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Article: Lanao del Norte officials laud Balikatan mission.(Provincial News)
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- February 28, 2008
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BALOI, Lanao del Norte -Gov. Khalid Quibranza Dimaporo, his father Congressman Abdullah "Bobby" Dimaporo, mayors, councilors and barangay captains of this province hailed the conduct of the Philippine-US Balikatan mission here.
"We oppose any form of violence but we welcome socio-economic development as well as humanitarian mission of the US through the RP-US Balikatan exercises here," Governor Dimaporo said.
Dimaporo made this remark amidst call to cancel the Balikatan exercises set in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur.
The young governor said he sees no harm in the conduct of humanitarian services by the Balikatan group to the ...