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LAGUTAY HILLS: a site to behold and reminisce

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Today, I drove a motorcycle and went to Lagutay Hills in Barangay San Jose, Santo Tomas, Davao del Norte to see how the locals and agility enthusiasts venerated and appreciated the place every time they visit there. As I scanned the place, there is nothing much about its site to behold because as you travel along the road you will notice a few quarry sites. As you ascend towards the sloping road of the infamous Lagutay (formerly Yargo) Hills, you will start seeing the mountain ranges from nearby and at a distance with thick vegetation and forested landscapes. You will also notice that there are isolated houses that stood above the adjacent mountains with small cleared lots on a mountain slope planted with corn and cassava. A welcome remark for visitors to Lagutay Hills As I observed last year from Facebook posts, joggers and bikers mostly coming from población Tibal-og who visit the place would only crowd into a certain area where there is a clear view towards the horizon of the rising
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Al Qaeda and its connection to the Philippines

As we transitioned from the turmoil of the second world war in 1945, terrorism has taken its place as the new global threat of the 21st century. Although terrorism that is associated with jihad can be traced back to the advent of the crusade in the 11 th century, its practice by certain extremist groups today would be regarded as highly immoral and unethical in the context of modern society. A l Qaeda, an Arabic term which translates as a “base of operation”, a “precept” or a “method” that was founded by Osama Bin Laden in 1988, has been known as the seat of the terrorist organization in the world since the infamous 9/11 attack in the United States. The said ‘organization’ came into the mind of Bin Laden when the late Sheik Abdullah Azzam recruited him to join the guerilla insurgents who fought against the Soviet Union in a nine-year Soviet-Afghan war that commenced in 1979. However, their role as participants were not fighters themselves but used their extensive connections to provid
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