Members of the progressive group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan stage a rally Friday, December 5, 2008 in Davao City in the southern Philippines to protest Friday the Arroyo-backed proposal to change the Constitution. The group slammed the proposed amendment granting foreign investors 100% control and ownership of the country's natural resources, industries, and public utilities and the extension of President Gloria Arroyo's term beyond 2010 by her allies in Congress.
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Manila Bay Watch: The Mindanao Examiner and a personal story [...] For quite some time now, I have dispensed with reading Philippine mainstream media news on line and have decided that the best places to go to for a more balanced perspective are news outlets that cater directly to local issues. One of the places where I like to camp and to read about what's going on in Southern Philippines is ... If find the posts in The Mindanao Examiner very relevant indeed since they afford me a more up to date insight into what's happening in that part of the world, something that mainstream media on line news don't always do. [...]
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