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Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
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Worst over for RP economy |
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NEDA: Global recovery will take time
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By Darwin G. Amojelar, Reporter
The global crisis is not over, but the worst is over for the
Philippine economy,” a senior economic official said on Wednesday.
Dennis Arroyo, the director of the national
planning and policy staff of the National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA), though, added that while the global economy seems
to be “turning the corner,” the recovery will take time.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Malacañang belittles SWS job survey
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The government on Wednesday said that the figures presented by the
latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey, which claimed 14
million Filipinos were without jobs, may not have met international
standards considering the very small number of respondents it
interviewed.
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China, Hong Kong confirm their second swine flu cases
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BEIJING: China confirmed its second case of swine flu on the
mainland on Wednesday and stepped up a search for travelers who came
into contact with the suspected carrier of the virus, even as Hong
Kong also reported its second incident.
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US MULLS BIGGER AID TO MANILA
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The United States, despite being the hardest hit by the global
financial crisis, is still looking to increase its financial
assistance to the Philippines.
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Balikatan mess could go all the way to GHQ
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THE recent revelation made by a Philippine Navy officer on the
alleged malversation of the P46-million budget intended for the
joint Balikatan military exercises in 2007 could implicate other
ranking military officials all the way to the Armed Forces General
Headquarters.
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GMA orders police
to go after vigilantes
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President Gloria Arroyo on Wednesday ordered the Department of
Interior and Local Government and the Philippine National Police to
“get to the bottom” of political killings in Davao City in
southern Philippines amid criticism that the administration has
failed to halt vigilantes there.
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Manny Pacquiao ‘The Greatest Boxer of the Decade’
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Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao was named “The Greatest Boxer of the
Decade [2000s]” in an elite list made by a famed boxing
chronicler, sharing the spotlight with other boxing greats like
Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Leonard
and Roberto Duran.
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Aling Dionesia a new YouTube hit
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Pound-for-pound king Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao might get knocked
out by the news about a new celebrity in town that is taking the
Internet by storm. And it’s no less than his own bedazzled mother.
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NPC intent on fielding own 2010 candidate
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The Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) will field its own
presidential candidate in 2010 and the opposition will have only one
candidate if the other opposition parties will support NPC’s
candidate, the party’s president said on Wednesday.
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