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Rice, flour to flood markets
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Plan an alternative to declaring ‘emergency’
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Government plans to flood the market with basic
commodities in a bid to allay public jitters over soaring world
prices of rice and flour, a Cabinet official said.
Flooding the market with flour and rice and
other goods is a better alternative to declaring a state of
emergency, said Secretary Peter Favila of the Department of Trade
and Industry in a media briefing late Friday.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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EXCLUSIVE
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RP to suffer greatly from
climate change–experts
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LOS BAÑOS: A Filipino who shared the 2007 Nobel
Peace Prize with former US Vice-President Al Gore Jr. warned that
the Philippines will be hard hit by “more intense” droughts and
heavier rainfall if Filipinos go on with their “business as
usual” attitude toward climate change.
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Speaker asks wage boards to
convene, increase basic pay
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House Speaker Prospero Nograles gave his full
support to a new wage increase that he believes will ease public
pressure caused by soaring prices of rice and other basic goods.
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FEATURE
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Rice farmers can be millionaires,
says executive
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There was a time when it was impossible for rice
farmers to become millionaires. But with modern farming technology,
like hybrid seeds, rice farmers have the chance to earn seven
figures annually.
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DND: Pardon 9 in Oakwood mutiny
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The Defense department and the Armed Forces of
the Philippines on Sunday recommended to President Gloria Arroyo
that she pardon the nine junior officers sentenced to jail for their
involvement in a 2003 failed coup.
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South China Sea troubles
threaten Asia food supply
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HANOI: Polluted, crossed by busy shipping lanes, and disputed by
many countries, the South China Sea has taken an environmental
battering that threatens future food supplies, marine scientists
have warned.
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SPECIAL
REPORT:
OUR IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY
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Mayor Ejercito blames govt
for delays in releasing funds
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For several years now, San Juan City does not get its share of the
Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) on time, Mayor J.V. Ejercito told
The Manila Times.
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