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Written by Yvonne T. Chua, Ellen Tordesillas, Vera Files / gmanews.tv
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Monday, 10 March 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines - Six islands occupied by the Philippines in the disputed Spratly Islands Groups are covered by two controversial joint seismic monitoring agreements among the Philippines, China and Vietnam that have come under fire for purportedly "sacrificing" Philippine interests in exchange for huge loans from Beijing.
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Written by Venus May H. Sarmiento / PIA-Pangasinan
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
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Lingayen (6 March) -- The
Philippine Ports Authority has sent a team for a preliminary conference
with provincial officials and department heads led by Governor Amado T.
Espino last Monday to fast track technical survey and development plans
for the Sual International Seaport approved by President Gloria
Macapagal Arroyo during her February 16 visit to Binalonan.
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Written by Allison Lopez / inquirer.net
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines -- An environmental group has warned that cigarette
butts may be small but they could be deadly to the environment.
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Written by Jerry E. Esplanada / inquirer.net
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines -- Militant students and teachers on Thursday
lashed back at Education Secretary Jesli A. Lapus for asking
anti-government groups not to bring their war against the
corruption-tainted National Broadband Network deal to public school
campuses.
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Written by Roel Landingin / ft.com
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
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The Philippines' poverty rate has risen for the first time since the
Asian financial -crisis, according to a new government report that
deals a blow to -Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's plans to halve the ranks of
the country's poor.
Barring a brief rise in the wake of the 1997-98 Asian crisis, the
Philippines' poverty rate has moved steadily downwards since the 1986
fall of Ferdinand Marcos, shortly after which it stood at almost 50 per
cent.
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Written by Teresa Cerojano / AP forbes.com
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Friday, 07 March 2008 |
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MANILA, Philippines - The
Philippines has fallen behind its neighbors in economic development and
must raise revenues, stifle corruption, improve infrastructure and
create jobs to fuel growth and reduce poverty, the Asian Development
Bank said Thursday.
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Written by Gabriel Cardinoza / inquirer.net
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
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DAGUPAN CITY – Pangasinenses who voted for the first time 16
years ago may have known only one Speaker of the House of
Representatives: Jose de Venecia Jr.
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Written by Juan Mercado / inquirer.net
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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
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An ancient myth claims that Ifugaos built those towering mountain
terraces in thanksgiving to heaven for the gift of rice. But soon this
gift on our dinner tables may dwindle.
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