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Monday, October 13, 2008 |
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IMF hails effort vs. crisis |
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Developing nations support plan of G7
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Developing countries backed a Group of Seven plan
to tackle the financial crisis, a “first” step in global
coordination to restore order to global markets, IMF head Dominique
Strauss-Kahn said.
Strauss-Kahn bluntly said Saturday (Sunday in
Manila) the world’s reeling financial system was teetering on
“the brink of systemic meltdown.”
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Union questions GSIS stakes in 3 Indonesian banks
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The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) on Sunday
questioned the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) equity in
at least three Indonesian banks, but cited the fund’s acquisition
of shares in a US bank.
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AMID MELTDOWN, ASIA’S MIGRANT WORKERS FEAR
LOSING JOBS
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SINGAPORE: As the global financial storm blows fear through Asia’s
stock markets, Filipino maid Christy Arciaga is jittery—even
though she does not own any shares.
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World corn shortage good for RP
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Yellow corn, once a commodity that can be easily sourced in the
international market, is now becoming harder to purchase from other
countries and that presents huge opportunities for the country’s
corn farmers.
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SPECIAL
REPORT
:REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND POPULATION DEV’T ACT
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What reproductivehealth is all about
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Today, reproductive health remains a loosely used term that most
people usually associate with childbirth, but they know little else
about it.
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‘SNL’ parody bad for Palin’s image
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NEW YORK CITY: She was plucked from obscurity to become the most
watched woman in America, but now vice presidential pick Sarah
Palin’s very image is at risk of being hijacked by a hugely
successful impersonator.
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Govt, farmers fight aerial spraying
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First of two parts
DAVAO CITY: Once a week, the drone of airplanes
shatters the early morning calm in Calinan, a cluster of small
farmlands in the hilly terrain around Mount Apo.
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Palace downplays MILF’s tough talk
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Malacañang has brushed aside recent statements by the Moro Islamic
Liberation Front saying President Gloria Arroyo no longer has the
credibility to push for the resumption of the peace talks.
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