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Monday, March 24, 2008 |
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Rice price may trigger unrest
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Govt in denial about ‘crisis’
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Senator Loren Legarda warned Sunday of social
unrest and political instability if the price of rice, now on a
34-year high, continues to surge.
Another senator, Mar Roxas 2nd, is also
concerned about rice supply, saying the Arroyo government is in
denial about the rice crisis. Like Legarda, he is proposing several
measures to address the problem.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Govt eyes increasing subsidy
to NFA because of shortage
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The Finance department plans to increase
tax-expenditure subsidy given to the National Food Authority to
preempt a rice shortage—even as the Trade secretary insists there
is no food crisis.
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Estrada candidacy to benefit administration
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THE current administration will benefit if
former President Joseph Estrada makes another bid for the presidency
in the 2010 national elections, President Gloria Arroyo’s lawyer
said Sunday.
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Benedict calls for peace
in Tibet, Mideast, Africa
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged “solutions that
will safeguard peace and the common good” in Tibet, the Middle
East and Africa during his traditional Easter message.
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PacMan returns to hero’s welcome
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A royal welcome fit for a king awaits newly crowned World Boxing
Council (WBC) super-featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao when he
arrives today from the US.
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SPECIAL REPORT:
POLITICS AND THE CBCP
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Mass belongs to Christ, Church
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Last of two parts
Those who are angered by the instructions of
their bishops not to use the Holy Mass for any political road show
argue, “But what are the bishops afraid of? We only want to
celebrate a ‘Mass for Truth.’ Are they for or against the
truth?”
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