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RP faces corn shortage
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Official blames high prices of fertilizers for crisis
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Barely recovering from a rice crisis, the
country faces a major corn shortage that could cause a domestic
shortfall in meat products and force the closure of firms involved
in the livestock and poultry industry.
In a consultative meeting Thursday on the
commercialization of organic and microbial fertilizers, Dennis
Araullo, the head of GMA (Ginintuang Masaganang Ani) Corn Program,
said the high prices of inorganic fertilizers are forcing many
farmers not to plant corn, or cut their planting of the crop by
half. Corn in the Philippines is largely grown for animal feeds.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Biofuels program pushing more into poverty –
study
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NEW DELHI: The biofuel policies pursued by the rich countries are
pushing millions of people in the developing world into poverty, an
Oxfam study said, according to the Hindustan Times Thursday.
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Electricity rates set to go
down after ERC order
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Power rates are set to go down in the coming
months after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) approved a
long-awaited adjustment in the National Power Corp.’s (Napocor)
generation and foreign exchange charges.
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Red Cross names 51 survivors
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The Philippine National Red Cross has confirmed the identities of 51
survivors from the sinking of MV Princess of the Stars. Those of
five others, though, are being established, Red Cross Chairman and
Sen. Richard Gordon said Thursday.
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Recovery of bodies may take 1 month
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Divers struggled to get deep inside a stricken Philippine ferry
containing hundreds of bodies, as officials warned it may take a
month to recover all the corpses.
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Abu Sayyaf spent force, Yano claims
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Muslim rebels in the Philippines have scattered and become
leaderless after strikes using US intelligence tips, the
Philippines’ military chief said Thursday.
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The catch in bringing home
the bacon to ‘Frank’ victims
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First, the good news. Sen. Rodolfo Biazon is
“donating” his entire “pork barrel” of P200 million for 2008
for the rehabilitation of provinces devastated by Typhoon Frank.
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FEATURE
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Dolphin seen trying to rescue Negros fisherman
from drowning
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BACOLOD CITY: A man from Negros Occidental has
captivated local media with a story about a dolphin that died trying
to save his fellow fisherman from drowning after their boat sank
during the onslaught of Typhoon Frank.
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