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Residents in Siay town, Zamboanga Sibugay, man the 100 hectare mangroves in their area from pirates cut and steal mature mangrove trees.

Book shopping

Teachers in war-torn Sulu province shop across more than 200,000 books for free during an EQUALLS2-USAID book fair at the capitol grounds in Jolo, Sulu. -CS-

23 soldiers killed

Members of the Philippine armed forces march slowly beside trucks containing some of the 23 killed soldiers who fought against Abu Sayyaf group in Basilan province during funeral honors as they enter the Western Mindanao Command headquarters in Zamboanga City. -CS-

TF Trillium presscon

Task Force Trillium chief Rear Admiral Alex Pama announces the neutralization of kidnap-for-ransom leaders in Basilan during a press briefing at the Western Mindanao Command headquarters.-CS-

DepEd Sec Lapus meets freed teachers

DepEd Sec Jesli Lapus (R) speaks during a press conference after meeting privately freed kidnap teachers, from 2nd L, Rafael Mayonado, Janet Delos Reyes and Freires Quizon, in Zamboanga City. The freed teacher will receive Php100,000 cash gift from DepEd through Sec Lapus and city government through Mayor Celso Lobregat. -CS-

Presscon on reproductive health bill

Pushing for reproductive health bill, from left, Dr. Rodel Agbulos of the city health; Lourdes Lim, executive director of the Human Development and Empowerment; Jose Roland Moya, secretary general of Employers Confederation of the Philippines; Paolo Antonio Fernando, project manager of the Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare Inc; and Roberto Valerio, secretary general of ECOP Zambasulta - during a press conference in Zamboang City. -CS

Three Zambo teachers released

From left, freed kidnap victims Freires Quizon, Janet Delos Reyes and Rafael Mayonado are presented to the press by City Mayor Celso Lobregat at Camp Batalla in Zamboang City. -Charlie Saceda

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I may be able to blog again. Testing.ü

News delayed is history

The posts below were taken two-days ago. For two days now, I cannot blog using my mobile phone so I decided to post the photos I took from my mobile phone from the computer. The phone carrier g**** was acting up on 30Jul - I can't even send messages or call someone. Still on the 31st, I cannot blog. This is how inefficient they are here when it comes to gprs and internet.

Sophil fishers stops work

The 14-member Southern Philippines Deep Sea Fish Association Incorporated has stopped sending out their fishing boats to fish in the nearby Sulu Sea due to the high fuel costs threatening 50,000 jobs in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines.-cs-

Road collapses in Barangay Victoria

A 60-meter stretch of road in Barangay Victoria collapsed due to heavy rains in the past weeks. A pond has built up beside the road causing the soil beneath it to soft and eventually erode. No one was injured in the incident.-cs-