Kalinga after ballot boxes and other election materials intended for them were hijacked by heavily armed men prior to the polls.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1413632 [AuthorName] => Jose Aravilla [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 222414 [Title] => DPWH spent P1-M for vehicle repairs [Summary] => Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) spent more than P1 million for the upkeep of three service vehicles in Mindanao during nine months of work in 2002.

And the vehicles may no longer be in use as the DPWH had started renting cars for its project consultants at the questionable sum of P40,000 a month.

A document obtained by The STAR showed that the P360,000 was paid to maintain each of the three vehicles used in 2002 in several projects in Zamboanga del Sur, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 146432 [Title] => ‘Pentagon’ dupes priest’s negotiators of P500,000 [Summary] => Despite paying half-a-million pesos, a team of negotiators failed to secure the release of Italian priest Giuseppe Pierantoni from his abductors. [DatePublished] => 2002-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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