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ILIGAN CITY—As mango production expands in northern Mindanao, growers must be equipped with proper post-harvest technologies for meeting the quarantine requirements of target export markets. Recently, the 40-member Mango Growers Association of Iligan Ci...
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Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney, USAID Mission Director Jon Lindborg (far left) and Tawi-Tawi Governor Sadikul Sahali are briefed by Arlyn Carroz, manager of the Tawi-Tawi High-Value Multi-Species Hatchery, as they view abalone juveniles in their holding tan...
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY—Even as consumer demand for canned and sashimi tuna drops worldwide due to the financial crisis, the conservation and management of fish stocks remains a top priority for industry leaders in the country’s “Tuna Capital.”“Chan...
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Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney (in pickup, center) was in Tawi-Tawi to inaugurate the improved and extended Sanga-Sanga (Bongao) airport runway with (standing, l-r): Undersecretary Virgilio Leyretana, chairman of the Mindanao Economic Development Council (M...
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Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney was in Tawi-Tawi to inaugurate the Sanga-Sanga (Bongao) airport runway, which has been improved and extended from 1,608 meters to 1,920 meters, and widened from 18 to 30 meters. With her are (l-r): Undersecretary Virgilio Leyr...
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BONGAO, TAWI-TAWI—A major Sulu Archipelago airport improvement implemented through a U.S.-Philippines partnership was inaugurated here by Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney.The rehabilitation of the Sanga-Sanga (Bongao) airport in Tawi-Tawi is expected to imp...
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The Philippine Vegetable Industry Development Board (PVIDB), a nation-wide umbrella organization of industry stakeholders, was inducted at the 7th National Vegetable Congress held in General Santos City. More than 700 delegates representing all 13 regio...
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Students of Lun Padidu National High School in Malapatan, Sarangani, study globes provided to their school through collaboration between their parent-teacher association and USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Under the oversight of th...
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Members of the Dinas Minority Integrated Multi-Purpose Cooperative, comprised of former combatants of the Moro National Liberation Front and their families, sort bangus grown by the cooperative in Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur. USAID’s Growth with Equity i...
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ISLAMIC CITY OF MARAWI—The seaweed, fruit and abaca industries, all top dollar earners for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), will be the focus of the 7th ARMM Business Congress being held here from August 5 to 6. “This event is a timely...
