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                    [Title] => CATFISH
                    [Summary] => CARMEN, North Cotabato – It seemed for quite sometime that the strife in Mindanao would never end. But it did, and when it finally came to an end Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) commanders laid their guns down and started on a new crusade to rebuild their lives. 

[DatePublished] => 2006-04-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247589 [Title] => Former MNLF combatants turn to seaweed farming [Summary] => PARANG, Sulu Province – An idle coastline here in Barangay Subah Buton will soon be transformed into a seaweed production site as 75 former combatantas of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) received production inputs to farm carrageenan-producing eucheuma seaweed.

"This is yet another step towards achieving lasting peace and development in this part of the region," said Jesus Dureza, Presidential Assistant for Mindanao who led the ceremonial turn-over of the planting materials.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 227267 [Title] => Basilan growers try new seaweed variety [Summary] => MALUSO, Basilan – Former combatants of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) who are farming seaweed in this Western town of Basilan will soon be planting a variety that is seen to be more suitable to their site.

Called the Sacol variety of Katunay (Kappaphycus sp.), this type of seaweed is found to be more sturdy and can withstand the water condition of Maluso which is murky and slightly brackish due to the surrounding tributary sources of water like rivers and streams.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473443 [AuthorName] => Louie Rodaje [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214306 [Title] => Proper post-harvest method improves seaweed prices [Summary] => MALUSO, Basilan – Improving the quality of dried seaweed will boost competitiveness in the local market and increase the income of seaweed farmers.

This came out in a workshop on the proper handling and maintenance of seaweed post-harvest facilities (PHF) for members of the Upper Port Holland Seaweed Growers Association (UPHSGA) in this municipality. It was conducted by the USAID-funded Livelihood Enhancement and Peace (LEAP) Program, in partnership with the Orient Integrated Development Consultants, Inc.
[DatePublished] => 2003-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 203116 [Title] => Former rebels go into high-value crop production [Summary] => TANGCAL, Lanao del Sur – "Let us start small with seedlings as our capital and develop into big producers," remarked Mike Cedic, who was confident that farming peanuts could bring additional income to him and his fellow farmers. Although he was referring to his own situation, this statement could well be a metaphor for Mindanao as a whole.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200071 [Title] => Weeds on the Battleground [Summary] => For nearly two decades, the municipality of Tuburan in Basilan was the staging ground for massive combat operations between the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). As a result, the town’s largely agricultural economy was disrupted, and most of its inhabitants relocated elsewhere.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1346411 [AuthorName] => Gutierrez Mangansakan II [SectionName] => Starweek Magazine [SectionUrl] => starweek-magazine [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 198250 [Title] => Former rebels get aid in seaweed farming project [Summary] => MALUSO, Basilan – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Livelihood Enhancement and Peace (LEAP) Program, and the British Embassy, are providing some 50 former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels with the means to farm seaweed here.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Agriculture [SectionUrl] => agriculture [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 147472 [Title] => $5 million grant-in-aid for former MNLF rebels [Summary] => The United States government has issued a grant of up to $5 million for the livelihood programs of the former rebels of the Moro National Liberation Front. [DatePublished] => 2002-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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