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Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
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RP no longer last in
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ADB warns about Filipinos slipping back into poverty |
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By Darwin G. Amojelar And Chino
S. Leyco
, Reporters
The Asian Development Bank
reported that the Philippines is no longer the economic laggard in
Southeast Asia but warned that Filipinos who are out of poverty may
slip back into poverty.
ADB Deputy Director General for
Southeast Asia Thomas Crouch said so on Wednesday, adding that
because of rising fuel and food prices, a number of Filipinos have
already slipped back into poverty.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Philippines Trails
In Poverty Reduction, Says Un Report
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Social and economic development
in the Philippines remains uneven and poverty continues to be
characterized by widespread disparities across regions and
population groups,...
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Officials order
police to arrest rice hoarders
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The government on Wednesday
ordered police to arrest rice hoarders and illegal traders as the
country struggles to cope with rising prices of the key food staple.
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Noli willing to
appeal for OFW in Kuwait
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Two distinct government responses
are being made to save the life of
Filipina domestic helper May Vecina, whose death conviction was
affirmed by the Kuwait Cassation Court on Tuesday.
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Bureau to push
program reducing fertilizer use in rice farms
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To help make the country attain
self-sufficiency in rice, a bureau of the Department of Agriculture
will launch a program to reduce chemical-fertilizer use in rice
farms by at least 50 percent.
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Vice-Gov. Leviste
ready to work with Ermitas
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Batangas Vice-Governor Marc
Leviste said he is willing to make peace with Edwin Ermita, the son
of Executive Secretary Ed Ermita and the losing candidate in last
year’s vice-gubernatorial race.
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Boy
‘discovered’ Kalayaan Islands on fishing trip
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One day, a boy from Bohol decided
to go fishing and stumbled onto a group of rocky islets that turned
out to be the Kalayaan Islands, part of the hotly disputed Spratlys.
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