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Nograles proposes action
plan for food security
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As the Philippines targets 92 percent
self-sufficiency in rice this year and 98 percent by 2010, House
Speaker Prospero Nograles over the weekend proposed a menu of
legislative and executive measures to address the rising cost and
shrinking supply of rice, the primary staple of most Filipinos, and
fully achieve genuine food security.
The country is one of the world’s biggest
importers of rice and not even increases in local production have
been able to meet the demand of the growing 90-million-strong
population.
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DOH launches info drive vs. child mortality
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The Department of Health (DOH) has launched a
campaign that intends to inform local government units (LGUs) and
mothers on child survival as a reaction to a challenge posed by the
United Nations Children’s Fund to cut down the mortality of kids
aged five and below.
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BI adopts warning system
against foreign terrorists
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THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has adopted a new
color-coding warning system to strengthen security at all entry and
exit points to prevent the entry of suspected foreign terrorists in
the country.
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2 Filipino government soldiers
killed by left-wing rebels
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Two Filipino government soldiers were killed and another wounded by
the left-wing New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas in San Remigio
town in Antique, central Philippines, the military said Saturday.
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Gabriela slams Playboy’s Philippine edition
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GABRIELA, the lone women’s partylist in the
House of Representatives, has condemned over the weekend the
launching of the Philippine edition of Playboy, a men’s magazine.
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