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Shariff Kabunsuan Festival 2011: Guinakit Fluvial Parade

AFTER EXPERIENCING a devastating flood in June this year, Cotabato City portrays an image of hope as it celebrates its 13th Shariff Kabunsuan Festival  from December 3-19, 2011. Enveloped by a shadow of fear, Cotabato City has always had the difficulty in attracting tourists. When I visited Cotabato City for the ...

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Lessons to Learn from the Cotabato Flood

FOR WEEKS, news about the great flood in Cotabato City dominated the primetime news. We saw how the Tamontaka River and the Rio Grande de Mindanao inundated thousands of homes and establishments and displaced more than 30,00 families living in 35 of the 37 barangays of Cotabato City. Evacuees ...

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