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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 |
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No rice crisis, GMA
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Senators score Yap, say staple scarce in markets |
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President Gloria Arroyo assured the public of rice sufficiency and
the government’s capability to meet the food requirements of
consumers.
“There is no rice shortage, the
supply [of rice] will continue,” President Arroyo said on Tuesday,
reacting to concerns over a possible shortage of the staple of
Filipinos.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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PMA grads asked to
keep nation ‘safe and secure’
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President Gloria Arroyo called on
this year’s Philippine Military Academy graduates to “help keep
the nation safe, secure and moving forward.”
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17 injured in
grenade explosion in front of school near palace
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Seventeen persons were injured on
Tuesday in an explosion that was believed to have been caused by a
hand grenade in front of the exclusive La Consolacion College on
Mendiola Street in Manila,...
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Unemployment at
7.4 percent in January
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The Philippine labor market
remained weak in January as latest government data show only a small
number of Filipinos in the labor force was employed as of that
month.
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FEATURE
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Get whipped at
your own risk, penitents, pilgrims warned
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The Department of Health (DOH) on
Holy Tuesday strongly advised penitents to first check on the
condition of the whip they will use before they lash their backs
with it this Holy Week.
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SPECIAL
REPORT:
FILIPINO WOMEN
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Filipina OFWs
fight for heaven on earth
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Hundreds of migrant workers,
their families and advocates on Monday commemorated the 13th death
anniversary of Flor Contemplacion, a Filipina domestic hanged in
1995 in Singapore allegedly for killing...
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