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Twenty students from Iligan City East High School in Sta. Felomina, Iligan City, hold up school supplies acquired with the help of their Parent-Teacher Association and USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, through GEM’s Investments...
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PUERTO PRINCESA—Fifteen students from conflict-affected areas of Mindanao are being provided with financial support to enable them to complete college degrees in mining engineering.
The groups includes two women who, once they pass the licensure ex...
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Residents of Brgy. Tabayo in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte, listen as an instructor explains the importance of good agricultural practices during vegetable production training conducted by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. The Tabayo...
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CAGAYAN DE ORO—To meet the growing consumer demand for live food fish, more international seafood buyers are turning to mariculture farms for a sustainable supply of popular marine species like grouper.
And this, industry analysts say, spells oppor...
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Students of Banisil Elementary School in Tambler, General Santos City, sharpen their reading skills using science reference materials provided through USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program. Under its Education Matching Grant Project (EM...
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Third-year students at the Notre Dame of Parang High School, in Maguindanao Province, can now access the wealth of education resources available online using computers and wireless broadband internet access provided by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mind...
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The dilapidated bridge (inset) which used to cross the Mangilala River in Barangay Bual, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, was replaced recently by a concrete slab bridge (main photo) built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program in partnership ...
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Ombra Abdulaup, chairman of the Basilan Aquamarine Multi-Purpose Cooperative, shows off a 600-gram tiger grouper grown at the cooperative’s fish pens in the coastal waters off of Isabela City, Basilan. Cooperative members include former Moro National ...
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Ambassador William J. Burns (left), Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, enters the gymnasium of Cotabato City State Polytechnic College accompanied by college president Dr. Dingan Ali (center), and Cotabato City Mayor ...
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Ambassador William J. Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, welcomes the Cotabato City State Polytechnic College to the “family” of 17 higher education institutions in Mindanao implementing the United States Age...
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Crossing the Sampao River over the old plank bridge (left) in Barangay Sampao, Sultan Kudarat, used to be an ordeal for residents looking for access to markets and services in Isulan town. Now, with the help of a stable 18.5-meter concrete footbridge (r...
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ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK—Food security experts looking for innovative ways to connect smallhold farmers to increasingly competitive and fast-moving modern markets turned for answers recently to a group of Mindanao growers.
Agribusiness leaders and senior...
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There is a huge global demand for the kind of “eco-friendly” products for which Mindanao is known, said Mindanao Trade Expo Foundation president Ann Pamintuan (standing). The foundation is organizing the Mindanao Trade Expo, which will be held from ...
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Working with local partners, the U.S. government has built more than 1,000 community infrastructure projects across conflict-affected areas of Mindanao to support increased economic activity and help fulfill the promises of peace.PAGLAT, MAGUINDANAO—In ...
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COTABATO CITY—A leading technical college in this city has recently joined the growing number of schools that are partnering with USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program to improve the employability of their graduates in key industries.
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A member of the Upper Pahut Multi-Purpose Cooperative holds a mature tiger grouper grown at the cooperative’s fish farm in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. Composed of former Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) combatants, members of the cooperative were trained ...
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BUTUAN CITY—Consolidation and marketing opportunities in the domestic vegetable trade will be highlighted at the 7th Mindanao Vegetable Congress, which will be held from August 4 to 5 at the Almont Hotel and Inland Resort in this city.
“Sustaining th...
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SURIGAO CITY—A private sector group here has initiated a scholarship program to increase the limited pool of mining professionals now available within the Caraga region, which has some of the country’s richest mineral deposits.
Dulmar Raagas, preside...
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Students from the Notre Dame Village Elementary School in Cotabato City have fun with science reference books included in a package of laboratory equipment acquired for them by their parent-teacher association (PTA), with the help of a matching grant fr...
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The dilapidated bridge (inset) which used to cross the Mangilala River in Barangay Bual, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, was replaced recently by a concrete slab bridge (main photo) built by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program in partnership ...
