The Philippines agricultural sector grew just 3.9 percent in 2008
due to the high cost of petroleum-based fertilizer as crude costs
soared at the start of the year, a report said Friday.
The fallout from the high price
of oil was felt in the final quarter of the year, when output growth
eased to 3.2 percent, compared with 5.4 percent in the same period
in 2007.
THE Philippine National Police on
Friday boasted that its crime solution efficiency in 2008 increased
by almost 24 percent over the previous year and could further
improve this year.
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