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                    [Title] => GMA agrees to revise EO 496
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — President Arroyo has promised officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to have Executive Order 496 revised, convinced that some of its provisions can unduly derail efforts to strengthen regional autonomy.

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"With Mindanao as food basket, it is best that the DA be in Mindanao, (specifically) in Davao," the President said in a dinner with Davao journalists last Friday night.
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The Mindanao Peace and Development Fund (MPDF) was activated here last Friday with the oath-taking of its members, led by Presidential Assistant on the Peace Process Teresita Deles, who chairs its board.
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The money will come from the senator’s P200-million pork barrel for this year. But Barbers said he is sending 100 sacks of rice to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as his personal contribution to the fund.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199512 [Title] => P.5-B Mindanao peace fund put up [Summary] => President Arroyo and a group of 50 congressmen formalized yesterday their initiative to put up a P500-million Mindanao Peace and Development Fund to restore peace and order in the island and thus, lure tourists and investors there.

Mrs. Arroyo witnessed the signing of the formal agreement with the 50 congressmen, who each agreed to set aside P5 million of their pork barrel for the fund.

Mrs. Arroyo committed to contribute a counterpart P250 million, bringing the total fund to P500 million.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => GMA agrees to revise EO 496
                    [Summary] => COTABATO CITY — President Arroyo has promised officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) to have Executive Order 496 revised, convinced that some of its provisions can unduly derail efforts to strengthen regional autonomy.

[DatePublished] => 2006-02-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 265582 [Title] => GMA eyeing old SPDA compound for DA office [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — President Arroyo ordered the transfer of the central office of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to the six-hectare complex that used to house the defunct Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) in Barangay Catalunan Pequeño here.

"With Mindanao as food basket, it is best that the DA be in Mindanao, (specifically) in Davao," the President said in a dinner with Davao journalists last Friday night.
[DatePublished] => 2004-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 242597 [Title] => MPDF replaces SPDA [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Finally, a new agency is taking over the functions of the defunct Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) which, since the 1970s, had been extending financial assistance to beneficiaries in depressed areas in Mindanao.

The Mindanao Peace and Development Fund (MPDF) was activated here last Friday with the oath-taking of its members, led by Presidential Assistant on the Peace Process Teresita Deles, who chairs its board.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 204063 [Title] => Barbers pledges P10-M for Mindanao fund [Summary] => Sen. Robert Barbers pledged P10 million yesterday to the Mindanao Peace and Development Fund that is now worth at least P500 million.

The money will come from the senator’s P200-million pork barrel for this year. But Barbers said he is sending 100 sacks of rice to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as his personal contribution to the fund.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 199512 [Title] => P.5-B Mindanao peace fund put up [Summary] => President Arroyo and a group of 50 congressmen formalized yesterday their initiative to put up a P500-million Mindanao Peace and Development Fund to restore peace and order in the island and thus, lure tourists and investors there.

Mrs. Arroyo witnessed the signing of the formal agreement with the 50 congressmen, who each agreed to set aside P5 million of their pork barrel for the fund.

Mrs. Arroyo committed to contribute a counterpart P250 million, bringing the total fund to P500 million.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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