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 ==[[Sarangani News]]==
-'''Philippine mango industry positioning “strongly” in world market'''
+'''Villagers in Sarangani build bridge in name of fallen son'''
-*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=56891
+*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/336272/villagers-sarangani-build-bridge-name-fallen-son
-* Friday, September 30, 2011
+* October 1, 2011, 4:37pm
-:by  James Konstantin Galvez
+:by MICK M. BASA
-GUMASA, Glan, Sarangani, Sept 30 (PIA)-- Mango industry players are positioning Philippine mango strongly in the world market by maximizing efficiency in the cost service and logistics areas, an industry officer said.
+MALUNGON, Sarangani, Philippines -- Conquering the tip of one of the province's highest plains, the Lumad villagers in Sitio Sabangan spend three hours walking from the town towards where they are from, a neighborhood of Tagakaulo tribes some 600 meters above the ocean.
-Virginia de la Fuente, president of the Philippine Mango Industry Foundation, Inc., also urged mango stakeholders – mango growers, contract sprayers/financiers, input suppliers, nursery operators, exporters/traders, processors and logistics providers to “unite and actively participate in all our advocacies and undertakings for the improvement of, if not to save our mango industry and position our Philippine mango strongly in the world market.”
-She appealed to the Department of Agriculture to “empower and capacitate the mango industry associations and for any other industry association for that matter by consulting the industry leaders in planning exercises to prioritize and craft programs, providing reasonable grants to implement and achieve plans through the national organizations and instituting control mechanism.”
+Some are fortunate enough and drive motorcycles that traverse through the rough terrain circling the mountain. The road gets tough when rain falls as it gets slippery for the wheels with the deadly mountain edge just around the corner.
-De la Fuente said Mindanao has the “potential” for mango production with SOCSARGEN (South Cotabato-Sarangani-General Santos City) having the largest number of hectarage and production.
-“Because of this climate change I am now campaigning that mango production will be made here in Mindanao,” de la Fuente told delegates at the 13th National Mango Congress Wednesday (September 28).
+It's the usual picture these indigenous peoples (IP) paint in this landlocked municipality in Sarangani.
-“Mindanao produces only 35% of the total national production but we have the potential,” she said.
-Sixty-five percent of the produce is coming from Pangasinan and the rest of Luzon.
+When they reach their village, a wide river lies just before the first shanty sits at the other side of the ground. During rainy days, the river turns into a roaring torrent, something villagers worry about.
-In a message to the delegates, Rep. Manny Pacquiao said the mango congress is an indication for a stronger partnership to “heighten commitment to increase the competitiveness of the Philippine mango in world market and develop more production areas in Mindanao.”
-Pacquiao also asked mango industry players “to maximize the production and export potentials of the Philippine mango industry. We will utilize this mango congress as a dynamic platform to learn as much as we can to ensure the strongest position in the world market.”
+Fifteen-year-old Robert C. Dialuna, Jr. tried to cross the raging current earlier last year but was washed down by the deadly stream. His body was found three days later, Esterlina Dialuna, his mother, said.
-The three-day mango congress being held at world-class Isla Jardin del Mar resort in Gumasa ends on September 30. (PIO Sarangani/PIA General Santos City/CTA)
+Another 10-year-old school girl Darlene B. Tako fell just a few weeks ago, but was saved when she was seen clinging to a large rock downstream.
+Finding a solution they believe they alone could solve, villagers here built a 26-meter bridge with the help of private funding and named it after the fallen boy whose memory still lingers a year after he passed away.
+"It's amazing that people here can make their own bridge without anyone constructing it for them. We hope this could be replicated in other towns," said Jonathon Bentley-Stevens, president of Bentley House International, an organization that recently partnered with Belgium-based WeForest to plant 10 million trees in the province while those who plant it get livelihood for every seedling they grow.
 ==Photo Gallery of Sarangani, Philippines==