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‘Ecstasy’ use in RP rising |
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‘Shabu’ prices up sharply, sales at P1 billion
per day
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First of two parts
The trade in crystal methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” in
the Philippines has grown into a P1 billion-a-day industry, but the
drug has now become more expensive, making it “the poor man’s
cocaine no more,” antinarcotics officials and international drug
reports said.
The price of shabu has doubled to between P8,000
and P10,000 per gram since law enforcers dismantled several
“mega-laboratories” in 2006 and 2007.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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OBAMA READYFOR HIS DATE WITH DESTINY
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Barack Obama writes a new chapter into US history
Tuesday becoming the nation’s first African-American president,
capping a stunning rise which in four short years has propelled him
into the Oval Office.
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President-elect traces Lincoln’s Baltimore stop
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BALTIMORE: US President-elect Barack Obama Saturday (Sunday in
Manila) visited Baltimore, Maryland, in memory of former President
Abraham Lincoln, as the last stop of his train tour before arriving
at Washington, D.C., for his inauguration.
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Tech Times editor on list of influential
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A local magazine listed The Manila Times’ technology editor as
among the most influential people in the technology business in the
country, the only person from a Filipino daily newspaper to be
honored.
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Biden expertise in world affairs, US Congress
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: After making the US Senate his second home for
decades, Joe Biden on Tuesday will move to his vice presidential
digs in Washington, eager to lend his world affairs and
congressional expertise to Barack Obama’s team.
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Ferdinand Marcelino: The Marine who said ‘No’
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The soldier who stirred a hornet’s nest by accusing Department of
Justice officials of bribery in the “Alabang Boys” case could
have been a millionaire by now.
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NOTES&COMMENTS
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Reclaiming nationalism
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In past weeks, I’ve been listing the basic reforms I believe we
should accomplish if we are to strengthen the Philippine state and
put our economy on the path to self-sustaining growth.
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