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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
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Provinces getting
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Gap between NCR, rural areas worsens |
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By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter
A “significant” gap in
economic output for nearly two decades between Metro Manila and the
low-income regions worsened
poverty incidence in the country, a government study said Monday.
“The unequal distribution of
the level of regional economic activity in the country has been
apparent through the years, as majority of the economic output is
concentrated in NCR [National Capital Region, or Metro Manila] and
the two adjacent regions of Central Luzon and Southern Tagalog,”
Romulo Virola, secretary-general of the National Statistical
Coordination Board said.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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World markets
welcome European rescue of banks
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LONDON: European governments
launched a multi-pronged attack Monday on the financial crisis,
buying into banks and approving hundreds of billions of dollars in
loans in a move to stabilize panic-stricken markets.
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GMA’S rating
improves, but still very low
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President Gloria Arroyo’s
performance rating improved, but was still at the negative level,
the latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed.
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ANALYSIS
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Global financial
crisis bound to hit army of Pinoy workers
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There are few countries in the
world where you will not find a Filipino worker. Even in tiny
Iceland, one of the countries hardest hit by the financial crisis,
there were 1,411 at last count.
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Aerial pesticide
row tests powers of LGU
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The legal battle over the ban on aerial spraying
of poisonous pesticides in Davao City, which has reached the Supreme
Court, is not the first case in which farmers squared off against
big agribusinesses over the issue of public health.
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DOJ to probe slay
attempt in Batangas
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The Department of Justice may now
proceed with its investigation of the double-murder and
frustrated-murder charges filed by former Governor Arman Sanchez of
Batangas against his political opponent,...
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Obama ahead by 10
percent, says new poll
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Democrat Barack
Obama, propelled forward by mounting economic concerns among
Americans, now leads his Republican rival John McCain 53 percent to
43 percent, a new opinion poll showed Monday.
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GMA proposes
summit on crisis
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President Gloria Arroyo on Monday
proposed a special summit of Asean leaders and dialogue partners
China, Japan and South Korea to tackle the global financial crisis.
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SPECIAL
REPORT: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND POPULATION DEV’T ACT
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Women at losing
end of debate on health
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The Reproductive Health,
Responsible Parenthood and Population Development Bill is now
awaiting second reading.
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