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Paul Jones, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy, greets students in Tawi-Tawi of the Lapid-Lapid Child Friendly School, which was given an extensive renovation and new facilities by a combined team of U.S. Navy Seabees and Philippine Navy Seabees,...
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BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI—Two key infrastructure projects initiated here in the country’s southernmost province yesterday [October 21] are expected to improve its transport links and boost the economy. The Sanga-Sanga (Bongao) airport improvement project will...
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Paul Jones, Deputy Chief of Mission of the U.S. Embassy (center), and Tawi-Tawi Governor Sadikul Sahali lead the groundbreaking for the Sanga-Sanga (Bongao) airport improvement project with (l-r) Brigadier General Reynaldo Ramirez of the Western Mindanao ...
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Replacing rickety wooden planks, this 78-meter concrete footbridge in Barangay Subah Buaya provides more than 2,000 local residents with better access to markets and basic services in the town center of Siasi, Sulu. The facility, constructed by USAID's Gr...
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USAID Mission Director Jon Lindborg (right), Undersecretary Nabil Tan of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Brigadier General Reynaldo Ramirez of the Western Mindanao Command (in back) and other officials were in Bongao this week...
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Students of Nuevo Trabajo Elementary School in San Luis, Agusan del Sur, help haul the new equipment acquired by their parent-teacher-community association (PTCA) for the school’s media center and home economics room. In order to make the purchase, the ...
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U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney (2nd from right) and Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan (3rd from left) lead the groundbreaking for the Jolo runway improvement project. The airport project, a partnership among the Department of Transportation and Communication...
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ISABELA CITY, BASILAN— In Balatanay, a fishing village tucked along this province’s northwestern seaboard, sunburnt fishermen unload their catch at a new boat landing which juts across the turquoise-blue waters of the Sulu Sea. Fish traders throng the...
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Nineteen men and women completed the Congressional Internship Program for Young Muslim Leaders (CIPYML), which is supported by USAID through its Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, in partnership with the House of Representatives and Mindanao St...
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Students of Pikit Central Elementary School in North Cotabato leaf with quiet concentration through reference books and workbooks provided under USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, through its Education Awareness Support Effort (EASE)....
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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Leaders of various vegetable growers’ associations in the region have created a Mindanao-wide council to serve as an advocacy and networking umbrella group for the local vegetable sector. This was announced at the 1st Mindanao Vegg...
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Max Ventura, executive director of the PhilAm Foundation (seated, center) and Marcelino Remotigue (seated, 2nd from left), president of the Northern Mindanao Vegetable Producers Association (NorMinVeggies), sign a memorandum of agreement under which the f...
