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Rice hoarders face
life sentence–DOJ |
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Warehouse owners and traders in
the Philippines found to be hoarding rice will be charged with
“economic sabotage, which carries a life sentence, or plunder,”
Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez said Thursday.
Plunder was punishable by death
until President Gloria Arroyo outlawed capital punishment a few
years ago.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Fertilizer scam to
blame for ‘crisis’
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The influential head of the
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) blamed the
looming rice shortage on the government’s apparent mismanagement
of a multimillion-peso fertilizer fund.
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Rice tariff may be
cut to 12% but traders may not bite
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Government may decide to cut rice
tariff up to 12 percent, but commercial importers fear this will not
give them a bigger margin and may choose not to import at all,
officials said Thursday.
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Corruption,
inefficiency cost govt P30B yearly
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THE World Bank estimated that the
government loses about P30 billion a year, or 20 percent to 30
percent of the total amount of every contract that Manila signs, as
a result of corruption or procurement inefficiency.
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Palau leader
misses flight, officials sorry
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The President of Palau found
himself stuck in Manila after missing his flight home for refusing
to be patted down by airport workers who didn’t know who he
was, officials and reports said Thursday.
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Fil-Am singer
exits contest, ends bid on ‘American Idol’
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It was a good run for the
Filipino-American who said she wanted to be the first Asian American
Idol in the reality show’s season 7.
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House bill seeks
to outlaw impersonations
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Impersonators beware.
It is perhaps no laughing matter that the House Committee on
National Cultural Communities headed by Benguet Rep. Samuel Dangwa
had approved for floor debate House Bill 948 authored by Rep. Faysah
Dumarpa...
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