 | Arroyo calls for ASEAN meet on crisis
Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has called on Southeast Asian neighbors and partners to meet next week and devise a plan to cushion the region from the impact of the... (photo: Malacanang Photo) | |
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 | Melamine scare ups carabao milk demand
Inquirer | SCIENCE CITY OF MUŃOZ—Demand for fresh carabao (water buffalo) milk and products derived from it increased here amid reports of melamine contamination of milk and milk-based products from China, off... (photo: Public Domain / -) | |
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 Canadians to go to polls on Tuesday as economic bloom turns to gloom
The Manila Times | OTTAWA: Canadians vote in general elections on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), with the Conservatives predicted to win even after seemingly failing to reassure voters that the global financial crisis... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) |
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 Ban on aerial pesticide spraying pressed
Malaya | By YASMIN D. ARQUIZA VERA Files | (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 ... (photo: Washington DC Library) |
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 SC decision alarms Boracay investors
Inquirer | ILOILO CITY—Resort and hotel owners on Boracay Island are urging Congress to pass a pending bill to protect existing land occupants after the Supreme Court ruled that 4... (photo: WN) |
| Boracay Investors Island Philippines Photos |
 BSP borrows more than $ 900 million as buffer fund
Manila Bulletin The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has over $ 915 million as temporary buffer stock that it borrowed as short-term loans. | Based on central bank documents, the BSP bo... (photo: WN) |
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 Processors want sugar tariff lowered
Manila Bulletin Food processors and exporters have strongly opposed the move of sugar producers and millers to maintain the 38 percent tariff stressing the tariff protection has not redo... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) |
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 Hiring of more Filipino medical workers seen
Manila Bulletin Despite the global economic crisis, labor markets in western countries are likely to hire more Filipino medical workers and nurses in the coming years, according to a rec... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) |
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 One in four mammals risks extinction – survey
Manila Bulletin BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – A quarter of the world’s mammals are threatened with extinction, an international survey showed on Monday, and the destruction of habitat... (photo: Creative Commons / Kabir ) |
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 Can Catholics support the RH bill? Yes!
Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines - Can one be a Catholic and still support the Reproductive Health Bill? Growing numbers of professional and educated lay Filipino Catholics believe ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) |
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 Church, Constitution and the RH bill
Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines - The debate on the reproductive health bill in Congress is by no means over. It should surprise no one that this is happening; after all, religion ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) |
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 Local gov't defy Senior Citizens' law
Inquirer | MANILA, Philippines - One of the more serious violations of the Senior Citizens' law—to my mind, almost criminal—was recently brought to my attention from the province ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) |
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