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+==Militants end anti-VFA protest in plaza named after US general==
+*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/04/21/militants-end-anti-vfa-protest-in-plaza-named-after-us-general/
+*Saturday| April 21, 2012
+:By.  Edwin G. Espejo
+GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 April) – The symbolism was not lost on the Leftist militants who staged a week-long protest caravan that coincided with the holding of another round of joint military exercises between Philippine and US troops.
+On the day they ended their island-wide caravan that brought them to several cities south of Mindanao, they chose to find themselves in the middle of the plaza named after an American general who led a
+bloody war of attrition against inhabitants of the island at the turn of the 19th century.
+General John ‘Black Jack’ Pershing was a major in the US Army when he was sent “to suppress the insurrection” in Mindanao and Jolo in 1899.
+He saw action in Lanao during the Filipino-American War and was a hero in the American colonial war in Cuba before he was assigned to the Philippines.
+Pershing was also the regimental quartermaster of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the US Army which was immortalized by the late reggae master Bob Marley in his signature song ‘Buffalo Soldiers.’
+Marley described the regiment as a US army unit which took in Cuban slaves to fight for America.
+Members of the Patriyotiko Mindanao kicked off their protest against the continued presence of American troops in the country on April 15 in General Santos City.
+They were joined by their fellow militants from Davao City in Cotabato City where a brief scuffle ensued allegedly involving a still unnamed soldier who punched a woman protester in front of the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division in nearby Awang, Maguindano.
+The protest caravan brought them to the cities of Koronadal, Pagadian and Ipil before finally winding up in Zamboanga City.
+The protesters who claimed their numbers have swelled to 4,000, arrived in Zamboanga City Wednesday evening.
+Philippine and US troops will hold joint military exercises in Glan, Sarangani in June as part of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the two countries.
+Glan, along with Zamboanga City, is one of the earliest settlement areas of the American occupation forces in Mindanao.
+GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/20 April) – The symbolism was not lost on the Leftist militants who staged a week-long protest caravan that coincided with the holding of another round of joint military exercises between Philippine and US troops.
+On the day they ended their island-wide caravan that brought them to several cities south of Mindanao, they chose to find themselves in the middle of the plaza named after an American general who led a
+bloody war of attrition against inhabitants of the island at the turn of the 19th century.
+General John ‘Black Jack’ Pershing was a major in the US Army when he was sent “to suppress the insurrection” in Mindanao and Jolo in 1899.
+He saw action in Lanao during the Filipino-American War and was a hero in the American colonial war in Cuba before he was assigned to the Philippines.
+Pershing was also the regimental quartermaster of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the US Army which was immortalized by the late reggae master Bob Marley in his signature song ‘Buffalo Soldiers.’
+Marley described the regiment as a US army unit which took in Cuban slaves to fight for America.
+Members of the Patriyotiko Mindanao kicked off their protest against the continued presence of American troops in the country on April 15 in General Santos City.
+They were joined by their fellow militants from Davao City in Cotabato City where a brief scuffle ensued allegedly involving a still unnamed soldier who punched a woman protester in front of the headquarters of the 6th Infantry Division in nearby Awang, Maguindano.
+The protest caravan brought them to the cities of Koronadal, Pagadian and Ipil before finally winding up in Zamboanga City.
+The protesters who claimed their numbers have swelled to 4,000, arrived in Zamboanga City Wednesday evening.
+Philippine and US troops will hold joint military exercises in Glan, Sarangani in June as part of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the two countries.
+Glan, along with Zamboanga City, is one of the earliest settlement areas of the American occupation forces in Mindanao.
 ==Mindanao blackouts worsen with Pulangi hydro plant rehab==
 *Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2012/04/20/mindanao-blackouts-worsen-with-pulangi-hydro-plant-rehab/
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 Fifty-three percent of Mindanao’s power supply comes from the Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric plants, which have a combined installed capacity of more than 900MW. But their actual capacities were reduced to less than 600MW due to poor maintenance and heavy silt (in the case of Pulangi River).
 Business leaders and industry players have repeatedly warned that Mindanao will suffer massive power interruptions if no new capacities will be added to the existing available capacities by 2014. (Allen V. Estabillo / MindaNews with reports from Edwin Espejo, contributor)
 ==301 ALS teachers, students in Gensan complete computer literacy trainings==