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	The Manila Times Internet Edition \| Moro Times > Lamitan in Basilan: a new city in ARMM
		Lamitan in Basilan: a new city in ARMM
		House deputy speaker for Mindanao Gerry Salapuddin, author of the cityhood of Lamitan, said he is very confident that President Arroyo would be able to sign the bills into law before the May polls.
		The 12 towns include Lamitan, Basilan; Batac, Ilocos Norte; Baybay, Leyte; Bayugan, Agusan del Sur; Bogo, Cebu; Borongan, Eastern Samar; Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte; Carcar, Cebu; Catbalogan, Samar; Tabuk, Kalinga; Tandag, Surigao del Sur; and Tayabas, Quezon.
	www.manilatimes.net /national/2007/feb/23/yehey/moro/20070223moro4.html (387 words)

	The Provincial Profile of Basilan
		During the 17th century, Lamitan in Basilan was a stronghold of Kudarat, Sultan of Maguindanao.
		In 1901, Basilan became part of Zamboanga and an increasing number of Chabacanos and Visayans settled in the town of Isabela to work on rubber plantations.
		The island of Basilan is inhabited by the Yakans, who are said to be of Papuan descent.
	www.geocities.com /lppsec/pp/basilan.htm (1052 words)

	BASILAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Basilan is an island provinces across the tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula in Western Mindanao.
		The bodies of water surrounding it are Basilan Strait on the north, Moro Gulf on the east, Sulu Sea on the west, and Celebes Sea on the south.
		Basilan is the homeland of the Yakan, a peace –loving people known for their colorful clothes handwoven with intricate geometric designs, as well as for their elaborate wedding and festivals.
	clickmindanao.philcom.ph /communities/provl_profile/basilan.htm (564 words)

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		Basilan has an aggregate territorial jurisdiction of 1,372.2 square kilometers with the province's volcanic and hilly mainland area placed at 124,892 hectares.
		The early settlers of Basilan, as in Jolo and the nearby islands, inhabited the coastal region up to the 14th century when Mohammedans from Sumatra and Borneo invaded the Sulu Archipelago and converted the natives to Islam.
		The settlers remained in Basilan and retained their way of life and dialect and are known as the native Yakans who can be found only in Basilan and in nearby islands.
	www.nscb.gov.ph /ru9/R9tourism/bas_facts.htm (437 words)

	Gulfnews: President visits troubled Basilan province
		Basilan is the base of the Abu Sayyaf group which abducted 20 tourists from Dos Palmas Hotel in Palawan, southwestern Philip-pines, on May 27 last year.
		Observers said her presence in Basilan is symbolic of a "victorious feeling" that she has remained ahead of the hostage crisis spawned by the Abu Sayyaf.
		Basilan, home to 300,000, mostly Muslims, and some 100 hard core members of the Abu Sayyaf, is the country's most underdeveloped province.
	search.gulfnews.com /articles/02/06/01/52962.html (508 words)

	WOW Philippines :: Explore Philippines :: Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Basilan is one province in a setting that reflects the true description of an island paradise.
		The next town of Lamitan is the best place to see the Yakan, a peace-loving people known for colorful clothes handwoven with intricate geometric designs as well as for elaborate weddings and festivals.
		Basilan is geographically located between latitude 6°15' and 7°00' longitude 121°15' and 122°30'.
	www.tourism.gov.ph /explore_phil/place_details.asp?content=description&province=114 (457 words)

	B A S I L A N: The Next Afghanistan? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Basilan is the site of intensified military operations against the Abu Sayaff, a kidnap-for-ransom bandit group, according to some, or an extremist Islamic movement linked to Osama bin Laden, according to the US.
		Basilan is so endowed with natural resources that no less than four colonial powers — the Spanish, the Dutch, the French, and the Americans — set their desiring eyes on it over the course of four centuries.
		The members of the international peace mission went to Basilan alarmed by reports that its citizens were being subjected to military abuses and afraid that the presence of American troops would further heighten the tension and escalate the conflict in the region.
	www.bwf.org /pamayanan/peacemission.html (14018 words)

	INQ7 Specials \| Inside the Abu Sayyaf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		PRESIDENT Macapagal-Arroyo and her advisers are evaluating a proposal to declare a state of emergency in Basilan after the military hinted strongly that such a declaration would help it wipe out the Abu Sayyaf group in southwestern Mindanao, Malacañang said yesterday.
		LAMITAN, Basilan -- Military operations against the Abu Sayyaf were temporarily stopped yesterday, but the bandits and their hostages are reportedly making their way to the thickly forested Mt. Mahadji in Maluso town.
		THREATENED by the beheading of the Americans held by the Abu Sayyaf, Malacañang yesterday said it was agreeing to the bandit group’s demand to include a Malaysian ex-senator in negotiations for the hostages’ release.
	www.inq7.net /specials/inside_abusayyaf/2001/stories/stories_01.htm (905 words)

	RORO seen as conduit for Basilan development
		LAMITAN, BASILAN — The city of Lamitan received widespread negative publicity in 2001, due to the Lamitan siege, during which members of the Abu Sayyaf took twenty people as hostages.
		Florence Herrera, Lamitan’s municipal planning and development coordinator, added that the RORO Ramp has contributed significantly to other infrastructure development in Lamitan, by accelerating the pace of construction projects, which no longer have to wait for extensive periods for the delivery of construction materials.
		Lamitan Mayor Roderick Furigay’s believes strongly in Lamitan’s potential, and says, “We are proud to say that Lamitan is moving forward and we are now becoming the center of trade in Basilan.”
	www.mindanao.org /news/0612/20b.htm (801 words)

	GMA calls Deborah Yap a national heroine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		AMITAN, Basilan (Mabuhay) – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has paid tribute to the late Deborah Yap, one of the two Abu Sayyaf hostages killed in a fierce clash between the military and the terrorists in Siraway, Zamboanga del Norte on June 7.
		She made the discovery when she was tracing the family tree with the Pamarans at the wake of Deborah at the Lamitan Parish compound’s Jardin de Infancia.
		She stayed over one hour talking with the family of Deborah, informing them that the district hospital of Basilan would be named Deborah Yap District Hospital, in honor of the heroism of the late nurse.
	www.worldreporter.org /news/anmviewer.asp?a=266 (255 words)

	GN Online: Rebels take over hospital, church in southern Philippines
		Lamitan is the largest town on Basilan after the local capital Isabela.
		It lies slightly inland on the northern coast of Basilan but is connected to the sea by an estuary.
		Basilan itself is a mountainous, heavily forested island some 900 km (550 miles) south of Manila.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=18708 (423 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| US takes war on terrorism to Philippines
		Yesterday Basilan, a hot, humid, jungle-covered island in the southern Philippines, became the latest focus of the US war on terrorism with the launch of a six-month mission in which American soldiers will train Filipinos in their fight against Islamic extremism.
		Basilan is a land where local clan warlords hold sway over small fiefdoms, thanks to heavily armed gangs.
		Cirilo Nacorda, a priest in Lamitan, Basilan, who was kidnapped for two months by the group in 1994, is convinced that collusion is rampant.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,642702,00.html (1284 words)

	tfdp.org \| Statements - A Courageous Stand Demands Courageous Responses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		But, more importantly, in the midst of institutional corruption as shown by the testimonies of the Basilan witnesses, there emerges the undaunted courage of citizens to reclaim their rights to life, to governance and to peace.
		The people of Basilan, particularly the Muslims and Christians of Lamitan, want to end the violent intrusions into and destruction of their lives, properties and means of subsistence.
		It is a responsibility of all citizens and peoples of goodwill to stand in solidarity with the witnesses of Lamitan, Basilan, for their courage to tell the truth.
	www.tfdp.org /resources/ps_20010907.htm (516 words)

	‘I should never abandon my people’--Fr. Nacorda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Indeed, enmeshed as he is in Basilan life--with all the realities of violence, pain and deceit that have created physical and psychological pockmarks on an otherwise beautiful island--Fr.
		In fact, the talk in Lamitan is that the reasons the Abu Sayyaf raided the diocesan compound are, first, to have their wounded treated at the hospital; second, to drop off Romero and two other hostages; third, to get their ransom, and finally, to kill Fr.
		But even harder to erase are the memories of the men and women who witnessed the siege of the church compound and the escape of the Abu Sayyaf right under tfhe noses of the military.
	www.cyberdyaryo.com /features/f2001_0827_01.htm (1327 words)

	Lamitan Basilan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lamitan_Basilan (127 words)

	June 12 2002
		Basilan officials have been implementing various support infrastructure projects to give tourism and agricultural trade in the area a boost in a bid to raise the standard of living of their constituents.
		She said the coconut farmers in Basilan and elsewhere in the country have been entitled to a P10,000 insurance, up 100 percent from the old insurance coverage of P5,000 they used to avail of from the Philippine Coconut Authority.
		When she led the flag-raising ceremony in Lamitan early this morning, she also noticed that the people there are now talking about how to close ranks, to move on and to unite in fighting the Abu Sayyaf menace.
	www.ops.gov.ph /news/archives2002/june12.htm (4465 words)

	LAMITAN FOLK URGE GOVT TO EXTEND 'BALIKATAN' 02-1
		Nacorda and the villagers of Lamitan, however, said that the bounty for the capture of the Islamist group’s leaders is not enough to "directly" secure the release of the Burnhams and Yap.
		During the Mass, which was heavily guarded by US and Filipino soldiers, Nacorda also read a chronology of events based on the accounts of Lamitan villagers of that day and unveiled a marker that was erected between the church and the hospital.
		However, Nacorda is not satisfied with the outcome of the inquiries of both the House and the Senate into allegations of collusion between the military and the Abu Sayyaf.
	www.newsflash.org /2002/05/ht/ht002587.htm (962 words)

	Gov.ph - Defense
		LAMITAN, Basilan, April 12 (PNA) - The three-week Philippines-United States (RP-US) military training dubbed "Balance Piston 05-3," reeled off Monday morning at the headquarters of the Philippine Army's 32nd Infantry Battalion (IB), at Campo Uno village, this municipality.
		The training will be conducted in three military camps in Basilan namely those of the 32nd Infantry Battalion in Colonia, Lamitan; the 55th Infantry Battalion in Maluso town; and the 103rd Army Brigade of the First Infantry (Tabak) Division headquarters in Tabiawan, this city.
		Meanwhile, Major Robert D. Ball of the United States Special Forces said the achievement of peace in Basilan is a team effort and the Philippine Army as well as government officials helped a lot in transforming Basilan into a peaceful and progressive province.
	www.gov.ph /cat_defense/newscontent.asp?newsid=8163 (463 words)

	HARIAN UMUM SUARA MERDEKA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		LAMITAN, Philippines (AFP): The Philippine armed forces sought emergency-like powers on Monday to track down Abu Sayyaf Muslim guerrillas who escaped a military cordon and fled with up to 59 hostages, including three Americans.
		Edilberto Adan told a news conference that the government needed to impose a state of emergency on Basilan island, where the rebels holding the hostages had run circles around the military.
		Basilan Governor Wahab Akbar, a former Abu Sayyaf commander, said emergency powers would be helpful if "good soldiers" who do not abuse their powers are assigned to the island.
	www.suaramerdeka.com /harian/0106/06/eng4.htm (687 words)

	Sun.Star Zamboanga - Lamitan--back on its feet
		LAMITAN, Basilan -- The day after an incendiary bomb exploded inside a passenger vessel at the newly-improved Lamitan Port in August this year, Lamiteños went about their daily routines as if no disruption had occurred.
		For example, the Lamitan Port has been improved significantly, and is now equipped with a new Roll-on Roll-off (Ro-Ro) ramp, an expanded berthing facility, breasting dolphins and mooring facilities.
		The inclusion of Lamitan in the nautical highway augurs well for this agricultural community which is also known for its vast coconut plantations, covering almost 12,000 hectares spread across its 45 barangays.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/zam/2005/12/13/feat/lamitan.back.on.its.feet.html (544 words)

	Basilan - Wikitravel
		Basilan [1] is a province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Mindanao, Philippines.
		Surrounded by the waters of Basilan Strait on the north, Moro Gulf on the east, Sulu Sea on the west, Mindanao Sea on the south.
		By then, Basilan's economy was heavily dependent on huge multi-national plantations and industrial farms managed and operated by a cosmopolitan mix of Europeans and Americans who settled in the island and intermarried with the locals, as well as Filipino professionals from allover Luzon and the Visayas.
	wikitravel.org /en/Basilan (2237 words)

	Basilan town inks agreement with local water district to rehabilitate watershed
		The town of Lamitan in Basilan province is again embroiled in a war.
		This time, however, Lamitan is fighting to preserve its forest resources, particularly the Barangay Arco Watershed, which is the municipality’s main source of water supply.
		Recently, the municipal government of Lamitan and the Lamitan Water District (LAMWAD) signed a memorandum of agreement to jointly rehabilitate a substantial portion of the 705-hectare Barangay Arco Watershed.
	ecogovproject.denr.gov.ph /docs/Story_Basilan_town_inks.htm (442 words)

	The Office Of The President - News Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		LAMITAN, Basilan – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today awarded Certificates of Occupancy to 50 Badjao families now occupying the houses on stilts in the coastal barangay of Kulaybato in Lamitan.
		During the awards rites, the President was assisted by ARMM Gov. Parouk Hussin, Lamitan Mayor Roderick Furigay, Presidential Assistant for Mindanao Affairs Jesus Dureza, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita and Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap.
		According to the DSWD, the housing units in Lamitan were built with the assistance of the 545th Engineering Construction Battalion (ECB) and the 52nd Engineering Brigade (EBBE) of the Philippine Army.
	www.op.gov.ph /printerfriendly.asp?newsid=7444 (465 words)

	Army reviews case of Lamitan officer - Aug. 18, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Basilan governor's role in Lamitan is disturbing (June 3, 2003)
		CAMP OLIVAS, Pampanga-The Army separation board is reviewing the case of an Army commander accused of conniving with the Abu Sayyaf at the height of the military siege on a hospital in Lamitan, Basilan on June 2, 2001.
		Romeo Dominguez, then commander of the 1st Infantry Division, the Army division in charge of operations in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi; Captains Hubert Acierto and Nicolas Quemado, both aides of Narcise, and Maj. Eliseo Campued, executive officer of the 18th Infantry Battalion.
	www.inq7.net /nat/2003/aug/18/nat_7-1.htm (366 words)

	http://www.bangsamoro.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Once a conflict zone, Basilan is on the developmental trail as it receives corporate funding for its schools and literacy classes.
		Lamitan was the infamous site where the Abu Sayyaf kidnapped more than 20 schoolchildren and teachers in 2001.
		Basilan is the newest additional province to the ARMM.
	www.bangsamoro.com /news/092303_a.php (549 words)

	Lamitan, Basilan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Over US$225,000 has been donated since the drive began on 19 August.
		Lamitan is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Basilan, Philippines.
		According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 58,709 people in 11,586 households.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lamitan,_Basilan (77 words)

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		Arroyo also gave the order to Basilan Governor Wahab Akbar while she was in Lamitan, Basilan, after learning of the rampant cutting of trees in the three provinces under the region.
		Arroyo was in Lamitan, Basilan, Friday to cut the ceremonial ribbon of the Badjao Housing project at Barangay Kulay Bato and meet with some Muslim leaders of the community to bring closer ties between the government and the Muslims people in the countryside.
		Basilan province has a total forested area of 229,000 hectares, only five percent or about 9, 738 hectares have been left untouched until today.
	www.mb.com.ph /issues/2005/03/20/MAIN2005032031057.html (435 words)

	US forces donate equipment to Lamitan hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		LAMITAN, Basilan --With a little help from the US Special Forces, this war-ravaged town now has a newly refurbished hospital complete with modern medical equipment.
		Lamitan, once ravaged by the Abu Sayyaf terrorists, could now take care of its sick residents on its own.
		Meanwhile, Basilan Gov. Wahab Akbar said he would try to convince the Americans to go back to Basilan from Zamboanga where a new round of counter-terrorism training dubbed “Bayanihan” is scheduled to start in February.
	www.mindanews.com /2003/01/4th/byhn19basilan.html (444 words)

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