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                    [Title] => Educational TV project launched in Tawi-Tawi
                    [Summary] => BARANGAY DARUL AKRAM, Languyan, Tawi-Tawi — "Peace in Mindanao benefits all Filipinos, not just the people of Mindanao."


That was the assessment of James Kunder, Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), following launching ceremonies here last Wednesday that connected Languyan Central Elementary School to the Knowledge Channel, marking the entry of educational television (ETV) to the BASULTA (Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi) region of Western Mindanao.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1281515 [AuthorName] => Doreen Yu [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306292 [Title] => Stung by US criticisms, Palace vows conviction of human traffickers [Summary] => Smarting from criticism by local and foreign agencies that it isn’t working hard enough to stop human trafficking, Malacañang vowed yesterday to make arrests and convictions of human traffickers soon.

Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye said in a statement that arresting and prosecuting human traffickers could not be done immediately because Republic Act 9208, the law criminalizing human trafficking, was only enacted in 2003.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 305820 [Title] => USAID official: Human trafficking may imperil aid to RP [Summary] => The Philippines has a serious human trafficking problem and risks future United States development aid to the country if the government does not address the situation decisively, a top US aid official warned yesterday.

On the other hand, the Philippines is likely to obtain an additional $20 million in assistance under the $5 billion Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), an initiative of the Bush administration that increases aid to countries which promote good governance as well as invest in the education and health of their people.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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