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| | The Manila Times Internet Edition | METRO > DA office in Central Mindanao transfers to Koronadal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | EO 304 was issued to complement EO 36, which the President issued two years ago, realigning the provinces of South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Cotabato, Tacurong and Kidapawan into the new Central Mindanao, or Soccsksargen region. |
 | | The realignment was made following the expansion of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao during the plebiscite of August 2001. |
 | | Lorenzo acknowledged that the decision to transfer its offices here is against the “interest and criticisms” of some local politicians, particularly those from Cotabato City, but stressed that it is “needed to proceed to accelerate progress in Soccsksargen.” |
| www.manilatimes.net /national/2004/aug/02/yehey/metro/20040802met6.html (1248 words) |
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