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1. Development Journalism

Road ProjectNovember 13, 2012, 6:12pm

COTABATO CITY The government will start constructing next month, with the help of Saudi Arabia, a 14-kilometer

peace diversion artery as an alternate route connecting this city to the southern side ofMaguindanao province

and General Santos City.

The Saudi Fund for Development has earmarked P709.3 million for the project, which would include three long

bridges over three rivers cutting across the planned road.

Senior officials of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) said the Saudi fund assistance was committed several

years ago in support to the government peace initiatives in Mindanao.

Representatives of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) accompanied Maguindanao First District

Representative Sandra Sema in inspecting over the weekend portions of the proposed route.

The project will connect the strategic Cotabato-General Santos Highway to this city through Barangay Daiwan in

Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

Sema said she and her constituents are grateful to Saudi Arabia, to President Aquino, and to DPWH Secretary

Rogelio Singson for having downloaded the road construction package for implementation next month. (Ali G.

Macabalang)


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2. Public JournalismCoconut farmers want their money backPhilippine Daily Inquirer

2:14 am | Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

LUCENA CITYMore than 200 small coconut farmers and leaders of various peasantorganizations from Southern Tagalog and Bicol region who were attending the coco levyfunds claimants summit in the town ofPagbilao, Quezon, on Tuesday demanded a cashdistribution of the multibillion-peso coconut levy funds being held by the government.

The one-day assembly led to the formation of the Coco Levy Funds Ibalik sa Amin(Claim) movement which will spearhead the campaign to unite the countrys coconutfarmers around the issue of demanding a distribution of the coco levy funds.

I came here to personally know how to reclaim the money that I paid for the levy. And Iwant to be paid back in cash, said Carmen Consuelo, 66, who had traveled from

Malilipot, Albay.

Yesterdays meeting was meant to kick off a nationwide campaign to reclaim the coco levyfunds, according to the Kilusang Mangagawa ng Pilipinas (KMP), which initiated thesummit.


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3. Peace JournalismCooperation Vital In Solving Territorial Row Chinese ExecBy ROY C. MABASA

November 12, 2012, 7:08pm

BEIJING, China The Chinese government has accused several countries involved in a territorial

dispute with China such as the Philippines, Vietnam, and Japanas having shown the tendency of

talking only without attending to the issue and not following the principles set forth in the

Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC).

Some countries show very little interest, Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Director General Luo Zhaohui told Manila Bulletin in an interview at the sidelines of the ongoing 18th

National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) held here at the Great Hall of the People.

Talks are important but practical cooperation is equally important.

Luo noted that what the DOC, which was signed between China and ASEAN (Association of SoutheastAsian Nations), stipulates that disputes should be addressed bilaterally and in a friendly manner

through negotiations.

Now there are changes in political will in some parties, he stated. In particular, some parties would

like to make the issue multilateral which runs counter to the DOC.


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4. Creative JournalismThe unbelieversBy ELINANDO B. CINCO

July 22, 2009, 1:42pm

They cast doubt on their countrys political, social, and historical achievements, and worse they subscribe to a

conspiracy theory in most aspects of Americas greatness. They comprise only six percent of the 280 million

population of the United States.

Recently, they surfaced quite prominently while the US was celebrating the 40th Anniversary July 20, 1969 of

the Moon Landing.

The July 18, 2009, issue of The New York Times weekend supplement in the Manila Bulletin, carried an intriguing

feature article entitled, A Vocal Minority Insists the Landings were Faked.

John Schwartrz, the author, begins by saying that those unbelieving Americans are convinced without coming up

with solid evidencethat the landings were faked and could not have happened.

Its a pity. While the world watched on that July 20 evening at exactly 9:56, at the NASA headquarters in Houston,

Texas, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin step down the ladder of the Apollo 11 lunar module, a minority group of

Americans, of all people, saw fakery all over!

One of those doubting conspiracists, according to the news feature, is Bart Sibrel, a movie filmmaker. One day,

while hounding the Apollo astronauts with a copy of the Bible, insisted that the three heroes swear on camera they

had indeed walked on the moon.


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5. Civic JournalismGawad Kalinga beneficiaries grow their own vegetablesBy MELPHA M. ABELLO

August 21, 2009, 3:04pm

At the Gawad Kalinga Village in Barangay San Andres, Cainta, Rizal, it is not unusual to seefamilies doing their organic vegetable gardening everyday at the 3,600-square metergarden where pinakbet- and chopsuey-type of vegetables are grown.

These families, numbering 57, are beneficiaries of Bayan-anihan, a food sufficiencyprogram that was officially launched last July 15 by the Gawad Kalinga in partnership withthe Department of Agriculture, Selecta, agricultural schools, local government units, non-government organizations, and the youth.

Bayan-anihan aims to help eradicate hunger by empowering poor families to producetheir own food through backyard or organic farming, says Tony Meloto, founder of GawadKalinga. Likewise, it aims to launch 2,500 farms in the next three years and tocontinuously feed at least 500,000 people.

Previously, the Bayan-anihan had its soft launching five months ago during which aceremonial planting was done simultaneously in 115 communities all over Luzon andsome areas in the Visayas. As of its official launching, John Marie Concepcion, SelectasCEO and managing director, said that Bayan-anihan has already produced 41 metric tons

of harvest which fed more than 17,000 people.


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6. Online JournalismNo easy ride on 8th StreetPhilippine Daily Inquirer

10:11 pm | Sunday, June 24th, 2012

Paging Mayor Recom Echiverri, please attend to the many potholes on 8th Street fromEdsa to C-3. Bernard, Caloocan City

Big trucks block road

I would like to complain about the indiscriminate parking by 10- and 18-wheel trucks onboth sides of the street in North Harbor. Fernando Duque, Malabon City

No exemptions

Cement mixer truck spotted on a No Truck/Bus Entry service road northbound from C5going down to Bagong Ilog, Pasig. Traffic enforcers should strictly enforce this road signwithout exemption. Jose, 49, Pasig City

More people-friendly footbridges, please

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority should create more people-friendlyoverpasses or footbridges with roofs so citizens would not be burned in the hot sun ordrenched in a downpour during the rainy season. Jay Lim, 29, Quezon City

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