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Saturday, March 15, 2008 |
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Eat ‘kamote,’ save on rice |
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Govt recommends alternative crops to avert food
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By Conrad M. Cariño, Senior
Desk Editor
In case the country will
encounter a severe shortage in rice supply, Filipinos should be
ready to eat white corn, cassava, root crops and yam as their staple
food.
This was the advice given by GMA
(Ginintuang Masaganang Ani) Rice Program Director Frisco Malabanan,
who said that in parts of the Visayas, the staple food is no longer
rice but white corn.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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RP faces copra shortage, as biofuel demand rises
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Biofuel’s gain, particularly biodiesel, is
copra’s loss.
Demand for biodiesel from coconut will cause a
shortage of about 100,000 metric tons (MT) of copra in 2009,
according to the administrator of the Philippine Coconut Authority.
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True freedom not found on streets, bishops say
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The Catholic Church has given
anti-government groups the thumbs-down.
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Some 8,000 join
3-part, inter-faith protest in Manila
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Some 8,000, mainly young people,
filled up Liwasang Bonifacio in a three-part interfaith protest for
truth and justice on Friday.
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End
‘Islamophobia,’ leaders urge at OIC
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DAKAR, Senegal: Muslim leaders
and United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called at the
start of an Islamic summit here Thursday for Israel to halt attacks
on Palestinian civilians...
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Lacson pursues
broadband paper trail
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SEN. Panfilo Lacson said his
“surprise witness” Leo San Miguel, a former consultant for ZTE
Corp., had given him some leads on the allegedly overpriced national
broadband project during their three meetings.
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Ex-Marcos aide to
help PCGG polish its image
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With increased flak it has been
getting from the media, the Presidential Commission on Good
Government (PCGG) has embarked on an apparent makeover.
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