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• Early Christmas Treat

  Students of Tapudi Elementary School in the remote coastal municipality of Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, are awed by the features of a desktop computer that was provided by the school’s parent-teacher association (PTA) and the U.S. Agency for International Dev...

• Improved Access in the Sulu Archipelago

  The Tulay boat landing built by the U.S. Agency for International Development in Jolo, Sulu, has made the transport of passengers and cargo safer, as well as more orderly and efficient, for about 9,000 residents and travelers from neighboring barangays. T...

• U.S. Ambassador and House Speaker at Congressional Internship Ceremony

  U.S. Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Jr. and House of Representatives Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Sr. (seated, center) spoke at the completion ceremony for the 12th cycle of the Congressional Internship Project for Young Mindanao Leaders (CIPYML), which is impl...

• Sultan Kudarat Emerges as Country’s Top Coffee Producer

  ISULAN, SULTAN KUDARAT—Few Filipino consumers are aware that the Mindanao region produces more than 70 percent of the country’s annual coffee output of approximately 98,000 metric tons.Sultan Kudarat Province alone produced more than 19,000 metric ton...

• Young Mindanaoans Broaden their Experience of Governance, Democracy through Congressional Internship

  MANILA—For twenty-seven men and women from Mindanao, being part of the select audience at an open forum with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit here in November was more than a rare opportunity to come face to face with a world lea...