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All gone
A young boy tries to hold
back his tears as he surveys the ruins of what was once
a community in Guadalupe Viejo in Makati City, where
hundreds of houses were destroyed by a fire that also
injured 17 persons early Sunday morning. Nonie
Reyes
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Debt
activists revive G
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ASIA-based civil-society organizations have urged Group of
Eight (G-8) countries to cancel all illegitimate debts
contracted by developing countries like the Philippines. |
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Food crisis to persist with bad policy |
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THE current
global food crisis afflicting developing countries—and often
leading to violence—due to high inflation rates, widespread
hunger and deepened poverty is likely to persist if
governments do not deal with ineffective and, by now,
inappropriate policies, according to the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad). |
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High food prices swell ranks of hungry |
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An
astonishing 50 million people were added to the millions of
the hungry last year due to soaring food prices, according
to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). |
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Recast spending priorities in crisis |
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MALACAŅANG
and Congress leaders should get together and recast the 2008
national budget’s spending priorities so the government
could effectively help people cope with sharp spikes in fuel
and food prices, and provide immediate relief to victims of
natural calamities, Sen. Mar Roxas II recommended over the
weekend. |
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Epira revisions |
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RECOGNIZING
concerns raised by industry stakeholders and potential
investors in the country’s power sector, the House Committee
on Energy seems about to shelve pending amendments to the
Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (Epira). |
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Franchising one bright hope |
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THE
Philippine franchising sector continues to be an important
driver of economic growth and national productivity,
contributing an estimated P106.75 billion to the nation’s
economy in just three years. |
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ConGen tour to draw 500 to Manila |
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ABOUT 500
Filipino-Americans and Filipino-Canadians are expected to
participate in the 4th Ambassadors, Consuls General and
Tourism Directors Tour to the Philippines next week. |
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EU
crackdown meant to draw legal migrants |
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UNDER fire
for a stricter immigration policy seen as being unduly harsh
on foreign workers despite having benefited from their
skills, the European Union is justifying that policy as one
meant not just to secure the EU border against possible
terrorist threats, but one that, in fact, encourages legal
migration in order to fill up its continuously declining
work force. |
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Why
ratify if Burma won |
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THERE is no
use for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean)
to adopt its newly drafted charter during the regional
bloc’s summit in November this year if member Burma—a
dictatorship for over two decades—does not commit to the
explicit provisions on respect for human rights and the rule
of law. |
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Ultimatum set for power-firm staff’s ransom |
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ZAMBOANGA
CITY—The Abu Sayyaf bandits holding captive four Basilan
Electric Cooperative (Baselco) employees have given the
company until Tuesday to pay ransom, or they would increase
the demand and start killing the hostages. |
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Saving Planet English |
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The
Filipino’s superior ability to communicate in English, the
only truly international language, is recognized worldwide.
British life insurer Pru Life UK believes that this is the
Filipino’s competitive advantage, and is committed to
enhancing and nurturing this valuable skill through this
campaign, with the help of the best writers and experts in
the language. Promoting good English is our unique way of
caring for the future of our fellow Filipinos. |
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Sudoku
partners. The
BUSINESSMIRROR and the Mathematics Trainers Guild (MTG)-Philippines,
sustaining a partnership forged since 2007, recently signed
a memorandum of agreement to organize the 3rd Philippine
Sudoku Super Challenge. The MTG, a member of the World
Puzzle Federation, has been honing math students and
professionals preparing for international math and world
sudoku competitions. In photo, BM publisher T. Anthony C.
Cabangon (3rd from left) and MTG Philippines president Dr.
Simon L. Chua seal the agreement with a handshake. With them
are (from left, seated) BM editor in chief Lourdes
Fernandez, MTG business manager Dr. Isidro Aguilar and BM’s
VP for corporate aff airs Ricky Alegre; (standing, from
left) MTG adviser Myrna Agtarap, MTG’s Dr. Archie Rodriguez,
BM business development manager Joyette Perez and MTG
treasurer Sanet Hipolito. RHOY COBILLA |
